KQED Nightly Business Report October 9, 2010
this program is made possible by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by wpbt >> susie: good evening everyone. 95,000 american workers lost jobs in september. tom, there was some hiring by u.s. businesses, but not enough to offset the big cuts in government jobs. >> tom: susie, the labor department said the unemployment rate held steady at 9.6%. but add in people who've stopped looking or who can't find full- time work and the underemployment rate is much higher: 17.1%. >> susie: those dreary numbers could be the trigger for federal...