Rick Scott Wants Mandatory Training For Jobless Benefits
Florida Gov. Rick Scott's jobs agenda for 2012 aims to reduce burdensome regulations for businesses and to increase them for jobless workers seeking b...
Florida Gov. Rick Scott's jobs agenda for 2012 aims to reduce burdensome regulations for businesses and to increase them for jobless workers seeking b...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — The economy is looking bleaker as new applications for jobless benefits rose last week to the highest level in almost six months. ...
AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011
With the economy only limping along, Americans are once again being choosy at stores, many of them buying only at deep discounts because they can't sh...
AP | ALAN ZIBEL and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — The jobs crisis is putting more Americans at risk of losing their homes. One in 10 households has missed at least one mortgage payme...
Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON (AP) -- New applications for unemployment insurance reached the half-million mark last week for the first time since November, a sign that...
AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — The number of people filing new claims for jobless benefits jumped last week after three straight declines, another sign that the p...
AP | DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — The number of newly laid-off workers filing applications for unemployment benefits unexpectedly surged last week after having falle...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and TALI ARBEL | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — A gauge of future economic activity and a report on unemployment benefits signaled Thursday that the recovery likely will remain we...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER and TALI ARBEL | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — A report on unemployment claims and a forecast of U.S. economic activity pointed Thursday to an economy mending slowly, without the...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — The tally of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell unexpectedly for the fifth straight week, a hopeful sign tha...
AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — New claims for jobless aid fell less than expected last week, and the number of people continuing to receive unemployment benefits ...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON -- The number of first-time claims for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly for the second straight week, a sign that jobs remain scarce...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — A bleak report on retail sales Thursday reinforced a nagging worry of economists: Shoppers won't spend enough to help a recovery ta...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — In a positive sign for the economy, companies are laying off fewer workers as they prepare to ramp up production to replenish their...
AP | Christopher S. Rugaber, AP Economics Writer | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of newly laid-off workers seeking jobless benefits rose last week, though the government said its report again was disto...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — Even though new claims for jobless benefits fell more than expected last week, dipping below 600,000 for the first time since early...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — New jobless claims fell more than expected last week, but continuing claims set a new record for the eighth straight week and few e...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011
WASHINGTON — The number of laid-off workers who are continuing to draw unemployment checks jumped more than expected to 4.6 million at the end o...
HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 12.13.2011