The original content of Democracy Now! Headlines appears under the Creative Commons BY-NC-ND 3.0 License (United States). For more, including their other shows and media, visit www.democracynow.org. November 2, 2012 158,000 U.S. Workers Hired in October -------------------------------------- New figures show U.S. companies added 158,000 jobs last month, the fastest pace in eight months. The figures were released by the payrolls processor ADP on the eve of today's official employment report from the Labor Department. .