With unemployment firmly above 10 percent and a comprehensive health bill looming in the Senate, President Obama warned that without debt-reduction measures the U.S. could enter a double-dip recession.

Canada lost 43,000 full-time jobs in October. The losses were a surprise and boosted Canada's unemployment rate to 8.6 percent. Part-time work decreased by 60,000 positions in October, with adult women and youth bearing the brunt of the drop.

The U.S. Dept. of Labor reports that October's unemployment rate jumped to 10.2 percent. That rate is the highest it has been since 1983. Some employers, however, are adding temporary workers.

The US economy lost a net total of 190,000 jobs in October, causing the national unemployment rate to jump to 10.2%, the highest in 26 years.

Passed on November 5th, the bill extends unemployment benefits up to twenty additional weeks and the new homebuyer tax credit to contracts signed by April 30 and completed by June 30.

Unemployment is rocking the southwest part of the United States. Meanwhile, corporations like Oracle, that are doing just fine, are canceling conventions in Las Vegas just to keep the perception that they are not doing great in this economy.

Over 7,000 unemployed workers in South Carolina are breathing a sigh of relief this morning as the legislature votes to approve extending unemployment benefit payments.

South Carolina Department of Commerce data shows that not all unemployed workers receiving benefits qualify to receive unemployment to begin with.

The Federal Unemployment Benefits Extension bill HR 3548 is still being debated in the Senate. Senators have yet to reach a resolution on how to fund the bill. While they debate, thousands of Americans are losing their unemployment benefits each day.

Two million Americans are facing a termination of unemployment benefits by the end of the year and Senate Democrats are racing to get a proposal done to extend benefits before the clock strikes midnight.

The U.S. unemployment rate hit 9.8 percent in September, as the recession is proving to be more resilient than prior estimates.

The unemployment rate has risen to 9.8 percent in the United States. That number does not include those who have given up looking for employment or are underemployed. Jobs losses in Sept. especially high in construction and government sectors.

The unemployment numbers are in for August and for the eighth straight month Nevada's unemployment rate goes up. The construction and hospitality industries have been hit the hardest.

American unemployment figures in August hit a 26-year high, rising to 9.7 percent and reflecting an economy that remains uncertain.

With unemployment figures expected to stabilize in August, Vice President Joe Biden reiterates that the federal stimulus plan is working and that the 'trajectory' of the economy has been changed.

White House budget chief Peter Orszag has stated that United States unemployment will rise to 10 per cent this year and debt will continue to increase with a $1.5 trillion deficit next year.

Britain's Office for National Statistics showed that unemployment has risen to reach 2.43 million, the highest level since 1995.

Unemployment is rising in Canada and this worries many students across the country. This university student is no different. Instead, she is even more pessimistic.

With town hall meetings facing stiff protest across the country, and with approval ratings at the lowest point of his presidency, President Obama seeks to tie an unexpected jobs report to the health care overhaul bill.

As the recession continues in most countries across the globe, Statistics Canada has released the unemployment numbers and they are not pretty.