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Weekly unemployment claims up 13 percent
Oct 18, 2012
Seasonally adjusted claims for unemployment insurance rose by 46,000 last week, or about 13 percent. Is this a blip or the start of a new trend?
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Job market improving as jobless claims drop
Oct 11, 2012
New weekly claims for unemployment fell last week to the lowest level in four and a half years. Combined with last week's employment report, the claims data provides evidence of a slowly improving job market.
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Weekly unemployment claims fall to four year low
Oct 11, 2012
New weekly claims for unemployment fell last week to the lowest level in four and a half years. Elsewhere around the world, the S&P has downgraded the soveign debt of Spain.
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New Orleans' other 'million dollar neighborhood'
Jul 25, 2012
High rates of imprisonment are a cause -- and effect -- of poverty.
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Unemployment for Hispanics, African Americans remains high
Jul 3, 2012
A new study shows that the jobless rate for African Americans and Hispanics isn't budging despite a modest recovery in other parts of the economy.
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