en News 15 <i></i> <i></i> By Stevenson Jacobs <i></i> Friday, Nov. 20 WASHINGTON (AP) -- A gauge of future economic activity and a report on unemployment benefits signaled Thursday that the recovery likely will remain weak in the coming months.]]> Associated Press Friday, Nov. 20 BOSTON (AP) -- The Massachusetts unemployment rate fell last month for the first time in nearly 2 1/2 years as the job market was spurred by expansion in the science, health and business services sectors.]]> Associated Press Thursday, Nov. 19 WASHINGTON -- The budding economic recovery isn't getting much help from the home-building industry, which normally creates jobs and drives growth when a recession ends.]]> By Alan Zibel, Associated Press Thursday, Nov. 19 PITTSFIELD -- The owner of several downtown Pittsfield properties has bought two North Street buildings, one of which he intends to renovate.]]> By Tony Dobrowolski, Berkshire Eagle Staff Wednesday, Nov. 18 NORTH ADAMS -- Twilight fans will have the option of seeing the saga's latest installment, "New Moon," at the North Adams Movieplex, which will open under new ownership on Friday.]]> By Jennifer Huberdeau, New England Newspapers Tuesday, Nov. 17 NORTH ADAMS -- Northern Berkshire Healthcare is seeking to partner with a health care organization as it faces a huge loss this fiscal year, with a deficit projected at $8.1 million and no improvement in the economy foreseen.]]> By Jennifer Huberdeau, New England Newspapers Monday, Nov. 16 PITTSFIELD -- In what he referred to as a "terribly hard decision", Thomas Speckert has decided to leave "the best job I ever had" and resign as executive director of Goodwill Industries of the Berkshires after 21 years.]]> By Tony Dobrowolski, Berkshire Eagle Staff Monday, Nov. 16 PITTSFIELD -- Nuclea Biotechnologies LLC has raised $3.4 million in private equity funding that it will use to fund its diagnostic and clinical laboratories at Clark University in Worcester.]]> By Tony Dobrowolski, Berkshire Eagle Staff Sunday, Nov. 15 PITTSFIELD -- When the 10-screen Pittsfield Cinema Center on West Housatonic Street closed abruptly eight years ago, it left the Regal Cinemas in the Berkshire Mall in Lanesborough as the only theater complex available to moviegoers who live in Central Berkshire.]]> By Tony Dobrowolski, Berkshire Eagle Staff Saturday, Nov. 14 There was one axiom that investors could almost always rely on: as interest rates decline, stocks move higher. ]]> By William Schmick Saturday, Nov. 14 The Berkshire Chamber of Commerce's annual meeting will take place on Friday, Dec. 11 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.]]> Business