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New Report: 125,000 Jobs Were Cut in June

Jul 2nd 2010 – 8:49AM
Eric Risberg, AP

Eric Risberg, AP

WASHINGTON (July 2) -- A wave of census layoffs cut the nation's payrolls in June for the first time in six months, while private employers added a modest number of jobs. The unemployment rate dipped to 9.5 percent, its lowest level in almost a year. Employers cut 125,000 jobs last month, the most since October, the Labor...

Hope Sinks: The Emotional Toll of Unemployment

By Joseph SchumanFeb 23rd 2010 – 6:39PM
AP

AP

(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...

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