Unemployment Up

By Margaret Lyons in News on Sep 5, 2008 2:58PM

Unemployment rose again through the month of August, according to a new report released by the Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics. The national unemployment rate is 6.1 percent, a five-year high. [AP, BLS]

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