Portal:Current events/2014 October 3

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;Business and economy

• The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that unemployment in the United States has dropped from 6.1% to 5.9% in September, the lowest since July of 2008. The labor force participation rate also fell, to 62.7 percent. [https://www.cnbc.com/id/102056652 (CNBC)]
• A cyber-attack against JPMorgan Chase and 9 other financial institutions that compromised over 83 million accounts is disclosed. The attack is considered one of the largest data breaches in history.[https://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/03/us-jpmorgan-cybersecurity-idUSKCN0HR23T20141003 (Reuters)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141005115845/http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/10/03/us-jpmorgan-cybersecurity-idUSKCN0HR23T20141003 |date=2014-10-05 }}

;Politics and elections

• Swedish general election, 2014:
• Sweden's new Prime Minister, Stefan Löfven, presents his minority government consisting of the Social Democrats and the Green Party; former EU commissioner Margot Wallström is the new foreign minister. [http://www.svt.se/nyheter/sverige/ny-regering-presenterad (SVT)]

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