UNEMPLOYMENT

The U.S. private sector created a better-than-expected 158,000 jobs in October; jobless claims fell last week and productivity rose as expected.

A positive jobs report would undoubtedly be hailed by President Obama as justification for his re-election; the reverse, the opposite.

Among youths between the ages of 15 and 24, 22.2 percent are jobless in Sweden.

Rising euro zone unemployment in September plus high inflation doesn't bode well for consumer spending for rest of 2012.

South Korea’s industrial output rose in September compared to that in the previous month, ending the period of contraction for the last three months, indicating that there is hope that the country’s economy is reviving in spite of the soft global demand.

White South African households earned six times as much as their black counterparts as of 2011.

The U.S. employment situation summary Friday will carry the most weight, because it will be the last jobs report before Election Day.

Asian stock markets ended on a negative note last week as the disappointing corporate earnings from the major companies in the U.S. and Asia weighed on the sentiment and suggested that the global economic growth momentum continued to falter.

Facing rising levels of joblessness and unable to make good on their obligations, the Spanish are getting suicidally desperate.

One in four people in Spain are unemployed as its economic recession deepens and its government implements more austerity measures.

Even a deep recession in Europe wouldn't be sufficient to snuff out the U.S. recovery completely.

Official figures show the U.K. economy grew by 1 percent, with 0.2 percent of the growth coming from the Olympic Games.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday stuck to its plan to keep stimulating the U.S. economy until the job market improves and repeated its vow to keep rates near zero until mid-2015.

The unemployment rate declined in September in most "swing" or battleground states for the U.S. presidential election, the U.S. DOL announced Friday.

Asian stock markets mostly declined Friday as the disappointing quarterly earnings from the U.S. blue chips and an unexpected jump in initial jobless claims weighed on the sentiment.

More Americans than expected applied for unemployment benefits last week.

During the presidential debate at Hofstra University in New York, Long Islanders were concerned about the unemployment rate and gas prices.

Asian stock markets were mixed Monday as concerns over weak corporate earnings and inconclusive Chinese economic data weighed on the sentiment.

Lindsay Lohan joined the ranks of Stacey Dash and announced her support for presidential candidate Mitt Romney due to her unemployment concerns.

Most of the Asian stocks rose Friday with investor sentiment turning positive as a drop in the U.S. jobless claims indicated an improvement in the labor market in the world’s largest economy.

The Labor Dept. said the number of Americans lining up for new jobless benefits fell sharply in the last week to their lowest level since February 2008.