New Jobs Grow Scarce: Some Nashville Firms Afraid to Hire

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From the Tennessean:
David Penn said Middle Tennessee’s rate of job growth may have shrunk to less than 1 percent in May. He and others blamed the jobs slowdown on high energy prices, especially for gasoline, and supply chain disruptions caused by the earthquake and ensuing nuclear crisis in Japan earlier this year. [article]