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Jobs report: 117,000 new jobs, but more people left labor force

By Luke Johnson | 08.05.11 | 10:02 am

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released its jobs report for July Friday morning, finding that 117,000 new jobs were created and the unemployment rate dropped very slightly from 9.2 percent to 9.1 percent. However, more people left the labor force than jobs were created.

Job-loss charts compare slumps in bright spring colors, clean lines

By Chris Steller | 02.10.09 | 8:44 am

2-job-graphs“Sex in the City”–type handbag obsessions are so mid-2007. The accessory of the moment is the handbasket — instead of Gucci, think Dante. It’s not whether we’re entering a depression; it’s all about getting there in style. The latest…