Candy sales strong despite recession

Sep. 22, 2009

In a broad recession-related shift, many Americans have lost their taste for fancy cars, clothes and vacations, but their appetite for candy, it seems, only has become more pronounced. The California unemployment rate climbed to 12.2 percent in August and...

California unemployment hits 12.2 percent

SACRAMENTO, Sept. 18 (UPI) -- California officials said the Golden State lost 12,300 jobs in August, a sharp decline from July, but still enough to push unemployment to a postwar record.

California unemployment at 11.5 percent

WASHINGTON, June 19 (UPI) -- The unemployment rate in California hit its highest level in more than 30 years, the U.S. Labor Department said Friday.

Calif. jobless rate hits 11.2 percent

SACRAMENTO, April 17 (UPI) -- The unemployment rate rose to 11.2 percent in California in March, the highest rate in the 33 years that records have been kept, state officials said.

California unemployment at 10.5 percent

LOS ANGELES, March 21 (UPI) -- The unemployment rate in California reached 10.5 percent in February its 11th straight month of increases, the state says.

EU unemployment fell slightly in May

LONDON, July 1 (UPI) -- Unemployment in Spain and Germany slipped below 10 percent in May, according to Eurostat data released Friday.

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Lori Anne Madison, 6, competes in Scripps National Spelling Bee

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Lori Anne Madison, 6, of Woodbridge, Virginia, spells out the letters in her word as she competes during the opening round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee, May 30, 2012, in National Harbor, Maryland. Madison, the youngest known qualifier in the history of the contest, correctly spelled the word "dirigible*", a lighter-than-air aircraft, to advance. UPI/Mike Theiler

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