Nov. 21 (Bloomberg) -- President Barack Obama said hefocused much of his recent week-long trip to Asia on exploringways to increase U.S. exports and thereby create jobs. Obama returned Nov. 19 from a trip to Japan, China andSouth Korea. In his ...Read More
California, Delaware, South Carolina and Florida registered record rates of unemployment in October, the Labor Department said Friday. Joblessness rose in 29 states last month compared with 22 in September, the agency said in a monthly state breakdown. Michigan had the ...Read More
Missouri’s unemployment rate was 8.9 percent in October, down from 9.3 percent in September but up from 6.3 percent in October 2008, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics said Friday. The Illinois rate was 10.5 percent in October, up slightly from ...Read More
AUSTIN, Texas—Texas' unemployment rate inched up to 8.3 percent in October while the state bucked a yearlong trend by adding jobs, officials said Friday. The state's jobless rate rose from 8.2 percent in September, but the increase in jobs by 41,700 ...Read More
RALEIGH, N.C. -- North Carolina's unemployment rate rose slightly to 11 percent in October, a fraction off its historic peak earlier this year and the ninth straight month in double digits, the state's Employment Security Commission reported Friday. The jobless rate ...Read More
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina's unemployment rate rose slightly to 11 percent in October, a fraction off its historic peak earlier this year and the ninth straight month in double digits, the state's Employment Security Commission reported Friday. The jobless ...Read More
Unemployment rose in 29 states in the U.S. during October, hinting the threat posed by weak labor markets to the economic recovery might be growing. Labor Department data Friday said 29 states and the District of Columbia recorded unemployment-rate increases from ...Read More
Florida’s unemployment rate remained relatively steady, up a notch to 11.2 percent in October from 11.1 percent the month before. That means there are a little more than 1 million Floridians out of work out of a labor force of 9.175 ...Read More
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- A growing number of states reported rising jobless rates in October, and thirteen states reported unemployment rates above the national average of 10.2%, according to a government report released on Friday. Overall, jobless rates increased in 29 ...Read More
UPDATE: Secretary Tim Geithner got hammered on Capitol Hill yesterday. Congressmen said the public has lost faith in him and asked for his resignation.
Why has the Geithner rage flared up now, a full year after he reamed taxpayers to save ...Read More
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