Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) – New claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week to the lowest level in nearly four years. The Labor Department reported Thursday that initial claims for state unemployment benefits dropped 13,000 to a seasonally adjusted 348,000, the lowest since March 2008. Economists [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Initial jobless claims for the week ending Jan. 21 rose by 21,000 to 377,000, compared with the previous week’s revised figure of 356,000, the U.S. Department of Labor said. The less volatile four-week moving average was 377,500, a drop of 2,500 from the [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Initial unemployment claims dropped to 352,000 during the week ending Jan. 14, their lowest level in nearly four years. First time claims for jobless benefits dropped by 50,000 from the previous week’s revised tally of 402,000, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Initial jobless claims during the week ending Nov. 12 dropped to 388,000, the lowest level since April. That number was down by 5,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 393,000 first time claims for unemployment compensation, according to the U.S. Department of [...]
Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer New York, NY, United States (AHN) – A Chicago woman and her lawyer held a press conference in New York City on Monday and announced that Republican presidential contender Herman Cain sexually harassed her in 1997. Sharon Bialek revealed that Cain “put his hand under her skirt and [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – New jobless claims dropped to 397,000 for the week ending Oct. 29, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. It marked the first time in five weeks that initial jobless claims fell below the 400,000 mark, and it was a decrease of 9,000 [...]
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