Lottery for Longshore Jobs Draws More Than 300,000
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Description: Union and shipping company officials at the Port of Los Angeles held a lottery Thursday to fill 300,000 longshore jobs. More than 300,000 people applied for the dangerous but lucrative jobs. Results of the lottery will be posted on the Web ...
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The US Labor Department said Thursday the number of workers filing first-time applications for unemployment benefits hit a three-week high last week.
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HARTFORD - The National Labor Relations Board yesterday ordered a union election at Foxwoods Resort Casino, which has been targeted by the United Auto Workers in a drive to organize 3,000 dealers.
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Do you have tickets? Tonight's Mega Millions lottery -- in New York, New Jersey and 10 other states -- has a $250 million jackpot.
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Britons moved by the plight of millions of Asian tsunami victims dug deep into their pockets yesterday, bringing the total raised in only four days to an unprecedented 30 million.
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There was one winning ticket for the $314.3 million Powerball lottery prize, and it was sold in this city on the Indiana-Ohio state line, lottery officials said Sunday.
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MEGA MILLIONS, Feb. 3  /PRNewswire/ -- The Friday, February 2, 2007 Mega Millions drawing featured the largest jackpot in the nation. And the drawing brought out the winners!  A total of 536,697 tickets from coast to coast won Mega Millions prizes, including seven tickets that each won $250,000.
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The loan servicer is raising some serious cash.
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The number of U.S. workers filing  new claims for jobless aid jumped by 28,000 last week, far more  than anticipated and the biggest increase for any week since  February, the Labor Department said on Thursday.
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The number of Americans lining up to  claim an initial week of jobless aid climbed more than expected  last week, primarily because of hurricanes that have battered  Florida, putting many people out of work, the government said  on Thursday.
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More chance of winning the Lottery than collecting
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Check the numbers from Friday's Lotto main draw.
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WASHINGTON -- The number of newly laid off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits shot up by the largest amount since early February, a far bigger increase than had been expected.
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Bank of America Corp. said yesterday it will bring 300 more jobs to Boston as part of its wealth management unit.
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A $3.5 million lottery jackpot in Connecticut is set to join other unclaimed multimillion prizes nationwide.
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A growing number of niche sites devoted to high-end jobs are finding that applicants will shell out a few dollars â or a few hundred â for access to job ads.
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With just 78 cents in his savings account and &#36;44,000 owed to creditors, parking attendant Juan Rodriguez plunked down &#36;1 on a lottery ticket. Good thing he wasn't pinching pennies: He won a &#36;149 million lottery jackpot.