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Thursday July 2, 08:17 PM

 

 

US loses 467,000 jobs, unemployment at 9.5%

By Chris Hondros

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Job seekers look use computers to look for work at an unemployment centre in New York City in June 2009. US employers shed 467,000 jobs in June, pushing the unemployment rate to a fresh 26-year high of 9.5 percent, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Job seekers look use computers to look for work at an unemployment centre in New York City in June 2009. US employers shed 467,000 jobs in June, pushing the unemployment rate to a fresh 26-year high of 9.5 percent, the Labor Department reported Thursday.


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