U.S. jobless rate bolts to 8.1%, 651K jobs lost

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — The nation's unemployment rate bolted to 8.1 percent in February, the highest since late 1983, as cost-cutting employers slashed 651,000 jobs.Both figures were worse than analysts …


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