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06 Nov 2009 11:19

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Biz, U.S.: The new unemployment numbers look like a big bag of fail

  • 10.2% the level of unemployment for October; that’s up significantly from the 9.8% mark in September, as well as much higher than the 9.9% level economists predicted
  • 1983 the last time we had unemployment at this high of a level – our country struggled so much back then that we had to use leg warmers to protect us from long winters source

09 Apr 2009 10:39

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U.S.: Detroit’s doing so bad, it’s closing down public schools

  • 20 schools in Detroit will be closed, affecting up to 7,500 students
  • 600 teachers will be laid off, to help stem off a $306 million deficit source

29 Jan 2009 15:10

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U.S.: Today’s big scary number (it’s about jobs and unemployment)

  • 4.78 million people are on state jobless benefits rolls source

26 Jan 2009 12:41

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Biz: Today’s big scary number (it has to do with jobs)

  • 77,000 total job cuts were announced today source

14 Jan 2009 13:43

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Biz: Gannett employees get unpaid vacation forced upon them

  • 5 days of furlough given to all Gannett employees, leaders on down source