Valley Jobs Keep Climbing: 8-MONTH UPWARD TREND FIRST SINCE FLUSH DAYS OF DOT-COM ERA
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By Scott Duke Harris, San Jose Mercury News, Calif.  Sep. 16--Silicon Valley's economy continued to turn in modest job growth in August -- a heartening sign of the region's ongoing recovery from the tech bust of 2000, economists said.
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By Joe Estrella, The Idaho Statesman, Boise  Sep. 12--A majority of Treasure Valley employers will increase or maintain their staffing levels during the fourth quarter, according to a Manpower Employment Outlook Survey to be released today.
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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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The US economy added 337,000 now jobs in October, a seven-month high and much higher than Wall Street expectations.
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WASHINGTON - The US job market brightened in August as employers added 144,000 workers to their payrolls and hiring totals for the two prior months were revised up, the Labor Department (search) reported on Friday.
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By The Sun, Lowell, Mass.  Sep. 20--BOSTON -- Greater Lowell posted another solid month of year-over-year job growth, according to the Massachusetts Department of Workforce Development.
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Shares of U.S. staffing companies were mostly higher on Friday after an essentially in-line monthly U.S. employment report that reflected slow but steady growth and sharp upward revisions from prior months.
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The number of initial claims for  U.S. jobless aid filed last week rose 2,000, while a more  reliable barometer of labor trends climbed to its highest level  in two months, government data showed on Thursday.
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US planned job cuts soared to an eight-month high in September while new hiring rose only slightly, a report said on Tuesday. Employment consulting firm Challenger, Gray &amp; Christmas Inc.
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U.S. private sector wage growth  should continue to accelerate in the months ahead on the back  of a healthy employment climate, according to a survey released  on Tuesday.
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The US Labor Department said Thursday first-time applications for unemployment benefits climbed to a seven-month high last week. Labor said initial jobless claims rose 18,000
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As two major investment banks issued optimistic reports on the Mountain View search engine company Tuesday, its stock price jumped $8.
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NEW YORK  - Planned job cuts at U.S. firms climbed during November, a report said on Tuesday, in a further sign of sluggishness in the labor market.
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Employers added 132,000 jobs in June and payrolls rose more strongly than previously thought in April and May, according to a Labor Department report that underlined a strengthening job market.
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Growth in the U.S. service sector rose unexpectedly in June, while the job market also appeared to pick up some steam, according to reports on Thursday that signaled strength in the economy.
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Output at U.S. factories, mines and  utilities rose by a bigger-than-expected 0.8 percent in June  and capacity use also topped expectations, a report showed on  Monday in a sign that a hot economy could weigh on an  inflation-wary Federal Reserve.
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WASHINGTON  -The U.S. economy added a stronger-than-forecast 132,000 jobs in November, the government reported on Friday, though the unemployment rate edged up slightly from October.