Unemployment rates are up from this time last year in all 50 states, but recently the situation improved somewhat -- employment increased in 28 states...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and TALI ARBEL | Posted 11.19.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — A gauge of future economic activity and a report on unemployment benefits signaled Thursday that the recovery likely will remain we...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 11.10.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — The ending of the recession is reviving global trade, increasing U.S. imports by a record amount in July and boosting foreign deman...
AP | BETH DeFALCO | Posted 10.22.2009 | Business
TRENTON, N.J. — Despite the nation's highest jobless rate in 26 years, American workers are seeing some encouraging trends this Labor Day, accor...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 09.27.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Further evidence the recession is ending came in a report Thursday confirming that the economy shrank at an annual rate of just 1 p...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 06.07.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — New applications for jobless benefits plunged to the lowest level in 14 weeks, a possible sign that the massive wave of layoffs has...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.10.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — New jobless claims fell more than expected last week but are stuck at elevated levels, while the number of people continuing to rec...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.03.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Fresh signs that factories are coming back to life and a bank CEO's encouraging outlook fueled more hopes Thursday that the economy...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 03.08.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — More people sought unemployment benefits than expected last week and laid-off workers found it harder to land new jobs as the econo...
Huffington Post | Danny Shea | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business
Friday morning's unemployment report revealed that 524,000 jobs were lost in December, bringing the 2008 net total to 2.6 million jobs lost. That's th...
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 11.20.2009 | Business