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The state added 3,800 jobs in November, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Department of Labor.
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Read More »Unemployment applications back under 300,000
(AP) The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits slipped below 300,000 last week, after having spiked above that level in the prior week for the first time in nearly three months. Weekly applications fell 17,000 to a seasonally adjusted ...
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Read More »Applications for U.S. jobless aid tick up to 287,000
The number of people seeking unemployment benefits rose slightly last week, but remained at historically low levels that signal a strengthening job market.
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Read More »U.S. jobless rate falls to 6-year low of 5.9 pct.
U.S. employers added 248,000 jobs in September, a burst of hiring that helped drive down the unemployment rate to 5.9 percent, the lowest since July 2008.
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Read More »Applications for U.S. unemployment rise 12K to 293K
The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits increased last week after falling sharply two weeks ago. Despite the rise, the level of applications remains near pre-recession levels, a sign that hiring will likely remain healthy.
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Read More »Md.’s August jobless rate concerns economists
The increase in Maryland’s unemployment rate reported Friday is particularly mystifying because it signals that the state’s well-educated work force may not be as strongly positioned to drive economic growth as previously thought, economists said.
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Read More »Unemployment rates rise in 24 states in August
Unemployment rates rose in nearly half of U.S. states in August, even as employers in two-thirds of the states added jobs.
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Read More »U.S. job openings near 13-year high, hiring rises
The number of U.S. job openings remained near the highest level in 13 years in July, and companies also stepped up hiring that month to the fastest pace in nearly seven years, two signs the job market is slowly healing.
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Read More »Noah Smith: Handouts raise unemployment? Not so fast
Are Americans working less because the government is paying them not to work? A large number of people seem to think this.
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Read More »Mass jobless filing for laid-off casino workers
One of the region's largest mass-filings for unemployment and other benefits will begin next week for newly laid-off Atlantic City casino workers in an outreach effort so large it had to book part of the city's convention center.
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