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• U.S. unemployment rate hits a five-year high
With the employment situation deteriorating, there’s growing worry that consumers will recoil, throwing the economy into a tailspin later this year or early next year.
• World markets plunge after Wall Street sell-off
Pessimism permeated markets as they nervously awaited the August U.S. employment report later Friday. “This is generally expected to be showing a further 75,000 jobs were lost in August, although following bad data yesterday there is a fear that the ...
• Dell plans to sell computer factories — report
Dell’s North Carolina plant, for example, received several million dollars of state and local tax incentives that are contingent on the factory meeting certain employment and local-investment goals by 2015.
• Jobs data highlight voters' top concern
Friday’s report on the job market is expected to show further losses in August, as the economy ranks as the most important issue on voters’ minds. With the employment outlook sluggish at best for the rest of the year, the issue will likely remain ...
• Stocks tank — Dow ends day nearly 350 down
The market was already nervous as it waited for the government to release its August employment report on Friday. So news from the nation’s major retailers that shoppers curtailed their spending last month due to higher gas and food prices came as ...