Layoffs slow, but jobless rate rises to 8.9 pct (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
The pace of layoffs slowed in the United States in April, and President Barack Obama hailed the improvement as a “somewhat encouraging” sign that the economy is beginning to recover.
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