Apple, Inc., three days after announcing its launch of iPad 3, which hints at more employment for the technology sector, is claiming that its power in innovation has brought half a million jobs to the U.S. through its masterpiece inventions.
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Like many other sectors, the U.S. IT jobs market has been threatened by armies of smart, skilled and English-speaking professionals from emerging market countries like India, Pakistan and Russia.
The U.S. economy added a modest 80,000 jobs in October -- below what economists expected -- but job gains for the prior two months were revised higher: September to 158,000 from the initially-released 103,000; and August to 104,000 from 57,000.
The U.S. Labor Department announced 80,000 new jobs were added to the U.S. economy in October; unemployment dropped to nine percent from 9.1, revisions to September and August's figures added 102,000 jobs collectively to both months' earlier gains.
The U.S. unemployment rate for September was 9.1 percent, but the full story of who works in America isn't told through the numbers alone.
Is the U.S. job market on the mend? Initial jobless claims for unemployment benefits in the U.S. dropped for the second week in a row, to 390,000 -- their lowest level in seven months, according to the U.S. Labor Department.
Unemployment claims dropped to a nine-month low last week, a sign that the labor market recovery is gaining steam in the U.S.
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