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• A growing challenge: At least 60% of state's largest employers reduced, kept workforces the same last year

  The Arizona Republic's annual Rep 100 list of top employers in the state shows that about every job sector lost jobs, including some health care companies. The U.S. Department of labor says about 52 percent of the state's job losses since the recession be...

• Freescale revenue grows 20%

  Improved semiconductor sales spurred by a generally improving global economy led to a 20 percent increase in first quarter revenue and a substantially smaller operating loss at Freescale Semiconductor Holdings I Ltd. Source: http://www.azcentral.com/rssli...

• Audit: 43 businesses have illegal staff

  More than one-half of the Arizona businesses that have had their workforces audited by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents since July 2009 have been found to have illegal workers on their payrolls. Source: http://www.azcentral.com/rsslinks/1584457...

• Read about Valley business people moving up

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• New home sales, durable-goods orders up

  WASHINGTON - Sales of new homes took the biggest monthly jump in 47 years in March, while orders for most large manufactured products rose by the largest amount since the recession started. Source: http://www.azcentral.com/rsslinks/1584142...

• SEC employees watched porn as economy crashed

  WASHINGTON - An agency watchdog says senior employees of the Securities and Exchange Commission spent hours surfing pornographic Web sites on government-issued computers while they were being paid to police the financial system. Source: http://www.azcentr...

• How to appeal your tax assessment

  Remember when property taxes soared with home prices? Well, now that home prices are sinking, your tax bill should be shrinking, too. If it hasn't, take action. Source: http://articles.moneycentral.msn.com/Banking/HomebuyingGuide/how-to-appeal-your-tax-as...

• Video: Ariz. immigration law similar to Federal law?

  Fmr. INS agent Mike Cutler and msnbc contributor Maria Teresa Kumar debate the new immigration law passed in Arizona. (Other) Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/36767020#36767020...

• Video: Dodd: Immigration demands national answer

  Sens. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., and Richard Shelby, R-Ala., discuss the political impact of the Arizona law that requires police to question people about their immigration status if they suspect someone is in the country illegally. (Meet the Press) Source: ht...

• Video: How will immigration fight impact midterms?

  NBC’s Lester Holt speaks with CNBC’s John Harwood. (Nightly News) Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/36756399#36756399...

• Video: Battle lines drawn in Ariz. immigration fight

  The new law, which makes it a crime to be in the country illegally, has generated outrage and sparked fears of racial profiling of Hispanics. Telemundo's Jose Diaz Balart reports. (Nightly News) Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3032619/vp/36756398#367...

• Video: Will Arizona's immigration law force issue in D.C.?

  Many wonder if the recent Arizona immigration law that was signed yesterday force the Obama administration to take up the issue on a national level. Msnbc's Pat Buchanan and Democratic strategist Peter Fenn debates the issue. (Other) Source: http://www.m...

• Video: Immigration crackdown brings protests

  A landmark immigration law signed by Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer is sparking protests from Phoenix to Washington, where President Obama criticized it as “irresponsible.” Critics says the law, which makes it a state crime for undocumented aliens to be in A...

• Video: Arizona embraces profiling

  New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson talks with Rachel Maddow about his concerns about how Arizona's new immigration law will be applied to people of Hispanic appearance. (msnbc.com) Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26315908/vp/36748679#36748679...

• Video: How will the Ariz. law be enforced?

  Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., talks about the politics of Arizona’s immigration law and whether the state has essentially codified racial profiling. (Countdown) Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/vp/36747419#36747419...

• Video: Immigration bill 'misguided,' Obama says

  The immigration issue flared up in Washington Friday as President Obama slammed an Arizona bill that would give police broad new powers to detain suspected illegal immigrants and require residents to carry immigration documents. Telemundo's Jose Diaz-Bala...

• Video: Should Obama change his focus to immigration?

  A Hardball panel talks about whether President Barack Obama will be forced to tackle immigration reform because of the new law passed in Arizona. (Hardball) Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036697/vp/36744524#36744524...

• Video: Immigration law splits Arizona

  Rep. Loretta Sanchez, D-Calif., and State Sen. Frank Antenori, R-Ariz., debate the legality of the Arizona immigration law and whether the federal government needs to intervene. (Other) Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/36743854#36743854...

• Video: Az. gov.: 'I won't tolerate racial profiling'

  Arizona Governor Jan Brewer signs a new immigration law which she says will strengthen existing laws and protect citizens of the state without leading to racial profiling or discrimination. (NBC News) Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/36743...

• Video: Civil rights leaders criticize AZ immigration bill

  Janet Murguía, president of the National Council of La Raza, explains what actions should be taken to prevent racial profiling. (Other) Source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21134540/vp/36739929#36739929...