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US Job Market Improves

   VOA News 03 February 2010

   The battered U.S. job market got a bit better as private employers cut
   just 22,000 jobs in January.
   That is about one-third the number of jobs cut the prior month.
   The  information  comes  from  ADP, a company that processes paychecks
   across the nation.
   On  Friday,  government experts will publish the national unemployment
   rate and the net number of jobs lost or gained across the economy.
   The  U.S.  economy  lost  85,000  jobs  in  December,  but  economists
   interviewed  by  news  organizations  say there could be a net gain in
   January.
   They  also  say  the  jobless  rate might edge up slightly to 10.1 hit
   percent.

   Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP and Reuters.

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