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The skies over the White House were overcast Friday as President Obama and several prominent members of his economic team ent...

msnbc.comWhy are small-business owners gloomy?OCRegisterTwo new surveys conclude that small-business owners are more pessimistic at a time when the private sector is adding some jobs and the economy is growing, ...More pessimism among US small-business ow...

Telegraph.co.ukDavid Cameron says credit firms are best way to catch fraudstersDaily MailMinisters are to press ahead with controversial plans to use private sector 'bounty hunters' to track down benefit cheats, despite concerns about the impact o...

Reuters UKCameron: 'We'll Get Taxpayers' Money Back'Sky NewsDavid Cameron has said he will use the private sector to help him launch an "uncompromising" clampdown on fraudulent benefit claims. To view this content you need Flash ...

Aljazeera.netResistance to Spending Crimps Administration OptionsWall Street JournalThe slowdown in private-sector hiring throws into stark relief the political conundrum facing the Obama administration and many Democrats ...Obama On The Jobless Numbers: ...

The Washington Post's Ezra Klein talks with Rachel Maddow about how the dilution of the stimulus to appease Republicans and Blue Dog Democrats has led to government job losses even as the private sector added jobs. (msnbc.com)...

Science editor Alan Boyle's Weblog: NASA says it'll buy up to .1 million worth of data about robotic lander projects — potentially doubling the impact of the million Google Lunar X Prize....

MiamiHerald.comCongress has more to do on jobsMarketWatchWASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Financial markets can be excused for seeing in today's jobs numbers a mirror image of the long, hot summer weather blanketing the United States. The latest employment...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is naming 18 corporate chiefs to an advisory council charged with helping the administration fulfill his promise to double U.S. exports and create millions of new jobs over the next five years. Obama was...

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama is naming 18 corporate chiefs to an advisory council charged with helping the administration fulfill his promise to double U.S. exports and create millions of new jobs over the next five years. Obama was...