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White House spokesman Robert Gibbs says President Barack Obama's push to create jobs may carry a price tag in the $100 billion range....

President Barack Obama renewed his pledge on Saturday to make job creation his top priority in 2010 but said it was also critical to rein in a record budget deficit that threatened economic recovery.

The plan, which the president is scheduled to announce in a stop at a Baltimore business, would offer a $5000 tax credit for each new worker hired this year, up to $500000 per business. President Obama speaks at a town hall meeting at the University of ...

Wall Street executives welcomed U.S. President Barack Obama's plan to create jobs and a softening of his attack on banks, but questioned on Thursday whether proposals in his State of the Union address would become law.

President Obama goes before Congress for his first State of the Union address Wednesday night to show he can boost the economy and create jobs this year while cutting the budget deficit in 2011.

President Barack Obama's chief political adviser says the president will focus on job-creating plans in his State of the Union address Wednesday night.

Strategist David Axelrod says the White House takes only "cold comfort" from the fact that the president's stimulus program saved about 2 million jobs – given the millions lost in the deepest economic downturn in decades.

Unemployment rates rose in 43 states last month, the government said Friday, painting a bleak picture of the job market and illustrating nationwide data released two weeks ago....

The jobless rate creeps up from 12.3% in November as employers lay off 38,800 workers in December, capping a dismal year in which the state lost more than half a million jobs.

California employers cut more workers from their staffs in December, capping a dismal year in which the state lost more than half a million jobs.

The number of newly-laid off workers seeking jobless benefits unexpectedly rose last week, as the job market recovers at a slow and uneven pace.

The government said the economy shed 85,000 jobs last month, surprising forecasters, while the unemployment rate held steady at 10 percent.