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Unemployment rate falls to 8.3% in January The U.S. economy added 243,000 jobs in January, bringing the unemployment rate to its lowest level in three years.
Feb. 3, 2012
Alonzo Whitten, 55, of the District, takes inventory of the stock at the soon-to-open Annie's Ace Hardware store in the Petworth area of Washington, D.C. The store's hiring of new employees from the neighborhood is part of the 243,000 new jobs added in the United States this past January as the unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent. Whitten, a certified plumber, was hired two to three weeks ago at Ace to head the store's plumbing department.
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Feb. 3, 2012
Alonzo Whitten gets a word of instruction from store owner Anne Stom about shelving the stock at the soon-to-open Annie's Ace Hardware store in the Petworth area of Washington, D.C.
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Feb. 3, 2012
Store owner Anne Stom and Alonzo Whitten put together cash register markers as Rodney Lancaster works in the background at the soon-to-open Annie's Ace Hardware store in the Petworth section of Washington, D.C. Lancaster has been living in the area for more than 40 years. "It's really convenient to come out my door and walk to work rather than take two trains and a bus," said Lancaster, who had to work in both Virginia and Maryland before landing this job near his home.
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Feb. 3, 2012
Alonzo Whitten installs cash register markers at the soon-to-open Annie's Ace Hardware store in the Petworth area of Washington, D.C.
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Feb. 3, 2012
Store owner Anne Stom and new employees Alonzo Whitten and Rodney Lancaster mount shelves at the soon-to-open Annie's Ace Hardware store in Washington, D.C.
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Feb. 3, 2012
Alonzo Whitten shelves the stock at the soon-to-open Annie's Ace Hardware store in the Petworth area of Washington, D.C.
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Feb. 2, 2012
An auto worker assembles parts on the 2013 Dodge Dart at the Chrysler Plant in Belvidere, Ill. Sergio Marchionne, chairman and chief executive of Chrysler Group, announced that Chrysler will add a third shift at the Belvidere Plant to begin production of the Dart. The unemployment rate fell for the fifth straight month after a surge of January hiring, a promising shift in the nation's outlook for job growth.
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Jan. 5. 2012
Workers are seen amid the construction of a new building in the Flats area of downtown Cleveland. U.S. employers stepped up their hiring in January.
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Jan. 30, 2012
UPS Store employee Candy Mojica weighs packages before shipping at the UPS Store in the Lake Balboa area of Los Angeles. The unemployment rate fell for the fifth straight month after a surge of January hiring, a promising shift in the nation's outlook for job growth.
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Feb. 3, 2012
J.R. Smith, second from right, chief executive of AVG Technologies, listens to specialist Michael O'Connor, right, during his visit to the trading floor after he rang the New York Stock Exchange opening bell. U.S. stocks are opening sharply higher after the unemployment rate dropped to the lowest level in three years.
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Angel Alvarez, a recruiter for the Art Institutes, left, greets a job seeker at a National Career Fairs job fair in San Diego.
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Jan. 11, 2012
Deris Medina works on a sold SeaHunter 40-foot boat at SeaHunter Boats Inc. in Princeton, Fla. Factories grew at the fastest pace in seven months in January, boosted by a rise in new orders.
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Jan. 5, 2012
A construction worker guides a rafter into position at a construction site in Dayton, Ohio.
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Jan. 25, 2012
Bins of completed locks sit at the Master Lock company in Milwaukee.
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Jan. 12, 2012
People wait in line at a job fair employer hiring event in Portland, Ore. Oregon's unemployment rate has dropped below 9 percent for the first time in three years.
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Jan. 18, 2012
Veterans talk with coaches to review their résumés prior to approaching recruiters and hiring managers from public and private sector companies about job opportunities during a Veteran Career Fair and Expo at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in the District
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