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NC unemployment rate drops slightly in October

By Martha Waggoner
Published November 16, 2012 3:32pm ET
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RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s unemployment dropped slightly in October from a month earlier.

The state Commerce Department released figures Friday showing that the rate dropped to 9.3 percent from 9.6 percent in September. The figures show a significant improvement from a year ago, when unemployment was 10.6 percent in October 2011.

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