## The U.S. added just 22,000 jobs in August, confirming dramatic slowdown in the labor market

Authored by nbcnews.com

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that the U.S. added 22,000 jobs in August, well below expectations for 75,000.

Employment data for June was revised to show a net loss for that month, the BLS said, though July’s figures were revised slightly higher.

Taken together, the U.S. has added 598,000 jobs so far this year, compared with 1,144,000 for the first eight months of 2024.

The BLS said Friday that the unemployment rate ticked higher to 4.3%, a level not seen since Sept. 2017 outside of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The numbers added to growing concerns that President Donald Trump’s policies have pushed the economy toward a problematic mix of low growth and stubborn inflation.

More than one-quarter of all unemployed workers have now gone without a job for more than six months, the highest level since June 2016.

When companies are able to borrow money more cheaply, their profit margins tend to improve — assuming spending growth holds up. »

### Pizzeria Owner Sees People Eating From Dumpster, Offers Them Free Food: ‘Nobody Deserves That’

Authored by today.com

“Please do not eat out of our dumpster,” wrote Kolstad, the owner of Pizza Man in Columbia Heights, Minnesota.

Kolstad says he’s been “very fortunate” to never have experienced food insecurity, but he’s been around and worked with people who have.

That’s why, he says, “I can’t sit in a building full of food and watch somebody starve in my parking lot. »

### Hollow Knight: Silksong’s Launch Just Crashed Steam

Authored by gameluster.com

Today is finally the day, as Hollow Knight: Silksong is out right now!

Unfortunately however, the launch is so enormous that it just crashed Steam’s platform on PC.

All Steam pages are currently down at the time of writing, including game pages, the store front page, charts and more. »

### NHS surgeon who had his legs removed to satisfy sexual interest is jailed for fraud

Authored by theguardian.com

A surgeon who froze his legs so they would require amputation to satisfy a sexual obsession before making nearly £500,000 in insurance claims has been jailed.

This related to claims made to insurance companies that his legs had been amputated because of sepsis rather than self-inflicted injury.

This had long been an ambition of his and he had a sexual interest in it, the court was told. »

### Tesla offers pay package to CEO Elon Musk that could be worth up to $1 trillion

Authored by cbsnews.com

Tesla's board of directors is asking shareholders to approve a new pay package for CEO Elon Musk that could be worth up to $1 trillion in a decade, representing one of the richest compensation packages in corporate history.

For Musk to earn the full pay package, Tesla would have to reach a market cap of $8.5 trillion — about eight times its current value — in 10 years.

Tesla would also need to hit certain operational targets for Musk to collect the full pay package. »

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