11.   One reason is the bleak employment picture in the county, which has just two small factories.

12.   Radin notes that self-employment is the fastest-growing segment of the employment picture with an estimated one-third of the total job market in the United States.

13.   Separately, Treasury bond prices rose earlier today after the Labor Department reported unexpected weakness in the employment picture.

14.   Some economists think the employment picture may be getting brighter.

15.   The auto industry is helping to keep the employment picture from dimming in Indiana, home of several auto-parts suppliers.

16.   The dueling statistics showed up in the Bureau of Labor Statistics report today on the June employment picture.

17.   The evolving business climate is also affecting the way that corporate managers view the employment picture.

18.   The number of people expecting the employment picture to brighten over the next six months has also risen.

19.   Things are looking sunny -- literally -- for the California employment picture.

20.   What would really begin to worry Corbett and other economists is a change in the employment picture, with large numbers of workers being laid off.