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Unemployment rises in 30 states California, at 12.5 percent
Unemployment rose in 30 states in January, the Labor Department said Wednesday, evidence that jobs remain scarce in most regions of the country. The data is somewhat better than December, when 43 states reported higher unemployment rates, but worse than November,... (Continue reading)
Unemployment rate unchanged as 36K jobs lost
WASHINGTON – The unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent in February as employers shed 36,000 jobs, fewer than expected. The figures suggested the job market is slowly healing but that significant hiring has yet to occur. The Labor Department wouldn’t quantify... (Continue reading)
United States in 2009 registered more than one million bankruptcies
According to The American Bankruptcy Institute, only in the third quarter of 2009, the number of bankruptcies in the United States has increased significantly and reached a peak, which last was seen only in 2005. Representatives of the agencies reported that... (Continue reading)