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Friday, November 02, 2012  US economy adds 171,000 jobs in October; unemployment rate ticks up to 7.9 percent

Tuesday, July 10, 2012  Senate Democrats pushing tax cuts for companies that hire workers, give raises, buy equipment

Friday, April 06, 2012  Employers pulled back sharply on hiring last month, a reminder that the U.S. economy may not be growing fast enough to sustain robust job growth. The unemployment rate dipped, but mostly because more Americans stopped looking for work.

Thursday, March 31, 2011  US economy growing faster than those of other industrialized nations even as job creation lags