Jobs

Tess Vigeland checks in with Steve Ostrowski and Iris Bess, who were both profiled when Marketplace went to Chicago. Steve was unemployed and Iris had unemployment through an Illinois work program that is soon to expire.

Tess Vigeland talks to David Kappos, the director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, about how the office is dealing with the huge jump in patent applications over the last few years.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics will come out with statistics on workplace fatality rates for 2009. Commercial fishing is among the most dangerous professions. There may be a few ways to protect fishermen from danger, but some say the measures soak their profits. Janet Babin reports.

Gulf businesses took a huge hit by the BP oil spill and also President Obama's oil drilling moratorium. Reporter Kate Archer Kent talks to business owners in Lafayette, La. about how they are doing.

Sean McNeely is currently a cube drone and hating every minute of it. But he found his exit when someone asked him to edit an erotic story…

Government-run help wanted offices in the U.K. can no longer offer job seekers the chance to work as a lap dancer or a stripper. Those who work in the adult performance industry are not pleased about the new rule.

More U.S. employers are bringing jobs they outsourced to low-wage countries back to America. Jill Barshay reports on "on-shoring."

When you can't rely on good job news, at least you can appreciate the fact that Pringles doesn't waste packaging.

The economy lost another 131,000 jobs last month. The government's official unemployment rate stays at 9.5%.