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Unemployment Drops to 7.7%
The February jobs report is out, and it's way better than economists expected: The unemployment rate dropped to 7.7% from January's 7.9% ; economists polled by Dow Jones Newswires had expected it to drop to 7.8%. That's the lowest rate since December 2008. And the economy added 236,... Go to Source Author: Evann Gastaldo
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Unemployment Drops to 7.7%
The February jobs report is out, and it's way better than economists expected: The unemployment rate dropped to 7.7% from January's 7.9% ; economists polled by Dow Jones Newswires had expected it to drop to 7.8%. That's the lowest rate since December 2008. And the economy added 236,... Go to Source Author: Evann Gastaldo
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We Need Confidence, but We Get ‘Dr. Doom’
President Obama didn't recognize the scope of the jobs crisis in his first term, and he's making the same mistake in his second, writes Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal . Instead of public-works projects, we got health care reform, and its costs are only making employers even more reluctant... Go to Source Author: John Johnson
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We Need Confidence, but We Get ‘Dr. Doom’
President Obama didn't recognize the scope of the jobs crisis in his first term, and he's making the same mistake in his second, writes Peggy Noonan in the Wall Street Journal . Instead of public-works projects, we got health care reform, and its costs are only making employers even more reluctant... Go to Source Author: John Johnson
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Mom Offers $500 Reward to Get Daughter a Job
A mother in Southern California is on a one-woman mission to get her daughter a job. Linda Smith took to holding up a sign at a busy intersection in Menifee on Friday, offering $500 to anyone who takes her daughter's resume and gets her employed, reports the Press-Enterprise . “I’m offering... Go to Source Author: John Johnson
