WASHINGTON — The number of laid-off Americans filing initial jobless benefit claims rose slightly last week while the number of people continuin...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 04.19.2009 | Business
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 | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 04.12.2009 | Business
Faint but welcome signs of optimism emerged Thursday from the most troubled corners of the economy _ the banking system, the automakers and cash-despe...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 04.06.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — Tolling grimly higher, the recession snatched more than 650,000 Americans' jobs for a record third straight month in February as un...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 03.29.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — As bad as it is already, the economy keeps getting worse _ and government figures Thursday provided more evidence that the downward...
AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO | Posted 03.15.2009 | Business
NEW YORK — Americans bought a sweater or two, ate out a little more, purchased some gadgets and turned to the Internet in search of bargains in ...
Huffington Post | Julie Satow | Posted 03.08.2009 | Business
The number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits last week surged to 626,000--the highest level since 1982. At the same time, the number ...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — A staggering 2.6 million jobs disappeared in 2008, the most since World War II, and the pain is only getting worse with 11 million ...
AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 02.09.2009 | Business
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...
AP | MARTHA WAGGONER | Posted 02.06.2009 | Business
RALEIGH, N.C. — Unemployment is up so much in North Carolina that the state's Internet site for benefits crashed twice this week under a rush of...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 01.24.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — A series of gloomy economic reports Wednesday showed consumers holding tight to their wallets with job losses expected to mount in ...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 01.11.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — New claims for jobless benefits surged last week and came in worse than expectations that were already gloomy _ and economists say ...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 01.04.2009 | Business
WASHINGTON — New claims for jobless benefits fell unexpectedly last week but the number of people continuing to receive government aid reached a...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 12.27.2008 | Business
WASHINGTON — New jobless claims fell more than expected last week from a 16-year high, the government said Wednesday, though they remain at elev...
AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 04.26.2009 | Business