San Jose, Calif., Area Sees Hope in New Employment Numbers.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News,  April, 2004  

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By Margaret Steen, San Jose Mercury News, Calif. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Apr. 3--The nation added jobs in March at the fastest rate in almost four years, signaling hope for Silicon Valley's recovery, economists said.

But valley job seekers may still need to be patient until the region catches up with the rest of the country.

The 308,000 jobs added nationwide, announced Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics, are good news for the 8.4 million unemployed U.S. workers. The growth pleased economists who had been predicting job expansion. It gave a boost to ...

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