Jobless Claims, Housing Starts Fall
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U.S. jobless claims posted their  sharpest drop in three years last week in a sign of job market  cheer, but housing starts in November logged their biggest  plunge in nearly 11 years, the government said on Thursday.
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The number of U.S. workers filing for first-time jobless benefits fell a smaller-than-expected 27,000 last week, a government report showed on Thursday.
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The number of U.S. workers seeking first-time jobless claims plunged last week, as expected, after surging the prior week during the start of the holiday season, a government report showed on Thursday.
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The number of workers filing new claims for jobless aid fell by a much fewer than expected 8,000 last week, the Labor Department said on Thursday, which left claims at fairly high levels.
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The ranks of Americans filing initial claims for jobless pay shrank by more than expected last week to 323,000, government data showed on Wednesday, while continued claims fell to a 3-1/2 year low in more good news for the U.S. labor market.
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New claims for U.S. jobless aid fell by a more-than-expected 17,000 last week to the lowest level since mid-July, Labor Department data showed on Thursday, but the four-week average of claims changed little.
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The number of U.S. workers claiming  first-time jobless benefits fell 10,000 to a seasonally  adjusted 328,000 last week, slightly lower than Wall Street  expectations, a government report showed.
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WASHINGTON - The number of new applications filed last week for unemployment benefits fell sharply, offering a hopeful sign that the recovery in the job market may be gaining some steam.    The Labor Department reported Thursday that the number of new people signing up for unemployment insurance benefits dropped by a seasonally adjusted 37,000 to 335,000, the lowest level since the beginning of September...
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NEW YORK -- The economy could be headed for slower growth in the next several months, according to a report released yesterday by a private research group. A separate report showed a drop in weekly claims for unemployment benefits.
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The number of workers filing new  claims for jobless aid fell by a much fewer than expected 8,000  last week, the Labor Department said on Thursday, which left  claims at fairly high levels.
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The number of new claims filed for U.S. jobless benefits fell unexpectedly in the latest week, dropping 8,000 to the lowest level in two months, the government said on Thursday.
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The US Labor Department said Thursday first-time applications for unemployment benefits fell last week for the first time in four weeks.
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The number of U.S. workers applying   for initial jobless benefits fell by a steeper-than -expected   9,000 last week to the lowest level in more than a month, the   government said Thursday in a report that still showed a steady   labor market.
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The number of workers filing initial  claims for jobless benefits fell unexpectedly by 21,000 last  week, a government report showed on Thursday, suggesting some  improvement in the health of the labor market.
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Initial claims for jobless benefits fell to their lowest level in two months, but a forward-looking indicator of economic activity suggests cooler growth in the second half of 2007.
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U.S. housing starts fell 3.7 percent in November, with construction of single-family homes sliding to the lowest level in more than 16 years as builders scrambled to cope with a deep drop in sales.
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Housing starts fell 3.7 percent in November, with construction of single-family homes sliding to the lowest level in more than 16 years as builders scrambled to cope with a deep drop in sales.