Jobs increase for first time in 8 months

Saturday, October 4, 2003

WASHINGTON -- Businesses added jobs in September for the first time in eight months and the nation's unemployment rate stayed at 6.1 percent, indicating better days may lie ahead for frustrated job seekers.

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