UNEMPLOYMENT

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.

Australia is losing jobs to other countries, and the reason may be surprising: China isn't growing as fast as it used to.

Stock markets in Asia are expected to begin the week on a positive note after official data Friday showed that the U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to a near four-year low in September.

The September unemployment rate fell to its lowest point since President Obama took office, but Mitt Romney says: Don't celebrate.

The national unemployment rate dipped below 8 percent in September; Obama travels to Virginia and Ohio; liberals say Obama needs to take a stronger position on Social Security.

The U.S. unemployment rate fell to 7.8 percent in September, the lowest since Barack Obama became president in January 2009.

The U.S. stock index futures point to a slightly higher open Friday ahead of the Bureau of Labor Statistics' nonfarm payrolls report and unemployment report.

Friday's jobs report probably won't be dramatic enough to alter the direction of the U.S. presidential race.

Renowned for their automobile culture, the economic crisis has led Italians to buy more bicycles than their beloved cars.

The Reserve Bank of Australia, the country's central bank, lowered its benchmark interest rate on a sudden -- and unexpected -- gloomy labor market view.

For the second month in a row, Spain's already high unemployment level increased as tourist season ended and layoffs in the service sector boosted joblessness to nearly 24 percent.

Poland was the only European Union nation to make it through the recession without seeing its economy shrink. Can it keep this pace up?

Fewer Americans than forecast filed applications for new jobless benefits last week. However U.S. 2Q GDP rose less than initially estimated.

Uncertainty since the start of the 2008 financial crisis may have caused the U.S. unemployment rate to rise.

The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits fell by 3,000 to 382,000 last week, unwinding some of the weather-related spike during the previous week

The four-week moving average for new jobless claims rose for the fifth consecutive week, to its highest level since June.

The Palestinian Authority's budget is short some $400 million, a gap that will remain and cause serious fiscal difficulties, even if all donors fulfill their 2012 pledges to Palestine, the World Bank warned on Wednesday.

Lonmin miners who went on strike last month have agreed to a 22 percent pay raise and will return to work this week. But the strike has taken a toll on South Africa's economy, and other mines still face unrest.

The stock markets are having a monster rally. But next earnings season might challenge that.