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Your Job 2006
Please, stop texting the boss! Want to ask your boss about that paltry raise you just got? Try using your voice, not your thumbs, to communicate your dissatisfaction, writes Fortune's Nadira A. Hira. (more)
Hiring outlook steady Survey results indicate that employers plan to maintain current staff levels despite economic uncertainty. (more)
Now, it's employment that's weakGovernment says payrolls drop for the first time in four years, in an August report much weaker than expected; unemployment rate stays at 4.6%. (more)
Wall Street braces for jobs reportThe August labor numbers will be particularly important since the market is still not sure if the Fed will (or should) cut interest rates this month. (more)
State Rate (July 2007)
Idaho 2.3%
Hawaii 2.6%
Montana 2.7%
Utah 2.7%
South Dakota 3.0%
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