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Vermont Business Magazine Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Senator Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Congressman Peter Welch (D-Vt.) -- who have long championed the Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) -- Friday announced $17 million in funds to assist Vermonters seeking help to meet their home heating needs this winter, only days after the first snowfall of the season.
Vermont Business Magazine Weekly unemployment claims in Vermont increased above 500 after its historic low of under 300 three weeks ago. For the week of October 17, there were 553 new, regular benefit claims for Unemployment Insurance in Vermont, an increase of 115 from the previous week's total and 13 more than they were a year ago.
Vermont Business Magazine Energy efficiency measures continue to flourish in states across the country, with Vermont finishing just behind Massachusetts and California.
Public Assets Institute New employment numbers out for September show virtually no growth in 2015. Total employment, which includes the self-employed along with payroll employees, dropped for the second month in a row. There were 2,500 fewer Vermonters working in September than in July.
Vermont Business Magazine According to The RE/MAX INTEGRA, New England September Monthly Housing Report, year-over-year sales in Vermont increased by 9.8 percent. Pending sales were up 10 percent over September 2014. But home prices were down nearly 1 percent to $195,000, which was the only decline in New England.
Vermont Business MagazineVermont Secretary of State Jim Condos announced Thursday the roll-out of a new online voter registration system, “My Voter Page” online voter resource tool, and a new statewide voter checklist and elections management system to be used by all town and city clerks in Vermont.
Vermont Business Magazine HNI Corporation (NYSE: HNI) today Wednesday that sales for the third quarter ended October 3, 2015, of $615.9 million and net income of $40.8 million, or $0.90 per diluted share. Non-GAAP net income per diluted share improved 14.8 percent from the prior year quarter to $0.93, which excludes restructuring and transition costs.
Vermont Business Magazine If there's one thing that socially responsible businesses have learned, it's that they can't go at it alone. Whether it's implementing responsible sourcing initiatives or creating a positive corporate model to make an impact on sustainability, there is strength in numbers.
Vermont Business Magazine iSystems, LLC, the company behind Evolution HCM, has hired Theodore I Les, CPA, as the company's Chief Financial Officer. Les is a finance executive with proven experience and success in growing software-as-a-service (SaaS), technology and service-oriented organizations.
by Mike Faher/The Commons When describing the Vermont Chamber of Commerce’s lobbying efforts, Betsy Bishop employs the standard devices — pie charts, anecdotes, and a few “offense” and “defense” football analogies. But the chamber’s president also has a relatively new tool, and it’s got no pictures or brightly colored graphs.
Vermont Business Magazine People's United Bank, NA has announced that its subsidiary, People's United Insurance Agency (PUIA), has acquired Kesten-Brown Insurance, a Bridgeport, CT-based insurance brokerage firm.
Vermont Business Magazine Vermont is Number 2... lowest. Consumers save an average of $295 (16 percent) per year when they purchase their car and homeowner's insurance from the same company, according to a new insuranceQuotes.com report. In Vermont it's only $174.