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 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, DC, United States (AHN) – First time claims for jobless benefits for the week ending July 23 crept down slightly to 398,000, which was just below the critical 400,000 mark for the first time since April. That number was down by 24,000 from the prior week’s figure of [...]

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 [...]

Tejinder Singh – AHN News Correspondent Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – History was made Wednesday afternoon in the East Room of the White House as the 44th President of the United States sent his first presidential tweet with a question about the deficit, saying, “What costs would you cut and what investments would you [...]

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Equities research analysts at Zacks Investment Research upgraded shares of First Mercury Financial Co. (NYSE: FMR) from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating in a research note to investors on Monday. First Mercury Financial Corporation (FMFC) is a provider of insurance products and services to the specialty commercial insurance markets focusing on niche and [...]