On Sat, 4 Sep 2004 09:28:13 -0400, " jim--" wrote:

The subject line says it all. 144,000 new jobs across all sectors reported
for August, with a drop to 5.4% of the unemployment rate.

Great news! Great economic trend for the past 15 months.


It doesn't surprise me. As the owner of an Engineering company, I have added
6 engineers to my staff within the last year. Sales of Automation
engineering to the manufacturing sector have been quite good and prospects
look even better.