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The unemployment rate soared to a nearly five-year high in August as employers trimmed jobs for the eighth straight month, the government reported Friday.
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The nation’s service sector expanded in August for the first time in three months, according to a survey of industry executives released Thursday.
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Arlington County will host a series of community discussions this fall, aimed to bring together a diverse group of those who live, work or do […]

Costco Wholesale Corp. said comparable-store sales increased 9 percent last month compared with a year earlier, but analysts were expecting a bigger jump.
August net sales […]

Oil’s sharp two-month decline is likely to end soon as producer cartel OPEC will probably cut production once prices dip below $100 a barrel, […]

With gas prices still near record highs, the overall economy in a slump and continued trouble in the credit markets, just about everybody expects […]

Retail sales in Germany, Europe's largest economy, fell a second month in July as rising prices and a shrinking economy discouraged household spending.
Sales, […]