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September 8, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Job openings in the U.S. rose in July after two months of declines, a positive sign that…
July 2, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - The loss was driven by the end of 225,000 temporary jobs for the Census. Businesses added a…
June 4, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Virtually all the job creation in May came from the hiring of 411,000 census workers. Such hiring…
May 13, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - New claims for unemployment benefits dipped for the fourth straight week, a sign the U.S. job market…
March 25, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - "We believe that the trend in initial claims is signaling that...job creation is imminent," economists at Bank…
December 4, 2009
VIDEO - The unemployment rate fell to 10 percent in November as employers cut the smallest number of jobs since…
November 5, 2009
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits last week fell to the lowest…