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Rick Scott Wants Mandatory Training For Jobless Benefits

HuffingtonPost.com | Arthur Delaney | Posted 12.13.2011

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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...

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IT'S GETTING WORSE: Jobless Claims Hit Highest Level In Nearly Six Months

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The economy is looking bleaker as new applications for jobless benefits rose last week to the highest level in almost six months. ...

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New Jobless Claims Rise To Highest Level Since April

AP | ANNE D'INNOCENZIO and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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New Jobless Claims Fall For First Time In 4 Weeks

AP | ALAN ZIBEL and CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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Jobless Claims SURGE, Hit Highest Level Since Nov. 2009

Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- New applications for unemployment insurance reached the half-million mark last week for the first time since November, a sign that...

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Layoffs Continue: New Jobless Claims Up Sharply

AP | ALAN ZIBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The number of people filing new claims for jobless benefits jumped last week after three straight declines, another sign that the p...

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New Jobless Claims Surged Last Week In Another Bad Sign For Labor Market

AP | DANIEL WAGNER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The number of newly laid-off workers filing applications for unemployment benefits unexpectedly surged last week after having falle...

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New Jobless Claims Fall For The Fifth Straight Week, Claims Hit 457K

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — The tally of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell unexpectedly for the fifth straight week, a hopeful sign tha...

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New Jobless Benefit Claims Unchanged At 505K

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER and TALI ARBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A gauge of future economic activity and a report on unemployment benefits signaled Thursday that the recovery likely will remain we...

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New Jobless Claims Up Again As Market Suffers From 'Fits And Starts'

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER and TALI ARBEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A report on unemployment claims and a forecast of U.S. economic activity pointed Thursday to an economy mending slowly, without the...

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New Jobless Claims Dip To 570K

AP | MARTIN CRUTSINGER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — New claims for jobless aid fell less than expected last week, and the number of people continuing to receive unemployment benefits ...

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New Jobless Claims Rise Unexpectedly To 576K

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER, AP Economics Writer | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The number of first-time claims for unemployment benefits rose unexpectedly for the second straight week, a sign that jobs remain scarce...

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Despite 'Clunkers' Retail Sales Dip, New Jobless Claims Rise

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A bleak report on retail sales Thursday reinforced a nagging worry of economists: Shoppers won't spend enough to help a recovery ta...

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New Jobless Claims Drop By 38k

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — In a positive sign for the economy, companies are laying off fewer workers as they prepare to ramp up production to replenish their...

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New Jobless Claims Up To 554k

AP | Christopher S. Rugaber, AP Economics Writer | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of newly laid-off workers seeking jobless benefits rose last week, though the government said its report again was disto...

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565K New Jobless Claims, Lowest Level Since Jan.

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — Even though new claims for jobless benefits fell more than expected last week, dipping below 600,000 for the first time since early...

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Jobless Claims: 646,000 Reach New Record

AP | CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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New Jobless Claims Drop Unexpectedly

AP | JEANNINE AVERSA | Posted 05.25.2011

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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...

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