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Unemployment rate reaches 7.5 percent, a new four-year low
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U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in April, and hiring was much stronger in the previous two months than first thought. The gains trimmed the unemployment rate to a four-year low of 7.5 percent.
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Unemployment rate drops to 7.8 percent, lowest in four years
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The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent last month, dropping below 8 percent for the first time in nearly four years; however, the Labor Department says employers only added 114,000 jobs in September.
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U.S. unemployment rate: Claims drop to nine week low
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The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits plunged 26,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 359,000, the lowest level of weekly applications in nine weeks.
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Foxconn labor-rights violations to be remedied after audit, report says
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Foxconn, the major supplier for Apple that has come under major scrutiny for its labor practices, has pledged to remedy numerous problems uncovered in an audit released Thursday.
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