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Jobs Outlook: Cloudy With a Chance of Hiring

(March 30) -- It's the biggest economic and political question of the year: Will businesses start hiring again and get all those Americans who lost their jobs in the financial crisis back to work? The short answer is that employment conditions seem to be improving but are still pretty bad. The latest sign of recovery...

Hope Sinks: The Emotional Toll of Unemployment

(Feb. 23) -- More Americans are giving up hope they can find full-time work amid the persistently ailing U.S. jobs market, and that spells trouble for the very economic recovery that could help them. Three surveys out Tuesday show consumer sentiment is down starkly from just a month ago thanks to job worries and...