Job Losses News
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Unemployment rate remains unchanged as 36,000 jobs lost
8:05 AM on 03/05/2010
VIDEO - The figures suggest the job market is slowly healing but that significant hiring has yet to occur...
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Defiant Obama urges Congress to pass jobs bill
5:18 PM on 01/22/2010
ELYRIA, Ohio (AP) - Obama weaved angry us-against-them rhetoric throughout the day, telling a town hall audience that he "will never stop fighting" for an economy that works for the hard-working...
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Many blacks are out of work and back in the classroom
8:43 AM on 12/10/2009
OPINION - Many adult Americans are finding themselves in a place they never thought they'd be again - back in the classroom...
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What Obama should say to the unemployed
5:53 AM on 12/08/2009
OPINION - In October, I left my job or I was fired. My position was terminated. However you slice it my future was uncertain. As President Obama gears up for his speech on unemployment...
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4 reasons Obama is losing the popularity contest
8:16 AM on 12/07/2009
OPINION - The president will probably regain his popularity, but I am hopeful that he finds a way to clear his plate and refocus his priorities.
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Single mom loses job, but keeps the faith
1:04 PM on 12/03/2009
VIDEO - Single mom Sharon Cooper has a new mindset when it comes to shopping: if it isn't food, it isn't needed...
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Sisters use shea butter to soften recession's rough patch
7:00 AM on 11/25/2009
VIDEO - Ssanyu Birigwa and her sister Mirembe have two words for the struggling economy: "Thank you."
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NAACP prods Obama on job losses
9:43 AM on 11/17/2009
With unemployment among blacks at more than 15 percent, the N.A.A.C.P. will join several other groups on Tuesday to call on President Obama to do more to create jobs...
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Foreclosure rates up by smallest amount in 4 years
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