... This rate of unemployment was the biggest one-month rise in twenty -one years, as well as the highest rate since December 1996, reported the Labor Department."" (US unemployment rockets.) These job losses in October were felt across most industry groups, with noticeably larger ... declines in the manufacturing and services sector. Figures from the Labor Department showed a one hundred and eleven thousand job losses to the service industry, while the manufacturing ... the first time in eight years. Other statistics showed that the Gross Domestic Product, which is the total market value of...

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... This rate of unemployment was the biggest one-month rise in twenty -one years, as well as the highest rate since December 1996, reported the Labor Department."" (US unemployment rockets.) These job losses in October were felt across most industry groups, with noticeably larger ... declines in the manufacturing and services sector. Figures from the Labor Department showed a one hundred and eleven thousand job losses to the service industry, while the manufacturing ... the first time in eight years. Other statistics showed that the Gross Domestic Product, which is the total market value of...

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• Grade Level: High School

... as Al Capone, caused an estimated 60 million dollars worth of damage. Although Capone was indeed a criminal, he shared his wealth with charities, and provided the public with goods and services that they wanted. In the 1920's business was an obsession. Economic expansion created booming business profits, which in turn raised the standard of living for most Americans. Large businesses were ... to capture fuel reserves. The United States began to defend the East Indies, offering support wherever it was needed and this action also angered the Japanese. On the Morning of December 7, 1941 a ...

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• Grade Level: High School