US employment in the private sector fell by 33,000 in August after a downwardly revised July, according to the ADP employment report released Thursday. The number was below estimations, as analysts were expecting a 25,000 decline in private sector payrolls.

China aims to have another 50 million people employed in the coming five years, Premier Wen Jiabao said in Beijing on Tuesday.

Countries where the main religion is Protestant Christianity have higher employment rates than those where other religions are dominant, according to University of Bath research published in the American Journal of Economics and Sociology.

A new study finds that in areas where low-skilled jobs are predominantly held by whites, black men who live nearby are less likely to get hired.