US adds 144,000 jobs
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Bee Washington Bureau. WASHINGTON - The economy added 144,000 jobs in August, the best performance since May, but 6,000 fewer than economists had forecast, the Labor Department reported Friday.
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US job growth revived last month, the government reported Friday, providing fresh ammunition for the presidential candidates as they debate the strength of the economy in the final two months before the election.
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The Labor Department reported Friday that the 2.2 million new jobs created in 2004 were the most in any year since 1999, when employers added 3.2 million positions, based on a government survey of businesses.
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The US economy added a better-than-expected 132,000 jobs last month, official figures show.
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The pace of new job creation accelerates sharply in the US, reinforcing hopes that the economy is strengthening.
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The U.S. economy added 61,900 jobs  in August in 10 of the 16 key states that may decide the next  presidential election now 46 days away.
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The U.S. economy added 97,000 jobs in February, the smallest gain in two years, but job growth in prior months was revised higher and the unemployment rate dropped, the government said on Friday in a report that eased fears over a sharp economic slowdown.
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The number of US workers applying for unemployment aid grew more than expected last week. Thursday&#39;s Labor Department report says initial jobless claims grew by 14,000 - to 350,000 - mostly due to the hurricanes
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Businesses added a net 111,000 jobs last month, continuing the recent trend of strong labor markets.
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NEW YORK: A surprisingly soft 112,000 new US jobs were created in November, the Labor Department said on Friday. The November figure -- the weakest since July -- came in well below Wall Street economists&#39; forecasts
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AFP/File - A weaker-than-anticipated report on the US labor market, showing just 112,000 jobs added in November, cast fresh doubts over the pace of growth of the world's largest economy.
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NEW YORK The US labor market snapped out of its summer lull to add 337,000 new jobs in October, the biggest increase since March, the Labor Department reported Friday, raising hopes that American businesses were overcoming years of caution and beginning
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WASHINGTON - America's payrolls picked up in August, with the economy adding 144,000 jobs, slightly less than economists were forecasting and highlighting the slow and uneven recovery in the labor market that jobseekers have braved.    The unemployment rate dipped to 5.4 percent last month from 5.5 percent in July...
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WASHINGTON - Employers stepped up hiring in August, expanding payrolls by 144,000 and lowering the unemployment rate marginally to 5.4 percent. While the figures didn't amount to a national job fair, analysts said, they did hold out the promise of stronger growth following the summer lull...
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The U.S. economy added a  weaker-than-expected 111,000 jobs in January, but the job  picture was much brighter than first estimated in the final  quarter of last year, a government report on Friday showed.
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The U.S. economy added another 6,900 jobs in computer systems design and related services in October, but tech manufacturing posts fell again.
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The U.S. economy added a modest 97,000 jobs in February, the smallest gain in two years, but job growth in prior months was stronger than first thought and the unemployment rate dropped, the government said on Friday, easing fears over economic weakness.