MSNBC.com: Nightly News:
Nov. 20: Korean car maker Kia began production this week at a non-union plant in a struggling Georgia textile town, bringing much-needed jobs to an area where unemployment tops 12 percent. (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Virginia:
Unemployment in the District soared to a record high of 11.9 percent in October, according to government data released Friday, ranking it among California, Nevada, Michigan and other states with the highest jobless rates. (Read More)
New York Times:
A variety of economists say that economic stimulus legislation is helping an economy in free fall a year ago to grow again and shed fewer jobs than it otherwise would.
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Wall Street Journal:
Senators from both parties are pushing to free up billions of dollars for federal highway projects, as Congress looks to infrastructure investment to combat double-digit unemployment. (Read More)
Washington Post:
Unemployment in the District soared to a record high of 11.9 percent in October, according to government data released Friday, ranking it among California, Nevada, Michigan and other states with the highest jobless rates. (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Goldman Sachs shareholders want the firm to reduce the size of its bonus pool; weak earnings from Dell pull tech stocks ...and the rest of the market...lower; and 29 states saw rising unemployment in October.
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Wall Street Journal:
Unemployment rose in 29 states in the U.S. during October, hinting the threat posed by weak labor markets might be growing. (Read More)
Los Angeles Times - Top News:
Employers added 25,700 workers to their payrolls in October even as the unemployment rate rose from 12.3% in September. Still, the state has the nation's fourth-highest jobless rate. (Read More)
Reuters:
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The pace of job losses slowed in many U.S. states in October, and the unemployment rate slipped in hard-hit Michigan, the Labor Department said on Friday, hinting the recession may be easing in some are (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
See the full interactive graphic.The labor market pain continued to be spread throughout the nation in October, as 29 U.S. states recorded increases in their unemployment rates, while just 13 registered decreases.Earlier this (Read More)
USATODAY.com Nation - Top Stories:
Unemployment rates rose in 29 states and the District of Columbia in October from September, the Department of Labor said Friday.
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L.A. Times - Business:
California's unemployment rate increases in October from September's rate of 12.2%, giving the Golden State the fourth-highest rate in the country. Still, the state gained 25,700 jobs last month. (Read More)
CNN:
Thirteen states reported unemployment rates above the national average of 10.2% in October, and a growing number reported rising jobless rates, according to a government report released on Friday. (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Some of Goldman's largest shareholders have urged the firm to reduce the size of its bonus pool ... political frustration over Wall Street's rescue and high unemployment erupted in Congress ... and Dell's profit dropped 54% d (Read More)
The Guardian:
Nationwide, Britain's largest building society, has seen first-half profits halve due to low margins and high bad debt provisions.Underlying profits before tax, stripping out one-off gains, fell to £117m in the six months to (Read More)
observer.guardian.co.uk:
Chief executive of country's biggest building society warns rising unemployment will hit house prices and attacks regulatory changesNationwide Building Society today attacked regulatory changes which it warned could impede th (Read More)
washingtonpost.com - Business:
More than 14 percent of borrowers were in trouble on their mortgage during the third quarter, a new record, according to an industry survey released Thursday, which also suggests that the foreclosure rate is likely not to pea (Read More)
www.ft.com:
US lawmakers working on ways to pay for legislation to reduce unemployment are considering taxes on banks as a way to raise revenue – and exploit public anger ahead of elections next year. (Read More)
Wall Street Journal:
Snowballing frustration about the economy and Wall Street bailouts burst into a political fracas, with lawmakers calling on Treasury Secretary Geithner to resign. (Read More)
The Guardian:
It's been labelled derisory and unperformable, Monty Python lampooned it, even its fans admit it's ridiculous. But the neglected 1950s musical Salad Days isn't mere escapismOutside, it's overcast and autumn and engineering wo (Read More)