These are grim economic times alright and across the country, there are lots of people worrying about their jobs. Well now there’s a website that offers its own “layoff tracker,“ keeping track of the numbers and companies and all the rumors surrounding everybody’s job uncertainty these days. 

Auto parts supplier Federal-Mogul Corp. is closing its plant in Summerton, South Carolina.

Are you searching for a job? Do you ever look online? Well Consumer Affairs is warning you about searching online… There’s a high scam potential.

The State Department of Commerce said Wednesday that MetalTech Systems of South Carolina will expand its operations in the state with a new facility in Georgetown County.

The unemployment rate in December surged to its highest level in nearly 16 years.

The government says the nation’s unemployment rate bolted to 7.2 percent in December, the highest since early 1993, as employers slashed 524,000 jobs.

The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office is predicting this year’s deficit will be over a trillion dollars, while a company that processes payrolls is estimating the country lost almost 700,000 jobs last month alone.

South Carolina’s unemployment rate has climbed to 8.4% after another 11,500 people lost their jobs last month.

Gillett Evernham Motorsports announced it will cut 65 jobs as part of its plan to scale back.

Verizon Wireless is seeking another 65 full-time customer service professionals for its Charleston call center.

The Republic Windows and Doors factory closed abruptly last week after the banking giant canceled the company’s financing. Since then, about 200 of the 240 laid-off workers have taken turns occupying the factory.

Some analysts are now saying the U.S. economy is in a freefall.  New figures from the Labor Department on Friday show job losses last month were much worse than forecast.

A Greenville man who says his business suffered in the decline of the textile industry has been flying the U.S. flag upside down to protest the bailout of the financial sector.

A new study shows the worsening economy will make it harder for college students to repay their loans.  The Project on Student Debt reports that salaries students earn at graduation are not keeping pace with the increases in what they owe for their education.

Now that the country is in a recession, some families barely are hanging on to their middle-class lives. Others have lost their grip. Parents say they worry most about the negative effects on their children.