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  2. History of New York (state) - Wikipedia

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    History of New York (state) A historical juxtaposition: a replica of Henry Hudson 's 17th-century Halve Maen passes modern-day lower Manhattan where the original ship would have sailed while investigating New York harbor. The history of New York begins around 10,000 B.C. when the first people arrived.

  3. Bangladesh - Wikipedia

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    Bangladesh has a labor force of roughly 70 million, which is the world's seventh-largest; with an unemployment rate of 5.2% as of 2021. The government is setting up 100 special economic zones to attract foreign direct investment (FDI) and generate 10 million jobs. [371]

  4. Workers' compensation (United States) - Wikipedia

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    Workers' compensation (which formerly was known as workmen's compensation until the name was changed to make it gender neutral) in the United States is a primarily state-based [1] system of workers' compensation . In the United States, some form of workers compensation is typically compulsory for almost all employers in most states (depending ...

  5. President of the United States - Wikipedia

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    The president of the United States ( POTUS) [B] is the head of state and head of government of the United States of America. The president directs the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces . The power of the presidency has grown substantially [12] since the first president ...

  6. Unemployment claims in New York made big jump last week - AOL

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    Initial filings for unemployment benefits in New York rose last week compared with the week prior, the U.S. Department of Labor said Thursday. New jobless claims, a proxy for layoffs, increased to ...

  7. Washington State Employment Security Department - Wikipedia

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    The department used large computers to process payments and data; by 1957, it had 65 IBM machines with 440,000 punch cards to process records for 600,000 workers in the state. [5] During the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the state unemployment system was the target of an international fraud scheme from Nigeria that cost over $650 million in losses.

  8. Government of New York (state) - Wikipedia

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    The Government of the State of New York, headquartered at the New York State Capitol in Albany, encompasses the administrative structure of the U.S. state of New York, as established by the state's constitution. Analogously to the US federal government, it is composed of three branches: executive, legislative, and judicial.

  9. New York State Pavilion - Wikipedia

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    The New York State Pavilion is a pavilion at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in the borough of Queens in New York City, New York, U.S. It was designed in 1962 for the 1964 New York World's Fair by architects Philip Johnson and Richard Foster, with structural engineer Lev Zetlin. The pavilion consists of three reinforced concrete -and-steel ...