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Wall St Shed 1,300 Jobs In September: NY Labor Dept
(Reuters) – Wall Street shed 1,300 workers in September, but New York City’s economic engine still employs more bankers and traders than a year-ago, the New York state Department of Labor reported on Thursday. Securities and commodities companies employed 169,400… Read More
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NY Sept. Unemployment Rate Unchanged At 8 Percent
ALBANY, N.Y. – New York’s unemployment rate was 8 percent in September, unchanged from August and down from 8.4 percent a year earlier. The state labor department says the New York City rate was 8.7 percent, also unchanged from a… Read More
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Montana Unemployment Down Slightly In September
HELENA — The state Labor Department says Montana’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate fell slightly to 7.7 percent in September. Labor Commissioner Keith Kelly says the state posted job gains in the first six months of 2011, but then Montana’s economy… Read More
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Kentucky Unemployment Increases to 9.7 Percent
Job losses in several sectors have pushed Kentucky’s unemployment rate to 9.7 percent for September. The Kentucky Office of Employment and Training released the latest unemployment figures on Friday showing a slight rise from the 9.5 percent rate in August…. Read More
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Illinois Returns to Double-Digit Unemployment Rate
Signaling an end to 12 straight months of single-digit unemployment, the Illinois jobless rate crept to 10 percent in September — an increase of a tenth of a percentage point over August. Illinois Department of Employment Security data shows the… Read More
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Georgia’ Jobless Rate Rises to 10.3 Percent
Georgia’s unemployment rate has risen to 10.3 percent, the highest level since January, state officials said. The Georgia Department of Labor said Thursday the seasonally adjusted jobless rate for September was up one-tenth of a percentage point from 10.2 percent… Read More
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Floride Unemployment Drops A Bit to 10.6 Percent
Finally comes a September that Florida’s tortured jobs market might want to remember. Florida’s economic engine kicked back into gear last month, creating a net 23,300 jobs – more than any other state. The Tampa Bay area led the way… Read More
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Kasich, Jobs Data Tell 2 Tales on Unemployment
For Gov. John Kasich, author of Ohio’s “Jobs Budget,” the state’s unemployment needle would seem to be heading in the wrong direction. Ohio’s unemployment rate remained unchanged in September at 9.1 percent, and there were actually 21,600 fewer jobs in… Read More
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State Unemployment Shows Drop
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s unemployment rate dipped slightly to 7.9 percent in September, down from 8.0 percent in August. WorkForce West Virginia says there remained 62,000 unemployed residents, with total unemployment down 4,500. Service-providing jobs grew by 2,900. A… Read More
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Private Sector Continues to Create Jobs in Texas
Texas added 15,400 new jobs last month, according to statistics released today by the Texas Workforce Commission. The Texas unemployment rate, which increased over the last three months, remained steady in September at 8.5 percent. Eight of the 11 major… Read More