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Recent Employment Figures Display the Importance of Education

President Obama will address the nation Thursday September 8, 2011 to discuss the overall high unemployment rate and initiatives that can hopefully get people back to work.  This comes after another terrible jobs number that was reported last week.  In … Continue reading

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What Does Growth in Unemployment Mean for the Economy?

Employment numbers today are nothing short of terrible. After adding 200,000+ jobs the past three months, only 54,000 jobs were added in May versus earlier estimates of over 160,000. Unemployment rose to 9.1 from 9.0%. This is the fewest jobs added in … Continue reading

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