http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080201/ap_on_bi_go_ec_fi/economy]Employment drops in a pink slip blizzard (AP)[/URL]



AP - In a shower of pink slips, U.S. employers cut jobs last month for the first time in more than four years, the starkest signal yet that the economy is grinding to a halt if it hasn't already toppled into recession.