Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – First time claims for unemployment compensation benefits during the week ending Dec. 31 dropped by 15,000 from the previous week to 372,000, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The less volatile 4-week moving average also fell, registering a decrease of 3,250 to [...]
Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter Washington, D.C, United States (AHN) – It appears that quite a few Americans got pink slips for Christmas. In the week before the holiday, the number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits rose. Roughly 381,000 people filed initial jobless claims in the week ended Dec. 24, the Labor [...]
Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The 2011 curtain on the ongoing political drama in Washington came down on Friday as President Barack Obama signed a bill extending payroll tax cuts and unemployment benefits for two months, and urged Congress “to keep working without drama” to extend them through [...]
Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) – U.S. stocks rose Thursday following news that the number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits hit a 3 1/2-year low. Just after the opening bell on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 40 points, the Standard & [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Initial filings for jobless benefits during the week ending Dec. 10 fell by 19,000 to 366,000 claims, the lowest level since May 31, 2008, according to the Labor Department. That was welcome news, although it is not sufficient to affect the official unemployment [...]
Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter Arlington, TX, United States (AHN) – Are you a creative, motivated, dynamic individual who is highly organized, effective, has good communication skills, is great at problem solving and has an excellent track record? If you are, you are a cliche, according to the career network site LinkedIn. LinkedIn has [...]
Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The White House on Friday debunked the efforts from the Republican lawmakers to introduce a payroll extension plan with the Keystone pipeline project in it with a statement lambasting the Republican efforts as harmful to millions of Americans. Addressing journalists at the Brady [...]
Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – The U.S. lawmakers were further pressurized by President Barack Obama on Monday not to let the middle class Americans down and give their nod to the continuation of tax cuts as economy limps back into recovery zone. Addressing journalists at the Brady press [...]
Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) – The United States logged another month of lackluster job growth in November, but the mediocre growth was enough to push the unemployment rate down to 8.8 percent. The Labor Department said Friday that employers in the nation added 120,000 jobs in November, [...]
AHN Sports Staff NY, NY, United States (AHN Sports) – The NBA and its players have reportedly reached a deal to end the labor strife between the sides that has already cost the league several games. A 66 game schedule has been proposed with games to start on Christmas day between the Knicks-Celtics, Heat-Mavs and [...]
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