Unemployment Checks: Keep ‘Em Coming - BusinessWeek

Story date: 2008-05-27 05:58:00
Added on: 2008-05-30 03:00:42

In April, employers shed jobs for the fourth consecutive month, bringing total losses this year as of the end of April to 260,000. With only one job opening for every two jobless workers, the ranks of the officially unemployed grew by almost 800,000 ...


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