Month: April 2009

California State Unemployment Rate Highest Since 1941

San Francisco Chronicle Saturday, April 18, 2009 BY TOM ABATE Chronicle Staff Writer The state unemployment rate soared to 11.2 percent in March, the highest since before World War II, leaving a record 2.1 million Californians out of work, according to a report issued Friday. Employment Development Department spokeswoman Patti Roberts said the March figure […]

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US Looks to Hackers to Protect Cyber Networks

(AP) WASHINGTON D.C. By LOLITA C. BALDOR Apr 18 Wanted: Computer Hackers Buffeted by millions of digital scans and attacks each day, federal authorities are looking for hackers – not to prosecute them, but to pay them to secure the nation’s networks. General Dynamics Information Technology put out an ad last month on behalf of […]

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