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Unemployment

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Hurricane Sandy may delay release of jobs report

Christopher S. Rugaber, Associated Press
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...
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Romney discusses African-American economic empowerment

Alexis Garrett Stodghill
theGRIO REPORT - Mitt Romney, GOP presidential contender, spoke to Black Enterprise recently in a rare interview to targeted African-American press....
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October Surprise

Election 2012: Will there be an October surprise?

David A. Love
theGRIO REPORT - With barely more than two weeks left until Election Day, the numbers suggest that President Obama maintains a tightening lead over Mitt Romney. But what could radically alter the outcome over the last 15 days?..
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theGrio, CNBC Market Uodate

Shartia Brantley
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...
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President Barack Obama waves to waves to supporters after a campaign speech Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, Wis. (AP Photo/Andy Manis)

How jobs news could boost Obama

Perry Bacon Jr.
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.
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Jack Welch, President, Jack Welch, LLC, speaks during the Global Business Forum on the University of Miami campus January 16, 2009 in Miami, Florida. The forum was bringing together business leaders to share ideas. (Photo by Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Jack Welch accuses Obama of manipulating jobs numbers

Joy-Ann Reid
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'...
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Jobless rate falls to 7.8 percent, 44-month low

Christopher S. Rugaber, Associated Press
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...
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The NumbersUSA ad shows an African American man complaining about the lack of jobs because of immigrants (Source: NumbersUSA YouTube)

New TV ad pits black Americans against immigrants

Ugonna Okpalaoka
theGRIO REPORT - The anti-immigration group NumbersUSA was anything but subtle when it launched an ad last night which some say pits black Americans against immigrant workers...
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theGrio and CNBC Market Update

Shartia Brantley
VIDEO - Besides monitoring austerity measures in Europe, investors received several economic reports last week...
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Following his campaign speech at Farm Bureau Live in Virginia Beach,Va., President Barack Obama greets and takes photos with supporters along the rope-line Thursday, Sept. 27, 2012, afternoon.(AP Photo/The Virginian-Pilot,Stephen N. Katz )

Obama now can call himself job creator

Tom Raum, Associated Press
(AP) - It probably won't help Obama much in his race for re-election. The economy is still a long way from firing on all cylinders...
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