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California's Long-Term Unemployed Brace For Sudden End Of Benefits

AP | TRACIE CONE | Posted 05.06.2012

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MERCED, Calif. -- With her anti-poverty budget stretched beyond its limits, Brenda Callahan-Johnson is braced for next Saturday: the day California's ...

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Jobless Claims Fall In U.S. By Most In Nearly A Year

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.03.2012

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WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell last week by the most in nearly a year. The figure was a hopeful sign that ...

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Why The Jobs Recovery May Not Be A Slam Dunk

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 04.19.2012

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WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits suggests hiring is slowing. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly...

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WATCH: Colbert Mocks Fox News' Unemployment Coverage

Posted 04.06.2012

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Jobless claims may have fallen to a four-year low, but that's no cause for celebration. Stephen Colbert knows that, but he was shocked to learn that ...

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Jobless Claims Hit Lowest Level In Four Years

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 03.29.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits dropped last week to the lowest level in four years, adding to evidence that the...

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Economy Scores Passing Grade, Today Anyway

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 03.01.2012

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President Obama has bet a second term on selling an economic comeback. A big truckload of economic data released today suggests he's not losing that b...

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Actually Not Terrible Economic News Drives Stocks To Fresh Highs

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Gongloff | Posted 02.16.2012

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If yesterday's economic numbers were tasty but small potatoes, today's are a little more like a balanced meal. This morning's batch of economic data, ...

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RECOVERING THE RECOVERY: A Good Sign For American Jobs

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 04.17.2012

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WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell to the lowest point in almost four years last week, the latest signal that ...

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A Sign The Hiring May Be Strong Enough To Lower The Jobless Rate

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 04.10.2012

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WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking unemployment aid neared a four-year low last week, a positive sign that strong hiring could continue i...

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Jobless Claims Rose From Nearly Four-Year Low Last Week

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 03.27.2012

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WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose last week to a seasonally adjusted 377,000, up from a nearly four-year low ...

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Weekly Jobless Claims Plunge To Near Four-Year Low

Reuters | Posted 03.20.2012

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. applications for unemployment benefits dropped to a near four-year low last week, a government report on Thursday show...

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Key Joblessness Indicator Gives Reason For Optimism

Posted 01.05.2012

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WASHINGTON - New claims for unemployment benefits fell by 15,000 last week in the latest sign the labor market was improving and could help the co...

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Jobless Claims Have Dropped 10 Percent Since January

AP | By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 12.29.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The long-suffering job market is ending the year better off than it began. The number of people applying for unemployment benefits each...

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Jobless Claims Rise After Three Weeks Of Decline

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 02.28.2012

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WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose last week after three weeks of decline. Even with the gain, applications r...

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Economy Heating Up, or False Alarm?

Michael Farr | Posted 02.20.2012

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Optimism over the economic recovery has increased over the past week as several economic indicators have come in better than expected.

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Wall Street Job Cuts May Hurt National Labor Market

Posted 12.22.2011

As Wall Street traders cheered positive jobs data on Thursday, they seemed to ignore layoffs and bonus cuts on their own trading floors that will ...

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Jobless Claims Drop To Lowest Level In More Than Three Years

Posted 12.22.2011

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WASHINGTON - New claims for unemployment benefits dropped last week to its lowest in more than 3-1/2 years, suggesting the labor market recovery w...

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Republicans To The Unemployed: Pee In This Cup

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 12.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- During a debate on the floor of the House of Representatives this week, Rep. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.) suggested the unemployed can't find jobs ...

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U.S. Jobless Claims Drop To Lowest Level In Three And A Half Years

Posted 12.15.2011

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WASHINGTON - New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits dropped to a 3-1/2 year low last week, a government report showed on Thursday, suggesting t...

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Jobless Claims Hit 9-Month Low

Posted 12.08.2011

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WASHINGTON - New claims for unemployment benefits dropped to a nine-month low last week, a government report showed on Thursday, suggesting the la...

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Jobless Claims Drop To Seven-Month Low

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 01.17.2012

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WASHINGTON — Little by very little, the job market is getting better. A closely watched measure of the jobs crisis, the number of people filing...

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Jobless Claims Fall To Lowest Level Since First Week Of April

Posted 01.10.2012

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits declined for the second straight week, to the lowest level since the first week o...

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Falling Number Of Jobless Claims Suggests Modest Improvement In Labor Market

Posted 01.03.2012

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WASHINGTON - New U.S. claims for unemployment benefits fell below 400,000 last week for the first time in five weeks and a trend reading also edge...

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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs, Stupid

Marian Wright Edelman | Posted 12.21.2011

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"The Economy Stupid" were the words on the now famous sign in successful presidential candidate Bill Clinton's 1992 war room. Today, that sign should be in the war rooms of all candidates.

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Jobless Claims At Lowest Monthly Average In Half A Year

Posted 12.20.2011

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New claims for unemployment benefits fell last week and a gauge of labor market trends hit a six-month low, a government report showed on Thursday...

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