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US economy adds 171K jobs, rate rises to 7.9 pct.

The Associated Press

November 2, 2012

U.S. employers added 171,000 jobs in October and hiring was stronger over the previous two months than first thought. The unemployment rate inched up to 7.9 percent from 7.8 percent in September.

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