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: 08/13 Retail Sales Decline, Initial Jobless Claims Rise

08/13/09 Retail sale unexpectedly in July while initial jobless claims jumped bringin to the forefront concerns over consumer spending.

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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: US Unemployment Rate Continues To Reach Records

The US unemployment rate, currently at a 26-year high, continues to rise at an astounding pace with the state of Michigan leading the nation where the unemployment rate is above 15%.

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Video: 07/08 Credit Card Deliquencies at Record High

07/08/09 Consumers fall behind on credit card payments at a record pace as the recession and unemployment hit hard.

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Video - 07/06 Employment Outlook: What problems may Lie Ahead

07/06/09 A look at the latest jobs numbers and what PNC economist Stu Hoffman says should be paid more attention to.

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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 - Money Minute: Fewer on unemployment

Total number of people on unemployment insurance drops; Geithner says Federal Reserve best suited to become super-regulator: Former HealthSouth CEO ordered to pay $2.8 billion to shareholders.

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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: New jobless claims drop, rolls reach 6.7M

The number of newly laid-off workers requesting unemployment insurance dropped slightly last week after spiking due to auto layoffs, while continuing jobless claims moved closer to 7 million. (May 21)

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Video - AP Impact: Map shows America's economic stress

The Associated Press Economic Stress Index map starkly shows the difficulties facing many Americans.

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Video: Pfizer to issue free drugs to unemployed

Pfizer will provide 70 of its most widely prescribed prescription drugs -- including Lipitor and Viagra -- for free to people who have lost their jobs and health insurance.

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Video: 05/14 Jobless Claims Reflect Auto Industry Woes

05/14/09 Jobless Claims increase as Chrysler's bankruptcy leaves thousands unemployed.

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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 - Bernanke: Economy should grow later in 2009

Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told Congress Tuesday that the economy should pull out of a recession and start growing again later this year, but warned that unemployment is expected to remain high.

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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: 04/07 Unemployment Benefits to End for Some

04/07/09 Unemployment benefits are going to end in a few weeks for those without a job for the past year even as finding new employment becomes increasingly difficult.

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