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Vermont Business Magazine Dr Robert Larner, University of Vermont Class of 1939 and UVM College of Medicine Class of 1942, and his wife, Helen Larner, say their philanthropic support for UVM is intended to ensure that the medical education provided by the University of Vermont College of Medicine is recognized as "second to none." The couple's latest gift, $19.7 million in comm

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Vermont Business Magazine Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) Friday joined Vermont and Canadian officials and business leaders in Essex Junction, to mark progress on facilitating travel and commerce between Vermont and Canada.  Leahy, long an advocate for the return of the “Montrealer” rail line and easing air travel to Vermont from airports like Billy Bishop Toronto City A

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Vermont Business Magazine Each of the three key metrics showed improvement as the March unemployment rate fell one-tenth to 3.3 percent. The Labor Market and Employed increased, while the number of Unemployed decreased.

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Vermont Business Magazine Weekly unemployment claims rose again last week and are well ahead of numbers from the same time last year. For the week of April 9, 2016, there were 959 claims, up 221 from the previous week's total and 192 more than they were a year ago.

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Gender barriers in work and politics need policy action 

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Vermont Business Magazine A moving violation ticket brings many hassles, but none is more severe than the effect it can have on your auto insurance premium.

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Senator Patrick Leahy "I’m shocked and saddened by what state and federal investigators have found.

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Vermont Business Magazine Calling it a "Ponzi-like" scheme, the US Securities and Exchange Commission, in a filing in US District Court, Southern District of Florida unsealed a blistering civil suit against the owners Jay Peak Resort and Q Burke Resort about noon today. The case was filed April 12.

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by Timothy McQuiston Vermont Business Magazine State and federal officials revealed Thursday that a massive fraudulent scheme was undertaken at Jay Peak Resort and Q Burke Resort that involv

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by Timothy McQuiston Vermont Business Magazine State government officials are holding a press conference today to explain why the locks had been changed, documents seized and the executive staff was displaced at Q Burke Resort

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Vermont Business Magazine Vermont’s tech sector makes up a quarter of the state’s workers and 40 percent of its wages, and generates higher pay and faster job growth compared to the state’s overall economy.

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by Patrick Leahy Vermonters, like millions of Americans across the country, are preparing for another tax deadline.  Middle class families work hard all year and, come Tax Day, many of us question whether our tax system is fair.  And no wonder.  Billion-dollar corporations routinely write off their most egregious misconduct as nothing more than the cost of doing