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Burst of hiring lowers national unemployment rate to 8.3 percent
![<span class="s1">WASHINGTON (AP) — In the most impressive surge for the job market since early last year, the United States added 243,000 jobs in January, far more than economists expected. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years.</span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-02/23871438037840-03095246.png "<span class="s1\">WASHINGTON (AP) — In the most impressive surge for the job market since early last year, the United States added 243,000 jobs in January, far more than economists expected. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years.</span>")
WASHINGTON (AP) — In the most impressive surge for the job market since early last year, the United States added 243,000 jobs in January, far more than economists expected. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent, the lowest in three years....Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Elections, Washington, DC, Credit Ratings, Money and Monetary Policy
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Friday report: Hiring burst drops national unemployment rate to 8.3 percent
![<span style="font-size: small;">The nation's unemployment rate fell for the fifth</span><span style="font-size: small;"> straight month after a surge of January hiring, a promising shift</span><span style="font-size: small;"> in the nation's outlook for job growth.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> </span>](http://media.trb.com/media/thumbnails/story/2012-02/195196100-03054608.jpg "<span style="font-size: small;\">The nation's unemployment rate fell for the fifth</span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> straight month after a surge of January hiring, a promising shift</span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> in the nation's outlook for job growth.</span><span style=\"font-size: small;\"> </span>")
AP Economics ReporterThe nation's unemployment rate fell for the fifth straight month after a surge of January hiring, a promising shift in the nation's outlook for job growth. The Labor Department says employers added 243,000 jobs in January, the most in nine months....Tags: Career and Workplace, Employment Opportunities, Unemployment, Unemployment, Employment
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Employment numbers are back to pre-recession levels in the NRV
ReporterIt looks like the economy is back on track in part of southwest Virginia. Fewer people are unemployed and a record number of jobs are being created in the New River Valley. It was less than a year ago that government officials cheered as a ribbon was...Tags: Companies and Corporations, Blacksburg, Career and Workplace, Employment Opportunities, Companies and Corporations
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Most private employers providing health insurance to workers
Just 17 percent of Maryland’s adult private sector workers went without health insurance in 2010, compared with 22 percent nationally, according to a report put out by the Maryland Health Care Commission. The commission looks at private employers...Tags: Career and Workplace, Employment Opportunities, Private Health Care, Employment, Health and Safety at Work
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Governor Corbett's 2012-13 Budget Address
The following is Governor Tom Corbett’s 2012-13 Budget Address to the General Assembly (as prepared for delivery):
Speaker Smith, President Pro Tempore Scarnati, Lieutenant Governor Cawley, members of the General Assembly, distinguished cabinet,...Tags: Unemployment Benefits, Montgomery County (Virginia), Crime, Law and Justice, Finance, Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Retirees face the risk of outliving their money
Until recently, retirement planning focused mostly on helping workers accumulate savings. Now, the Treasury Department is tackling another aspect: making sure retirees don't run out of money. The department last week proposed two regulations to make...Tags: Career and Workplace, White House, Employment, Employees, Retirement Planning Services
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Fudging the numbers on unemployment
The Obama administration is touting the latest unemployment numbers released last week by the U.S. Department of Labor as proof its policies are working. But a closer look at the actual number of able-bodied people who are willing to work, but are not,...Tags: Elections, Career and Workplace, Parties and Movements, Employment, Bill Clinton
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Be careful what you wish for
When the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in Hosanna-Tabor Evangelical Lutheran Church and School v. Equal Employment Oppurtunity Commission, conservatives cheered, and liberals were dismayed. The case originated when the Lutheran school...Tags: Church and State Relations, Health, Crime, Law and Justice, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Family Planning
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