UNEMPLOYMENT

South Korea’s industrial output rose in September compared to that in the previous month, ending the period of contraction for the last three months, indicating that there is hope that the country’s economy is reviving in spite of the soft global demand.

White South African households earned six times as much as their black counterparts as of 2011.

The U.S. employment situation summary Friday will carry the most weight, because it will be the last jobs report before Election Day.

Asian stock markets ended on a negative note last week as the disappointing corporate earnings from the major companies in the U.S. and Asia weighed on the sentiment and suggested that the global economic growth momentum continued to falter.

Facing rising levels of joblessness and unable to make good on their obligations, the Spanish are getting suicidally desperate.

One in four people in Spain are unemployed as its economic recession deepens and its government implements more austerity measures.

Even a deep recession in Europe wouldn't be sufficient to snuff out the U.S. recovery completely.

Official figures show the U.K. economy grew by 1 percent, with 0.2 percent of the growth coming from the Olympic Games.

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday stuck to its plan to keep stimulating the U.S. economy until the job market improves and repeated its vow to keep rates near zero until mid-2015.

The unemployment rate declined in September in most "swing" or battleground states for the U.S. presidential election, the U.S. DOL announced Friday.

Asian stock markets mostly declined Friday as the disappointing quarterly earnings from the U.S. blue chips and an unexpected jump in initial jobless claims weighed on the sentiment.

More Americans than expected applied for unemployment benefits last week.

During the presidential debate at Hofstra University in New York, Long Islanders were concerned about the unemployment rate and gas prices.

Asian stock markets were mixed Monday as concerns over weak corporate earnings and inconclusive Chinese economic data weighed on the sentiment.

Lindsay Lohan joined the ranks of Stacey Dash and announced her support for presidential candidate Mitt Romney due to her unemployment concerns.

Most of the Asian stocks rose Friday with investor sentiment turning positive as a drop in the U.S. jobless claims indicated an improvement in the labor market in the world’s largest economy.

The Labor Dept. said the number of Americans lining up for new jobless benefits fell sharply in the last week to their lowest level since February 2008.

Australia is losing jobs to other countries, and the reason may be surprising: China isn't growing as fast as it used to.

Stock markets in Asia are expected to begin the week on a positive note after official data Friday showed that the U.S. unemployment rate unexpectedly fell to a near four-year low in September.

The September unemployment rate fell to its lowest point since President Obama took office, but Mitt Romney says: Don't celebrate.

The national unemployment rate dipped below 8 percent in September; Obama travels to Virginia and Ohio; liberals say Obama needs to take a stronger position on Social Security.