Behind the Bad News on Jobs

The economy loses 80,000 more positions in March

By Kirk Shinkle

Posted: April 4, 2008

For stocks, futures soared before the market opened, but optimism stopped at the opening bell. All major indexes opened slightly lower, though big gains notched on Monday appear to be holding.

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