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A cheer for LI economic news

Quick ReadLong Island Association economist Pearl Kamer says "technically the recession has ended," but cautions that recovery will be slow.

Photo credit: Newsday/Photo by Danielle Finkelstein | November 17, 2009; Melville, NY: Pearl Kamer, economist for the Long Island Association, delivers her annual economic report before the Long Island Chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals in Melville Tuesday afternoon. (Photo by Danielle Finkelstein)

Serious-minded economists aren't accustomed to hearing loud cheers.

But it was different for Pearl Kamer when she spoke to a business group in Melville earlier this week.

That's because Kamer, the Long Island Association's economist, told members of the Long Island chapter of the Association of Information Technology Professionals that "the news I bring you is somewhat better than I...

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