Posts Tagged ‘jobless’

Stocks mixed as oil rises, jobless claims fall (AP)

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2011 file photo. specialists Frannk Masiello, left, of Barclays Capital and Christopher Drummond of Morgan Keenan and Co., react as they look at a monitor from a booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, file)AP – Stocks wavered between gains and losses Thursday as investors weighed good news on the job market against increasingly violent protests in Libya.


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Fewer Americans applied for jobless aid last week (AP)

FILE - In this Jan. 18, 2011 file photo, John Pham, right, a program officer with Reserve Inc., reviews the resume of Bob Drake, 63, at an AARP Career event aimed at helping older workers improve their job search, in New York. Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, adding to evidence that hiring will pick up this year.(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, file)AP – Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, adding to evidence that hiring will pick up this year.


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More people applied for jobless aid last week (AP)

In this photo taken Jan. 7, 2011,unemployed workers use computers to search for jobs at the Virginia Employment Commission's Reemploy Virginia office in Mechanicsville, Va. More people applied for unemployment benefits last week after retailers shed temporary holiday employees. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)AP – More people applied for unemployment benefits last week after retailers shed temporary holiday employees.


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Fewer jobless claims cap strong week for economy (AP)

In this Dec. 15, 2010 photo, Jesse Paloger holds up a sign while standing on Wall Street as he hopes to find a job, in New York. Paloger, who has an accounting and economics degree from the University of California, Santa Barbara, has written on the bottom of his sign, 'Go-getter from California looking for my shot!' Fewer people applied for unemployment benefits last week, the third drop in the past four weeks and a sign that the job market is slowly improving.   (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP – A further decline in the number of people applying for unemployment benefits capped a strong week for the economy.


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Jobless claims fall, near lowest level of the year (AP)

Rasa Pasaliene waits in line to attend a job fair, Dec. 8, 2010 in New York. Pasaliene, who is currently employed, is looking for a job in healthcare that will pay her more money. 'I'm struggling with my mortgage payments now,' she said. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)AP – Applications for unemployment benefits dropped last week to the second-lowest level this year, fresh evidence that companies are cutting fewer jobs.


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Jobless claims fall for second time in 3 weeks (AP)

AP – Applications for unemployment benefits dropped last week to the second-lowest level this year, evidence that companies are cutting fewer jobs.

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GOP, Dems nearing deal on taxes, jobless benefits (AP)

In this photo released by CBS Democrat Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin, D-Ill., left, and Republican Senate Minority Whip Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., discuss the Senate’s agenda during the lame duck session on CBS News' 'Face the Nation' Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010. (AP Photo/CBS, Chris Usher)  NO ARCHIVES. NO SALES.AP – An outline of a bipartisan economic package is emerging that would temporarily extend the Bush-era tax rates for all taxpayers, while extending jobless benefits for millions of Americans.


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