- The US unemployment reached a 14-year high of 6.5 percent today. About 240,000 nonfarm jobs were lost in October alone. So far this year 1.2 million US jobs have been lost.— Bloomberg
- The still being recounted Minnesota Senate race between Al Franken and Senator Norm Coleman came within a margin of 236 votes at the end of Thursday. Read Related: Al Franken Front Page Georgia Italy Jobs Norm Coleman Russia Silvio Berlusconi Unemploymenton Yahoo!
