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It can therefore be hard for people who are bad with numbers to find employment and progress in their jobs. People who are bad with numbers are less likely to make good financial decisions.

This bad report could hardly come at a worse time. With the European economies approaching a crisis, and new GDP estimates showing the economy slowing down, the labor market faces real headwinds.

Picture this. You spend money on some squares for a Super Bowl pool, only to draw some random numbers like an eight and nine. Then you see the person organizing the pool got a seven and a three ...

The avalanche of numbers — most expected to be bad, thanks to the continuing mortgage problems — will come from everyone from National City to KeyCorp to FirstMerit to Fifth Third to Wachovia ...

Trump alleged the numbers were rigged to make Republicans and him look bad. "I think her numbers were wrong, just like I thought her numbers were wrong before the election.