Video - Business Update: Job hopes

The labor market showed more signs of stabilization in October as private data showed smaller job cuts and fewer layoff announcements.

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Video: Storm Brewing With Jobless Rate

The September employment report will be released later this week and, as Jones Newswires' Darrell Hughes reports, the news is expected to be grim.

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Video: 08/20 Initial Jobless Claims on the Rise

08/20/09 Weekly initial jobless claims unexpectedly rise leading to concerns over weakness in the labor market and its impact on consumers.

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Video: 08/06 Jobless Claims Down

08/06/09 Data shows the number of initial jobless claims unexpectedly fell but retail sales are weak.

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Video: Unemployment rate to 9.5 percent

The nation's unemployment rate surges again, as employers cut hundreds of thousands of jobs last month. The AP's Mark Hamrick reports.

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Video: 06/05 Economy Lost 345,000 Jobs in May

06/05/09 The economy continues to shed jobs but at a slower rate than before, but there is still room for caution.

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Video: Workers ponder their futures under GM bankruptcy

General Motors Corp. said Monday it will permanently close nine more plants and idle three others to trim production and labor costs under bankruptcy protection. The AP's Mark Carlson reports from Michigan.

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Video - Obama outlines plan to help GM survive

President Barack Obama pushed General Motors Corp. into bankruptcy on Monday and said it was part of a 'viable achievable plan that will give this iconic company a chance to rise again.'

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Video: 05/27 Green Energy Could mean 2 million Jobs

05/27/09 Using more green energy could create up to 2 million new jobs in the US, according to a recent study by the Copenhagen Climate Council.

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Video - Your Money: Job references

If you read job-hunting web sites, sometimes the advice can seem rather extreme. AP Personal Finance Editor Trevor Delaney explains. E-mail your questions to yourmoney@ap.org

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Video: Jobless rate rises but pace of layoffs slows

The pace of layoffs slowed in April when employers cut 539,000 jobs, the fewest in six months. But the AP's Mark Hamrick says unemployment rate climbed to 8.9 percent, the highest since late 1983.

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Video: Laid-off workers bet on clean energy boom

As the economy sheds jobs at an alarming rate, community colleges across the country are reporting a surge of unemployed workers enrolling in courses that train students for 'green-collar jobs.'

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Video: 04/17 Labor Market Lags

04/17/09 Despite brief respite jobless claims remain at record high.

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Video: 04/13 A Shift in the Labor Market

04/13/09 Some white collar jobs are growing as manufacturing jobs drop.

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Video: Building for the future

The U.S. is expected to spend an extra $28 billion to upgrade the nation's bridges and roads and one manufacturer is hopeful some of those dollars will flow their way.

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Video - Business Update: Jobless data flat

The same amount of Americans lined-up for first time jobles benefits last week compared to the prior week, but a record number are still receiving benefits. Producer prices rose in January for the first time in five months. Hormel beats, Sprint Nextel sheds subscribers, and Hewlett-Packard cuts its full-year outlook. The fallout from the $8 billion Allen Stanford fraud allegation spread across Latin America, the Caribbean and possibly beyond.

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Video: Fed. workforce swells as private sector shrinks

Companies are cutting jobs by the tens of thousands. But don't look for the federal government to start handing out pink slips.

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Video: Attack the Heart of the Problem

The economic stimulus needs to get to the heart of the economic troubles if it is to succeed, says Alan Valdes of Hilliard Lyons. It needs to create jobs.

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Video: Stimulus bill revives "Buy American"

The stimulus package making its way through Capitol Hill includes a "Buy American" provision for using US steel and iron.

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Video: Out of work? Try these professions

There's a bit of encouraging news for the millions of Americans out of work and searching. The AP found several fields proving resilient in the down economy.

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