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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – New claims for jobless benefits have edged down slightly. However, they remain above the 400,000 mark, signaling that a recovery in the jobs sector of the economy is still not underway. There were 402,000 initial claims for unemployment compensation benefits during the week [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Grasberg, Papua, Indonesia (AHN) – At least nine people have been killed in two separate incidents of violence in the Papua region of Indonesia. Six men were reportedly killed when an attempt to disperse people attending a pro-independence congress in Papua turned deadly. The incident occurred shortly after Forkorus [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – First-time jobless claims during the week ending Sept. 24 edged slightly below the critical 400,000 mark for the first time since Aug. 6, according to the United States Department of Labor. Initial claims for unemployment compensation insurance benefits dropped by 37,000 to 391,000, [...]
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Charlotte, NC, United States (AHN) – Bank of America has announced it would slash 3,500 jobs in addition to the 2,500 it let go earlier this year. The bank is under pressure from investors to increase profitability and analysts say that pressure will likely cause additional job cuts that [...]
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