NFL commissioner Roger Goodell says the recession has helped build TV audiences for NFL games.

AP – Unemployment has been stuck near 9 percent since the recession ended more than two years ago. The jobs report for September on Friday sent the clearest signal to date that the crisis will last through next year’s elections

Reuters – Stock index futures turned positive on Friday after stronger-then-expected payrolls data suggested the economy may avoid another recession.

AP – In the early months of the recession, human resources consultants advised small business owners to take steps to boost their employees’ morale, or risk losing them when the economy got better.

Reuters – Earnings forecasts for U.S. companies are starting to feel the pain on Wall Street and in the broader economy as the odds of another recession rise.

Reuters – Earnings forecasts for U.S. companies are starting to feel the pain on Wall Street and in the broader economy as the odds of another recession rise.

AP – Signs that the powerhouse Chinese economy is slowing have spooked global markets and sharpened fears that the world economy will not escape another recession, so much so that a small, preliminary survey of Chinese manufacturers contributed to a global stock market plunge this week.

AP – Signs that the powerhouse Chinese economy is slowing have spooked global markets and sharpened fears that the world economy will not escape another recession, so much so that a small, preliminary survey of Chinese manufacturers contributed to a global stock market plunge this week.

AP – Employers added no net jobs last month, and the unemployment rate stayed at 9.1 percent.

Reuters – When the recession booted Alan Moore out of a 37-year career in civil construction, he kicked back — by becoming a kicker for an Alabama college football team at age 61.