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US employers add 157,000 jobs, jobless rate hits 3.9 pct.

U.S. employers slowed their hiring in July, adding 157,000 jobs, a solid gain, though below the healthy pace in the first half of this year. The unemployment rate ticked down to 3.9 percent from 4 percent, the Labor Department said Friday. That's near an 18-year low of 3.8 percent reached in May. Employers added an average of ...

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