Washington – Applications for unemployment benefits dropped last week to the second-lowest level this year, fresh evidence that companies are cutting fewer jobs. First-time claims for jobless aid fell by 17,000 to a seasonally-adjusted 421,000 in the week ending Dec. 4, the Labor Department said Thursday. View full post on All Stories
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Jobless claims near lowest level of the year
December 10th, 2010 
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Comments OffTax Cuts: President Wins Republicans While Democrats Play Politics
December 8th, 2010 davidguide Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – President Barack Obama on Tuesday called fellow Democrats to quit playing games with ordinary Americans’ lives noting that his top priority is ” to do what’s right for the American people, for jobs, and for economic growth.” Addressing journalists at a press conference [...]
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December 3rd, 2010 davidguide Vice President Biden met with Treasury Secretary Geithner and White House Budget Director Jack Lew on the status of negotiations with congressional leaders on extending the Bush-Era tax cuts. Before the meeting, he commented on the monthly jobs report that says unemployment increased in November from 9.6 to 9.8 percent, calling it another reason why [...]
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December 2nd, 2010 davidguide Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Initial jobless claims rose again last week after falling to the lowest levels in two years the week before, according to the United States Department of Labor. The advance figures for seasonally adjusted initial claims for the week ending Nov. 27 was 436,000, [...]
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December 2nd, 2010 davidguide WASHINGTON (AP) – More Americans applied for unemployment benefits last week, but the broader trend in layoffs points to a slowly healing job market. The average over the past month fell to a two-year low. read more View full post on All Stories
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December 2nd, 2010 davidguide About 2 million Americans could lose unemployment benefits this month. Here are answers to common questions. View full post on All Stories
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November 30th, 2010 davidguide With Christmas less than a month away, more than 21,000 Kentuckians are expected to lose their unemployment benefits this week after Congress did not act Tuesday to extend emergency benefits, according to state officials. Within the next eight weeks, the number of Kentuckians affected by the benefit cut will surpass 75,000, said Lanny Brannock, spokesman [...]
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November 23rd, 2010 davidguide Thousands of Rhode Islanders are in danger of losing their unemployment benefits. View full post on All Stories
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November 18th, 2010 davidguide By December, the state will be paying out over a million dollars a day in unemployment benefits. View full post on All Stories
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November 16th, 2010 davidguide Gov. Mike Beebe says he’s hopeful business and labor leaders can come up with a proposal to repay more than $330 million Arkansas owes the federal government for unemployment benefits before next year’s legislative session. View full post on All Stories
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