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• Tuesday, November 29th 2016 - 09:38 UTC

  MI certifies Trump's win, Stein sticks to recount plans in WI, PA but nothing will change

  

  Electoral officials for the state of Michigan certified Monday that Donald Trump won by 10,704 votes out of nearly 4.8 million to claim all of its 16 electoral votes. Green Party nominnee Jill Stein said she would continue with her petitions for vote recounts in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, although it would have taken a reversal in all three states for Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton to reach the presidency.

• Monday, October 10th 2016 - 10:26 UTC

  US economy in September creates jobs at a slower pace: more people looking for work

  

  The US economy created 156,000 jobs in September, official figures show, slightly fewer than expected. However, August figure was revised higher to 167,000 from 151,000. Both figures are lower than 180,000 average for this year. The unemployment rate edged up to 5% from 4.9%, although that was due to more people looking for work.