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Unemployment rate rises above 10 percent
The unemployment rate has hit double digits for the first time since 1983 - and is likely to go higher. [read more]
Stocks close slightly higher on jobless data
Stocks posted a modest gain after the Labor Department said the unemployment rate topped 10 percent in October for the first time since 1983, but also that the pace of job losses slowed.
Easing job losses point to wobbly recovery
The economy is still shedding jobs, but at a much slower pace than earlier this year, the government reported. That bolsters the view that the economy is making a slow but steady recovery.
When unemployment last topped 10 percent
The last time unemployment climbed past 10 percent, "The A-Team" was one of the top 10 TV shows and Michael Jackson was about to release "Thriller."
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