SACRAMENTO, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- California's unemployment rate rose to 9.3 percent in December, its highest level since January 1994, state officials said.
TOKYO, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Japan's September jobless rate eased to 4 percent from 4.2 percent in August, due largely to jobless men giving up their job search, the government said Friday.
OTTAWA, Sept. 5 (UPI) -- Canadian job gains and U.S. job losses brought the countries' jobless rates to the same level for the first time in 26 years, the governments said Friday.
SINGAPORE, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Singapore's jobless rate will stay around 4 percent the next five years if the economy grows at 3 to 5 percent, says a senior official.
