Jobs: Worst in 5 years

Courtesy CNN Money  Fri, 10/03/2008 - 8:39am

Employers made deeper cuts in their payrolls in September, according to the Labor Department's monthly jobs report, as the economy experienced the biggest drop in jobs in more than five years.


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