Wall Street workforce up in 2011, despite layoff

Figures just released by surprised officials at the Department of Labor show Wall Street companies bucking the current national unemployment trends with an increase of 4,900 employees for the 12 months to January 2012. These statistics were confirmed by New York’s Mayor Bloomberg, who announced that over the previous two years, NYC created more jobs than its nearest ten rival cities combined.

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Wall Street workforce up in 2011, despite layoff fears: report