At start of 2005, fewer Dover firms expect to add workers
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Dover area employers expect to hire at a respectable pace during the first quarter of 2005, according to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.
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US employers added 96,000 workers in September, fewer than expected, in the last jobs report Americans will see before deciding between President George W. Bush and Democratic challenger John Kerry in November.
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Employers added just 51,000 jobs, the fewest in almost a year, but unemployment dropped to 4.6 percent.
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The number of workers signing up for jobless benefits edged up a smaller-than-expected 4,000 last week, suggesting resilience in labor markets, a government report showed on Thursday.
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Far fewer Americans filed initial  jobless claims than expected last week as the effects of  Hurricane Charley faded, government data showed on Thursday,  while import prices hit an 18-month high and inventories grew.
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The number of U.S. workers signing up for first-time jobless benefits fell to a seasonally adjusted 308,000 last week, slightly lower than expected, a government report on Thursday showed.
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Companies&#39; hiring plans could cool early next year, according to a new survey by Manpower Inc. Some local job experts, though, question the employment agency&#39;s findings.
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U.S. employers added just 146,000 new jobs in January and hiring in the previous three months was revised lower, the government said on Friday in an unexpectedly weak report on the job market, but a drop in job-seekers pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in three years.
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The Labor Department said the unemployment rate in November declined to a three-month low of 5.4 percent from 5.5 percent. Wall Street economists were expecting non-farm payrolls to rise by 200,000 -- nearly
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The U.S. economy added a slightly weaker-than-expected 97,000 jobs in February, the smallest gain in more than two years, as increases in service-sector employment offset declines in construction and manufacturing, a government report showed on Friday.
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Employers added 132,000 jobs last month, a moderate pace slightly above what forecasters were expecting.
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U.S. employers added just 146,000 jobs in January, the government said on Friday in an unexpectedly weak report on the labor market, but a drop in job-seekers pushed the unemployment rate to its lowest level in more than three years.
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The nation&#39;s unemployment rate was a respectably low 5.4 percent in September -- but the number of new jobs created -- 96,000 --- was well below analysts&#39; expectations of 150,000
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The number of U.S. workers signing  up for unemployment aid edged down slightly last week, the  Labor Department said on Thursday in a report underscoring  stability in the labor market despite sluggish growth.
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U.S. private employers likely added 57,000 new jobs in February, about half of what economists had expected, according to a report released on Wednesday, indicating weakness in the labor market and a slowing economy.
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St. Louis area employers expect to hire at a moderate pace during the first quarter of 2005, according to the Manpower Employment Outlook Survey.
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Nortel Networks Corp. will cut 250 fewer jobs than it first expected but nearly a quarter of the 3,250 employees facing pink slips over the next nine months are slated to come from Ottawa, the company revealed yesterday.