Job hopes rise amid flurry of reports
A flurry of economic reports gave hope over job growth, ahead of the release Friday of the most closely watched snapshot of the nation’s employment picture. BY MARTIN CRUTSINGER Associated Press WASHINGTON — Fewer people are filing claims for unemployment aid, new jobs are showing up in service industries, and companies are squeezing all they […]
US unemployment down again
By Washington correspondent Kim Landers Posted Sat Jun 5, 2010 5:00am AEST The United States unemployment rate has dipped slightly, but private companies are still extremely wary about hiring workers. The US unemployment rate has fallen from 9.9 to 9.7 per cent. But almost all the job creation came from the Government hiring more than […]