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) – 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, 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 [...]

State To Get Up To $13.3M Under U.S. Treasury Program Get Business Mobile Text Alerts : Text BIZ To 37798 Connecticut will receive up to $13.3 million from a federal program that seeks to stimulate private lending to small businesses and foster the creation of new jobs, it was announced Tuesday. View full post on [...]

When you are searching online for small loans, it is important to be careful about whom you are working with. These tips should help you avoid the scammers that are bound to be on the internet. The problem with online personal loans is that they can be very good, but they can also be very [...]

Boston-based insurer Liberty Mutual will pay a combined $7.5 million to New York and Connecticut to settle allegations that it steered insurance contracts by paying kickbacks large insurance … View full post on All Stories

Connecticut mortgage broker Mark Ballaro said he’s not sure restitution should be paid by Wells Fargo & Co. to all pick-a-payment borrowers. He said monthly statements told people how much they owed and if they were falling behind. “If the banks are culpable, the attorney who represents the buyer is culpable, too, if he didn’t [...]

Get Business Mobile Text Alerts : Text BIZ To 37798 In the 1990s, towns across Connecticut enthusiastically approved plans to build housing developments restricted to adults 55 and over, attracted by the idea of solid buyers who would pay their taxes and be active in civic affairs but not add children to school systems. View [...]

By News staff Journal photo/ Bob Thayer Jeri Ryan, co-star of “Body of Proof,” an ABC television drama being filmed in Providence, signs autographs at the State House Friday. At upper left is Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian. Ryan, who starred in “Star Trek: Voyager,” was among the cast and crew feted during a reception hosted [...]

By Bryan Rourke NEW HAVEN, Conn. — A Connecticut man has pleaded guilty to defrauding a Rhode Island bank out of millions of dollars. Joseph Sarlo, 54, of Trumbull, Conn., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bank fraud before Judge Joan G. Margolis in U.S. District Court in New Haven on Oct. [...]