Monday, November 24, 2008

Economy Lost 240,000 Jobs in October

New figures from the Labor Department show employment
deteriorating much faster than expected, with 240,000 jobs
lost in October and major upward revisions in job-loss
figures for August and September. The unemployment rate
jumped to 6.5 percent, a 14-year high, from 6.1 percent in
September.

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