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Job Openings Ease, but Layoffs Are Little Changed

Government data for October shows the labor market is still strong, though cooling slightly.

By Sydney Ember

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Labor Department Finds 31 Children Cleaning Meatpacking Plants

Packers Sanitation Services, a food safety contractor, hired children as young as 13 to clean dangerous equipment on overnight shifts, the department said. Several suffered chemical burns.

By Remy Tumin

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U.S. Added 261,000 Jobs in Strong Showing

Job growth is slowing but remains stronger than comfortable for the Federal Reserve, which is trying to tame high inflation.

By Sydney Ember

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Employers added 261,000 jobs in October, a sign that the economy is resilient.

By Sydney Ember

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