Jobless rate hits 14-1/2 year high

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U.S. employers slashed an unexpectedly steep 240,000 jobs from payrolls last month and the jobless rate shot up to a 14-1/2-year high, the government said on Friday in a report underscoring the economy's steep slide.

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In manufacturing alone, a whopping 90,000 jobs were cut in October ... That followed a loss of 56,000 factory jobs in September.

Service-producing industries cut 108,000 jobs in October on top of 201,000 lost in September.

Earlier this year, job losses had been concentrated in the factory sector, but September marked the third month in a row that the vast services sector lost more jobs than manufacturing, a sign of the economy's widening woes.

Construction industries dropped 49,000 more jobs last month after eliminating 35,000 in September, many of them in specialty trades related to home building.

http://biz.yahoo.com/rb/081107/business_us...onomy_jobs.html

[Chica Yeyé 41]

I was listening to that on NPR this morning. Makes you be grateful for your job --- darn.

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I was listening to that on NPR this morning. Makes you be grateful for your job --- darn.

[Chica Yeyé 41]

I was listening to that on NPR this morning. Makes you be grateful for your job --- darn.

I know ---- ####### you mean I cannot be ungrateful?????????? Not cool.

[w¡n9Nµ7 §£@¥€r 123]

I was listening to that on NPR this morning. Makes you be grateful for your job --- darn.

I know ---- ####### you mean I cannot be ungrateful?????????? Not cool.

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[Chica Yeyé 41]

Fine. W-H-A-T-E-V-E-R. I would still much rather have another job, so there

[AlHayatZween 2]

I would still much rather have another job, so there

Yes, i'm trying to be grateful for my current job...

but i can't wait until i get another one to be grateful for...

[Chica Yeyé 41]

I would still much rather have another job, so there

Yes, i'm trying to be grateful for my current job...

but i can't wait until i get another one to be grateful for...

I hear you sister