Tech firms fare better than most in jobs slump
Technology appears to be one of the least hard-hit sectors in an economy beset by unemployment at a five-year high. The Labor Department reported Friday that companies slashed their payrolls by 84,000 jobs last month, sending the country's unemployment rate to 6.1 percent from 5.7 percent in July.
| Stock Symbol: | MSFT |
| News Date: | 09/05/2008 |
| New Source: | Yahoo News |
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