Saturday, 9 January 2010

Eurozone jobless figure hits double digits: In its latest records on the unemployment status of 16 European countries using the euro currency, the European Union statistics office portrayed a bleak outlook for the region's increasing jobless population and said that unemployment in the Eurozone has topped a critical ten percent.

US loses 85,000 jobs, jobless rate holds: Fox News reported, based on Labor figures, the "underemployment" rate in December rose to 17.3 percent from 17.2 in October if discouraged workers and part-time workers who would prefer full-time jobs are included.