Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Initial jobless claims for the week ending Jan. 21 rose by 21,000 to 377,000, compared with the previous week’s revised figure of 356,000, the U.S. Department of Labor said. The less volatile four-week moving average was 377,500, a drop of 2,500 from the [...]

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Initial unemployment claims dropped to 352,000 during the week ending Jan. 14, their lowest level in nearly four years. First time claims for jobless benefits dropped by 50,000 from the previous week’s revised tally of 402,000, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. [...]

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Initial filings for jobless benefits during the week ending Dec. 10 fell by 19,000 to 366,000 claims, the lowest level since May 31, 2008, according to the Labor Department. That was welcome news, although it is not sufficient to affect the official unemployment [...]

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Fewer Americans filed initial jobless claims during the week ending Sept. 17, but their numbers still stayed above the crucial 400,000 mark, according to the United States Labor Department. DOL officials say the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 423,000, a [...]

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – First time jobless claims climbed back above the 400,000 mark during the week ending Aug. 13, indicating a continued weakness in the economy and dimmer prospects for a recovery in the nation’s jobs sector. Initial claims rose by 9,000 to 408,000 people filing [...]

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Initial jobless claims dropped unexpectedly to 395,000 for the week ending Aug. 6, which put the number of claims just under the key 400,000 level for the first time since April. There were 7,000 fewer first time claims for unemployment compensation insurance benefits [...]

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Initial jobless claims dropped slightly to 405,000 for the week ending July 9, but still stubbornly remained above the 400,000 mark signaling that the US still has not entered a jobs sector recovery. According to the US department of Labor, the number of [...]

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Troubling statistics released by the US Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday revealed that payrolls decreased in 27 states during May. California showed the largest decrease in jobs with a drop of 29,200 followed by New York that shed 24,700 jobs, Pennsylvania with [...]

Online Auto Insurance Quantifies the Cost of Uninsured Motorist Coverage OnlineAutoInsurance.com releases the results of a premium analysis that shows how much it would cost to add uninsured motorist coverage to a California liability policy. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB) May 19, 2011 In order to quantify the cost of protecting against accidents with uninsured drivers [...]

According to two new policy briefs from the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, the majority of state residents likely to be eligible for federally mandated health insurance coverage initiatives in California in 2014 are also those who may be least likely to excessively use costly health services: men, singles and those of working age. [...]