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Any reason to act based on some of the recent economic numbers that are out? reporter: well they re mixed but some have been somewhat positive. you have reports this morning that planned layoffs are falling even though they recently hit a two-year high and are still higher than they were a year ago by the way. automatic data processing said today that company payrolls rose by 110,000 in october, mainly in the service industry. last quarter the economy grew at 2 1/2%. that is not much to make much of a dent in the unemployment rate. some are encouraged that the economy is not headed into double-dip recession. so mixed news there. you have the mess in europe over huge debts in greece and other nations with the uncertainty created by greece s decision to have a national referendum on painful choices that greeks have been demonstrating against. there is huge uncertainty about that. the fed may want to keep dry what little powder is has left, jon. jon: jim angle. thank you. you bet. jen ....
Both meg whitman and carly fiorina, the republican candidates for governor and u.s. senator now say they will not be there. whitman s campaign is doing a bit more than just denying allegations she knew her one-time housekeeper was an illegal immigrant. the whitman camp has now released a poll showing 68% of california voters don t like the woman s attorney, gloria allred. the dow jones industrial has hit a five-month high today, closing just 33 points short of 11,000. but there s a big cloud on the horizon. the latest unemployment numbers come out on friday, and a preview shook the market today. adp, a firm that processes company payrolls, reports the private sector shed 39,000 jobs last month. so not quite out of the woods yet, huh? not at all. looking at a tough unemployment report this friday. and as you know, jobs and the economy dominating the political discussion this year. that s why democrats in so much trouble. there was a fascinating graphic display on the washington post ....
Administration is reportedly taking a big departure from it s predecessor when it comes to cracking down on immigrants. illegally working in america. the new york times is reporting the feds are now conducting what are called silent raids. and we begin with julie kirtz on that live in washington. this is definitely a switch, julie. tell us about what the goal or the strategy is and how it works. well, according to ice, immigration and custom enforcement agency, the goal is to change attitudes in the country, the idea it s okay to hire illegal workers. trade workplace roundups of illegal workers for audits of records, so-called silent raids. this means ice auditors go through company payrolls and companies are fined, illegal workers are fired, but not deported. so, they can end up staying in the u.s. and in fact, jamie, many immigrants buy new false documents and keep working here, as you know. jamie: what about the reaction from employers on ....
Mortgage company and started his own business six months ago. social networking services to small businesses. you can build that initial relationship. nathan took a risk, which isn t something a lot of people wouldn t have done in the last couple of years when the u.s. had the worst economy since the great depression. in 2008 it sort of seemed like the sky was falling a little bit. many people felt lucky just to have a job, any job, and were clinging to positions they didn t want. but there are signs that job freeze is starting to thaw. in the first five months of this year, company payrolls grew by nearly half a million workers. and with the economy slowly improving, so are people s confidence level. they stayed until the recession kind of hunkered down in their companies and now that it s freeing up, they are going out and finding better jobs. the department of labor says more people quit their jobs voluntarily in recent months than were laid off and that has some bosse ....