U.S. Payrolls Drop for First Time Since 2003
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Nervous employers cut 17,000 jobs in January, the first such reduction in more than four years and a sign that economy is in danger of stalling.
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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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U.S. manufacturing contracted in  November for the first time in 3-1/2 years, while construction  spending fell sharply in October, according to reports on  Friday pointing to a slowdown in the U.S. economy.
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The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment benefits dipped to 334,000 last week, the government said on Thursday, matching economists&#39; forecasts.
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Stocks slid on Friday, driving each of the major indexes more than 1 percent lower, as the government reported the first monthly drop in payrolls in four years, stoking market concerns about a recession.
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The number of U.S. workers applying for jobless benefits fell by 20,000 last week to 307,000, in a much sharper decline than expected that underscored the strength of the labor market, government data showed on Thursday.
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The number of people filing an initial claim for US jobless aid fell by a larger-than-expected 25,000 in the holiday-shortened week ended Oct. 16, the government said on Thursday.
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WASHINGTON -- The number of US workers filing for first-time jobless benefits fell sharply last week, government data showed yesterday, but the decline was smaller than expected, and economists say layoffs remained elevated because of winter storms.
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WASHINGTON  - The queue of newly jobless Americans shrank last week, providing a dose of good news to the labor market. The number of new claims for unemployment benefits tumbled 25,000 to a seasonally
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FOR MANY Americans, 2003 was a year of economic stagnation and increasing insecurity, according to Census Bureau figures released yesterday.
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Stocks tumbled on Friday, driving major indexes down nearly 2 percent, as data showing the first monthly drop in payrolls in four years stoked fears on Wall Street that the economy was headed into recession.
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The number of U.S. workers seeking  first-time jobless benefits fell by an unexpected 20,000 in the  latest week, according to a government report on Thursday that  suggested vigor in labor markets.
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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, as storms in many parts of the country failed to generate new claims, a government report showed on Thursday.
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The number of Americans filing first  claims for jobless pay fell 3,000 last week, the Labor  Department said on Thursday in a report showing no impact from  Hurricane Charley which struck Florida last Friday.
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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 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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Stocks fell sharply on Friday, as the government announced the first monthly drop in payrolls in four years, stoking market worries about a recession.