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Unemployment ticks up to 7.9 percent in October

November 2, 2012 | Modified: November 2, 2012 at 7:28 am
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Unemployment ticks up to 7.9 percent in October, according to the The Bureau of Labor Statistics numbers just released. 171,000 nonfarm payroll jobs were added in October.

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