U.S. unemployment rate rises to two-year high of 3.9 pct in February

WASHINGTON, March 8 (Xinhua) -- U.S. employers added 275,000 jobs in February, the highest level in two years, with the unemployment rate rising to 3.9 percent, the U.S. Labor Department reported Friday.

Job gains occurred in health care, in government, in food services and drinking places, in social assistance, and in transportation and warehousing, the report showed.