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October 30, 2010

It's a Depression for Blue-Collar Workers

Howard Gold, MarketWatch

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Oct. 30, 2010, 12:01 a.m. EDT

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Remarkably little change in U.S. sentiment

By Howard Gold

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) "” Economists may have declared the 2007-09 recession over, yet the pain lingers.

Unemployment has hit younger and older workers, males and African-Americans especially hard. But one...

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TAGGED: economy, Manufacturing, recession, Depression, Howard Gold

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