Topic: Job Growth
US unemployment rate steady at 9.7 percent despite storms
AFP Global Edition
The United States lost fewer jobs than expected in February and the unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent, the government said Friday, cautioning the data may be skewed by winter storms. The Labor Department said that nonfarm payroll employment fell by 36,000 jobs, surprising most analysts who estimated ...
US unemployment rate steady at 9.7% despite storms
AFP Global Edition
The United States lost fewer jobs than expected in February and the unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent, the government said Friday, cautioning the data may be skewed by winter storms. The Labor Department said that nonfarm payroll employment fell by 36,000 jobs, surprising most analysts who estimated ...
House OKs $15 billion jobs bill
Reuters US Online Report Top News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Congressional Democrats made headway on Thursday on their top legislative priority -- job creation -- when the House of Representatives approved a $15 billion package of tax credits and highway construction. The 217 to 201 vote gave Democrats a much-needed victory after weeks of delay caused by Republican tactics, a ...
Senators seek to block stimulus money for overseas
AP News
Democratic senators seek to block stimulus money from being spent on foreign jobsA group of Democratic senators urged the Obama administration to suspend an economic stimulus program aimed at financing renewable energy, complaining that money is going to projects that are creating jobs in foreign countries. "We can't jump-start ...
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