Black unemployment rises in last jobs report before election
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. employers added 171,000 jobs in October, and hiring was stronger in August and September than first thought...
Hurricane Sandy may delay release of jobs report
WASHINGTON (AP) - Hurricane Sandy could complicate Friday's release of the October U.S. jobs report, the final snapshot of employment before the presidential election...
Romney discusses African-American economic empowerment
theGRIO REPORT - Mitt Romney, GOP presidential contender, spoke to Black Enterprise recently in a rare interview to targeted African-American press....
theGrio, CNBC Market Uodate
VIDEO - Investors had plenty of data to sift through last week. We received some positive housing data: foreclosure filings fell by 7 percent in September to its lowest level in 5 years...
Soft Sheen founder tells Chicago mayor: 'More blacks in construction!'
Ed Gardner, the 87-year-old founder of Soft Sheen hair care products, met with Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel this week to discuss the lack of African-American construction workers on jobs around the city.
CEO threatens layoffs if Obama is re-elected
theGRIO REPORT - The man who takes credit for getting George W. Bush elected as president is now making efforts to see that Republican candidate Mitt Romney makes it into the Oval Office, too...
Obama: US 'has come too far to turn back now'
FAIRFAX, Va. (AP) - President Barack Obama says an encouraging jobs report shows that the country has made too much progress to turn back to the policies that he says led the nation into an economic crisis...
How jobs news could boost Obama
ANALYSIS - The sharp drop in the unemployment rate is a major political boon for President Obama, allowing him to shift attention from Mitt Romney's strong performance on Wednesday night's debate and buttressing the president's case that his economic policies have been effective.
Jack Welch accuses Obama of manipulating jobs numbers
theGRIO REPORT - Republicans caused eyes to roll this election season by perpetuating the meme that poll numbers favoring Barack Obama over Mitt Romney are 'skewed'...
Jobless rate falls to 7.8 percent, 44-month low
WASHINGTON (AP) - Black unemployment has fallen from 14.1 to 13.4 percent and African-American teen joblessness dropped slightly from 37.9 to 36.7 percent...
