No stock tables today
Because of the Thanksgiving holiday, there are no stock listings in today’s newspaper.
Dalton jobless rate rises
Unemployment in metropolitan Dalton rose two-tenths of a percent during October to 12.7 percent, the highest rate of any of Georgia’s 14 metro areas. The Georgia Department of Labor reported Thursday the number of people on the job in metro Dalton declined by 500 last month despite a statewide gain across Georgia of 26,500 jobs. The jobless rate in metro Dalton in October a year ago was 11.9 percent. Metropolitan Dalton includes Whitfield and Murray counties in Northwest Georgia.
Metro Athens had the lowest area rate at 7.5 percent in October.