Jobs Report

Jobless ranks hit 10 million, most in 25 years

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 11.07.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — The nation's jobless ranks zoomed past 10 million last month, the most in a quarter-century, as piles of pink slips shut factory ga...

Economy sheds most jobs since 2003, more cuts seen

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 10.03.2008 | Business


WASHINGTON — Jobs are vanishing at the fastest pace in more than five years with pink slips likely to keep stacking higher in the months ahead, ...

Stocks end lower amid worries after House OKs plan

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 10.03.2008 | Business


NEW YORK — In the end, congressional approval of the government's $700 billion financial rescue plan Friday did little to lift the financial mar...

Stocks fall on worries about financial sector

AP | TIM PARADIS | Posted 08.07.2008 | Business


NEW YORK — Wall Street tumbled Thursday as further troubles in the financial sector, higher unemployment and lackluster retail sales touched off...

Wall Street Declines After Weak Jobs Report

AP | Tim Paradis | Posted 01.04.2008 | Business


Wall Street plunged again Friday after the government's much-anticipated employment report showed weaker-than-expected job growth and a rise in the u...

Recession Worries Could Ignite Over Weak Jobs Report

CNBC | Antonia Oprita | Posted 01.04.2008 | Business


The first employment report of the year looks set to make or break the trading day for stocks worldwide, as investors' fears about the fate of the U.S...

Is the Economy "Out of the Woods?"

Danny Schechter | Posted 10.07.2007 | Business


Danny Schechter

What's true of reporting from Iraq is also true about the job figures that the government releases monthly gaging the health of the U.S. economy. Can they be trusted?