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Women Are Overtaking Men in the US

(Nov. 6) -- The United States may have officially entered the age of woman. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, this fall, for the first time in U.S. history, women have surpassed men and now make up more than 50 percent of the nation's workforce. In 1967, by comparison, they accounted for just one-third of all...

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05/10/12 Recession fears ease as jobless rate drops to 9 percent Source: The Modesto Bee - Modesto CA Those numbers still won't do much to knock down the jobless rate, which fell one-tenth of a percentage point in October to 9 percent, a rate that President Barack Obama, who's facing re-election next year, said was too high.
05/05/12 Jobless numbers decline slightly Source: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette That thud that immediately followed the April numbers on unemployment was the sound of the stock market falling.
05/04/12 Jobs report: As fewer try to find work, unemployment... Source: The Washington Post - Washington DC "The improvement in the unemployment rate we saw in April was entirely due to people dropping out of â or not entering â the labor force because of weak job prospects," said Heidi Shierholz, a labor economist at the Economic Policy Institute.
05/03/12 Recession making South Jersey teens consider what they... Source: The Press of Atlantic City - Pleasantville NJ With more than half of college graduates having difficulty finding a good job, the economy is weighing heavily on the minds of many high school students who are thinking about careers.
04/26/12 Jobless claims remain elevated Source: CBS - KFSM 5News - Fort Smith AR First-time claims for unemployment benefits remained elevated for the third straight week, the government said Thursday, a sign that a job recovery might be stalling.