On Sep 5, 11:57 am, LoogyPic...@
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> On Sep 5, 12:05 pm, sa...@
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>> On Fri, 5 Sep 2008 07:09:26 -0700 (PDT), Carilyn
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>>>On Sep 5, 9:04 am, justwaitafrekinmin...@
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>>>> On Sep 5, 9:54 am, carilyn.thomp...@
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>>>>> On Sep 5, 8:51 am, hk
mypacks.net> wrote:>
>>>>>>> On Sep 5, 8:43 am, hk
mypacks.net> wrote:>>>>>>>> Jobless rate soars to 6.1%%
>>>>>>>> Unemployment surges to 5-year high as employers cut workers for eighth
>>>>>>>> straight month, bringing '08 job losses to 605,000.
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>>>>>>>> NEW YORK (
CNNMoney.com) -- The unemployment rate soared to a nearly
>>>>>>>> five-year high in August, topping 6%%, as employers trimmed jobs for the
>>>>>>>> eighth straight month, according to the latest government reading Friday
>>>>>>>> that came in weaker than forecasts.
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>>>>>>>> The big surprise in the report was that the unemployment rate rose to
>>>>>>>> 6.1%%, the highest level since September 2003. That's up from the 5.7%%
>>>>>>>> rate in July and 4.7%% a year ago. Economists surveyed by
Briefing.com
>>>>>>>> had forecast the rate would remain unchanged from the July reading.
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>>>>>>>> There was a net loss of 84,000 jobs in August, according to the Labor
>>>>>>>> Department, compared to a revised reading of a 60,000 job loss in July.
>>>>>>>> Economists surveyed by
Briefing.com had forecast a loss of 75,000 jobs.
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>>>>>>>> With the August report, the U.S. economy has now lost 605,000 jobs so
>>>>>>>> far this year.
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>>>>>>>> Manufacturing lost 61,000 jobs, while construction employment fell by
>>>>>>>> 8,000. But the job losses were widespread beyond those two troubled sectors.
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>>>>>>>> Retailers trimmed 20,000 jobs despite the back-to-school shopping season
>>>>>>>> that is second only to the holiday period for many stores. Business and
>>>>>>>> professional services, a broad category that includes industries such as
>>>>>>>> accountants, consultants and legal services, lost 53,000 workers.
>>>>>>>> Leisure and hospitality cut 4,000 jobs.
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>>>>>>>> The few sectors showing gains were government as well as education and
>>>>>>>> health services, which gained 72,000 between them to temper the losses
>>>>>>>> elsewhere.
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>>>>>>>> But while economists generally study the payroll numbers most closely in
>>>>>>>> this report, it's the unemployment rate that registers with most
>>>>>>>> Americans when they think about the labor market.
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>>>>>>>> The jump is likely to be a new blow to consumer confidence, which had
>>>>>>>> just started to show gains from earlier lows due to declining gasoline
>>>>>>>> prices. And if consumer confidence starts to fall again, it could put a
>>>>>>>> brake on spending which in turn would be a new drag on the economy.
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>>>>>>>> The unemployment rate doesn't even tell the whole picture about how
>>>>>>>> difficult the job market has become. It only counts those who looked for
>>>>>>>> work during the month, not unemployed people who want jobs but who have
>>>>>>>> become discouraged from looking for work. And it also doesn't count
>>>>>>>> those who want full-time jobs but can only find part-time position.
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>>>>>>>> The so-called underemployment rate, which includes those two other
>>>>>>>> groups, rose to 10.7%%, the highest reading since 1994.
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>>>>>>> Dah'ling, I've been monitoring this group for some time, as I live on
>>>>>>> a houseboat. I was wondering about you. All you ever seem to do is
>>>>>>> paste DNC articles and columns here, and insult other posters. Do you
>>>>>>> have an inferiority complex?
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>>>>> I read that sometimes an inferiority complex and the resultant
>>>>> behavior is cause by a small weiner. Is this you secret problem?- Hide quoted text -
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>>>> It can also be caused from traumatic child abuse, say, not enough
>>>> attention, or the wrong kind of attention from a close male family
>>>> member of friend.. If you look at the innuendo harry brings up all the
>>>> time, he has some real sexual issues.. I have a feeling harry suffered
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>>>And being a fat man with a small weiner doesn't bode well for him as
>>>an adult.
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>> You seem pretty obsessed with Harry's Weiner. Do you swallow?- Hide quoted text -
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> Oh, surely you can be more of a low life scum than that! Harry will
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If Harry was ever arrested for public exposure, I'll bet his best
defense would be de minimis non curat praetor. Do I need to
translate? I think not.
