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Employers Added 290,000 Workers In April

by Tamara Keith, NPR
May 7, 2010

The Labor Department on Friday said U.S. employers expanded their payrolls by 290,000, the most in four years. The unemployment rate for April inched up to 9.9 percent from 9.7 percent last month, mainly because more job seekers are starting to resume their search for work.

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