Vermont Business Magazine Business Brief Podcast

Governor, premier announce preliminary 26-year Vermont-Hydro-Québec agreement; VEDA announces April 15 for federal stimulus bond applications; Vermont ranks second for census-based funding, study finds; Temporary Census jobs are still available in Burlington starting at $13.50 per hour

Vermont unemployment rate stays at 6.7 percent, Weekly unemployment claims fall 36 percent; Governor criticizes EPA’s decision to reconsider $100 million Lake Champlain cleanup plan; Green Mountain Coffee Roasters extends tender offer to acquire Diedrich Coffee; Robert Cioffi elected chair of the University of Vermont Board of Trustees

$36.4 million in business financing approved by VEDA; Moody's downgrades Burlington's credit rating; $1.7 million for state of the art simulation program at Fletcher Allen Health Care; 32 highway improvement stimulus projects under way or completed in Vermont

Vermont personal income tax receipts drag down state revenues; Sovernet announces network infrastructure and equipment upgrades; Former Middlebury company workers to get federal Trade Adjustment assistance; City Market, Onion River Co-op is now powered by the sun

$8.7 million Vermont economic stimulus bill focused on jobs; Governor Douglas announces $630,000 in grants for five Vermont communities; Vermont Yankee updates

Weekly unemployment claims increase again; Lowell voters support GMP wind project in 3-1 vote; Vermont Yankee engineers and technicians continue investigation into source of tritium leak

Unemployment Benefits Blockade could cause headaches in Vermont; United States Senate passes Travel Promotion Act; Green Mountain Coffee Roasters recognized as one of the '100 Best Corporate Citizens'

Workers' compensation to go down again on April 1; $250,000 in state grants available for planning projects; Trucks now allowed on new Champlain ferry

Possible Source of Tritium Leak at Vermont Yankee Found; Vermont State Senate Passes Economic Development Bill S. 288; Vermont to Receive Federal Matching Funds for Electronic Health Record Incentives Program; Vermont sales tax holiday Saturday, March 6

Vermont's economy second-fastest growing in nation; Green Energy Live to acquire Peck Electric; Dairy industry leaders unite to offer recommendations to USDA