Stagnant September: Unemployment Drops To 9.0 Percent But 80,000 Jobs Added In October Fall Short Of Expectations

Friday, November 4, 2011 Stagnant September: Unemployment Drops To 9.0 Percent But 80,000 Jobs Added In October Fall Short Of Expectations Exactly one year from election day 2012, unemployment in America remains stuck at crisis levels, with little reason to budge. The U.S. economy added 80,000 jobs in October, falling below economists' expectations, while the unemployment rate dipped from 9.1 to 9.0 percent, according to new data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. NOT ROCKET SCIENCE: Government Can Create Jobs By Hiring People Move Your Money Activists Prepare For Bank Transfer Day America's Young Adults Flocking To These Seven Cities Surging Shares Fail To Temper Groupon Doubts BofA Threatens Foreclosure Over A Single Dollar BLOG POSTS Van Jones: Stunning Number: Big Banks Set to Lose 70,000 Accounts on Move Your Money Day Tomorrow, tens of thousands of people all over the country will leave the big banks and move their money to community banks and credit unions, where people remember things like customer service and loyalty. Soraya Chemaly: Women Own 1% of the World's Property -- Occupy That How much poorer do we want women to get in the world? It's really hard to imagine. Despite the successes of feminists during the past century, even in the U.S. we have a persistent and growing feminization of poverty. Daniel Marans: Raising Medicare Eligibility Age Erodes Social Security Benefits, New Study Shows A proposal to increase the Medicare eligibility age, which the Super Committee is considering, would drive up health care costs to the point where they would consume almost half of the Social Security check of a middle-class retiree. Anthony Tjan: Don't Send That Email. Pick up the Phone! Like many readers, I have experienced too many unproductive strings of back-and-forth emails or texts that should have stopped in round two, but continue. The problems with trying to resolve sensitive matters over email or text are quite obvious. Chris Dodd: Secretary of State Clinton: Protecting Creative Content Can Coexist with Internet Freedom We value and respect the Internet, and we ask that those who use the Internet respect our content and our workers.

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