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U.S. stocks up Thursday helped by jobless claims, GM’s numbers

Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) – U.S. stocks opened mixed to higher Thursday fueled by lower than expected jobless claims and impressive earnings from General Motors. Just after the open on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 15 points. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index [...]

Initial unemployment claims rise by 21,000

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 [...]

First time unemployment claims drop to 352,000

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. [...]

First time unemployment claims drop to 352,000

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. [...]

U.S. unemployment claims drop to 372,000

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – First time claims for unemployment compensation benefits during the week ending Dec. 31 dropped by 15,000 from the previous week to 372,000, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. The less volatile 4-week moving average also fell, registering a decrease of 3,250 to [...]

Unemployment claims rise during holiday week

Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter Washington, D.C, United States (AHN) – It appears that quite a few Americans got pink slips for Christmas. In the week before the holiday, the number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits rose. Roughly 381,000 people filed initial jobless claims in the week ended Dec. 24, the Labor [...]

Stocks up after jobless claims hit 3 1/2-year lows

Diane Alter – AHN News Reporter New York, NY, United States (AHN) – U.S. stocks rose Thursday following news that the number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits hit a 3 1/2-year low. Just after the opening bell on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 40 points, the Standard & [...]

Initial jobless claims fall to lowest level since May 2008

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 [...]

Unemployment claims rise again

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – First-time jobless claims rose back up but remained below the critical 400,000 mark during the week ending Nov. 19. Initial claims for unemployment benefits had dipped to a 7-month low during the previous week. Some 393,000 claims were filed by newly jobless Americans, [...]

Initial jobless claims drop to lowest rate in months

Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – Initial jobless claims during the week ending Nov. 12 dropped to 388,000, the lowest level since April. That number was down by 5,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 393,000 first time claims for unemployment compensation, according to the U.S. Department of [...]

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