Hawaii unemployment rate drops to 6.1 percent

Buy This Photo Susan Paul, who has recently completed a Masters program in occupational therapy, shakes hands with a recruiter at a healthcare job fair on Thursday in New York. Fewer Americans sought unemployment aid last week, reducing the average numbe

Daviess and Hancock counties had the lowest unemployment rates west of I-65 in January. Daviess was tied for seventh place statewide with Scott County at 7.2 percent. And Hancock was tied for ninth with Anderson and Union counties at 7.3 percent. An onli

DECATUR — The Decatur-Macon County area saw a stark increase in its unemployment rate to 14 percent in January, compared to 11.1 percent in January 2012. The preliminary report was released Thursday by the Illinois Department of Employment Security. The

By Enda Curran SYDNEY--An afterglow effect from Australia's stellar jobs numbers helped support the Australian dollar in quiet Asia trade Friday though traders cautioned that further significant gains for the currency are unlikely in the near term. "Toda

The number of people with a job across the eurozone is at the lowest level in five years, according to new figures from the European Commission. The figures highlight the disconnect between political progress that has eased concerns in the markets about

Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper 20s. Southwest winds 5 to 10 mph. Cuyahoga County isn't the only one seeing an increase — all 88 counties saw a higher unemployment rate in January In January 2013, the unemployment rate was 8.3 percent. In December, the