Job Losses

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EU: Some 4 million jobs vanished in 2009

AP News 3 days ago

EU statistics agency: some 4 million jobs disappeared in 2009 amid recession Official data show that some 4 million jobs disappeared in the European Union last year, when countries were struggling to emerge from recession. In a Monday release, the EU statistical ...

Payrolls data buoy job creation hopes

Reuters US Online Report Top News 13 days ago

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers cut fewer jobs than expected during snow-battered February and the unemployment rate held steady at 9.7 percent, bolstering views the economy was on the brink of creating jobs. President Barack Obama, whose approval ratings have dropped partly ...

US jobless rate holds at 9.7 percent despite storms

AFP Global Edition 13 days ago

The US economy shed fewer jobs than expected in February and the unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent despite severe winter storms, a government report said Friday, suggesting the labor market is stabilizing. The Labor Department said that nonfarm payrolls fell by ...

US private sector sheds 20,000 jobs in February

AFP American Edition 15 days ago

The US private sector shed the smallest number of jobs in two years in February, a payrolls firm said Wednesday in a report signaling a healing labor sector as the economy recovers from recession. Non-farm private payrolls fell 20,000 in February on ...

US private sector sheds fewer jobs

AFP Global Edition 15 days ago

The US private sector shed the smallest number of jobs in two years in February, a payrolls firm said Wednesday in a report signaling a healing labor sector as the economy recovers from recession. Non-farm private payrolls fell 20,000 in February on ...

US unemployment hits 9.7%

AFP Global Edition 21 days ago

<div><p>US unemployment climbed to 9.7 percent last month as 216,000 jobs were lost, according to official data Friday highlighting fragile labor conditions as the economy struggles to emerge from recession.</p><p>The jobless rate rose three-tenths of a point to the highest level since ...

US unemployment rate 9.7 pct as job losses narrow further

AFP Global Edition 21 days ago

<div><p>The US unemployment rate jumped to 9.7 percent in August as 216,000 jobs were lost, the government said Friday in a report suggesting steadying labor market conditions.</p><p>The jobless rate rose three-tenths of a point to the highest level since June 1983, but ...

US unemployment hits 9.7%, job losses narrow further

AFP Global Edition 21 days ago

<div><p>The US labor market moved closer to recovery in August as job losses narrowed to 216,000 while the unemployment rate rose to 9.7 percent, according to data Friday suggesting improving economic conditions.</p><p>The Labor Department said the jobless rate rose three-tenths of a ...

US unemployment hits 9.7 pct as job losses narrow further

AFP Global Edition 21 days ago

<div><p>US unemployment climbed to 9.7 percent last month as 216,000 jobs were lost, according to official data Friday highlighting fragile labor conditions as the economy struggles to emerge from recession.</p><p>The jobless rate rose three-tenths of a point to the highest level since ...

Eurozone business activity picks up further in Sept

AFP Global Edition 21 days ago

<div><p>Private sector business activity in the 16-nation eurozone picked up further in September as the services sector returned to positive territory, a closely-watched survey showed on Wednesday.</p><p>But analysts warned that an acceleration in unemployment would tighten the brakes on already "waning" momentum, ...

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