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Unemployment Drops To 9.1% But Still A Mixed Bag

March 3, 2011

Gains in February showed job growth mainly in service producing sectors by middle and small businessess as reported by Ruth Mantell for MarketWatch.  Of the 217,000 jobs gained only 15,000 were in goods produced and  large corporations only added 13,000 jobs of  this gain.  At the same time,  the number of jobs cut rose to 51,000 the largest increase since March [...]

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Hunting For Swine Flu Vaccine

November 19, 2009

By Maggie Mertens for NPR The swine flu vaccine remains scarce, but is slowly becoming a little less difficult to find. Some people are getting the vaccine at doctors’ offices, some at college health centers, and some at public flu clinics. You’re best bet will depend on where you live. As KQED’s Sarah Varney reports [...]

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