U.S. employers slash 598K jobs in Jan., most since ’74

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    WASHINGTON (AP) — The government says employers slashed payrolls by 598,000 in January, the most since the end of 1974, catapulting the unemployment rate to 7.6 percent.The Labor Department's report…


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