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Job Market Surges As Employers Add 266,000 Jobs In November

U.S. employers added a better-than-expected number of jobs last month, boosted in part by the return of General Motors workers who had been on strike in October. The unemployment rate fell to 3.5%.
An employee stocks the toy section of a Walmart on Black Friday in King of Prussia, Pa.

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U.S. employers added a better-than-expected 266,000 jobs in November in a sign the economy continues to

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