Nationwide jobless rate hits 26-year high

Sobering news arrived on the jobs front Thursday when U.S. Labor Department figures revealed the nation's unemployment rate hit 9.5 percent in June -- a 26-year high.

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Date: Fri, Jul 3, 2009 1:17am | Trucking News | Archive

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