Jobs Numbers Better Than Expected The Labor Department's monthly jobs report wasn't as bad as expected. Employers cut a net 36,000 jobs from payrolls. The unemployment rate stayed the same at 9.7 percent. Long-term unemployment is still a problem, and many who lose their jobs don't eve 03-08-2010 by billjacobs Tags better, expected, jobs
After Quake Haiti's small business elite sees last month's earthquake as an opportunity, but not just to make money. They say it's a chance to refashion the corrupt, inefficient way things are done in Haiti, while marshaling international support to boost the coun 02-26-2010 by williamdunn Tags better, climate, quake, seeks