Jobless claims rose 2,000 last week
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The number of initial claims for  U.S. jobless aid filed last week rose 2,000, while a more  reliable barometer of labor trends climbed to its highest level  in two months, government data showed on Thursday.
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The number of U.S. workers signing up for jobless benefits fell by a bigger-than-expected 19,000 last week, and non-farm worker productivity was higher in the second quarter than first reported, government reports showed on Thursday.
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The number of new people signing up for jobless benefits rose last week, reflecting the impact of Hurricane Charley, which recently tore through Florida.
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The number of U.S. workers claiming  an initial week of jobless aid rose 11,000 last week, broadly  in line with expectations and signaling a still-healthy job  market, a government report showed on Thursday.
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The number of newly laid off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits jumped last week by the largest amount in 17 months, reflecting in part an increase in layoffs due to frigid winter weather.
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New applications for unemployment  benefits fell by 22,000 last week, but the number of workers  remaining on jobless aid rose to its highest level in more than  two years, government data on Thursday showed, pointing to a  weakening labor market as the economy slows.
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The number of U.S. workers filing  for first-time jobless benefits rose 7,000 last week, pushing  the four-week moving average of new claims to its highest level  in more than a year, a government report showed on Thursday.
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The number of U.S. workers filing initial claims for jobless aid rose 10,000 last week to the highest level in nearly two months, government data showed on Thursday.
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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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The number of new people signing up for jobless benefits rose last week, reflecting the impact of hurricane Charley, which recently tore through Florida.
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The number of Americans filing  initial claims for jobless pay grew unexpectedly last week to  357,000, Labor Department data showed on Thursday, but an  official said an increase in the week after a public holiday  was typical.
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The US Labor Department said Thursday the number of workers filing first-time applications for unemployment benefits rose by 10,000 last week.
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The number of new people signing up for jobless benefits rose last week. But much of the increase is blamed on the impact of Hurricane Charley, which recently tore through Florida.
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WASHINGTON - The number of new people signing up for jobless benefits rose last week, reflecting the impact of hurricane Charley, which recently tore through Florida.    The Labor Department reported Thursday that new applications for unemployment insurance increased by a seasonally adjusted 10,000 to 343,000 for the week ending Aug...
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The number of U.S. workers signing  up for jobless benefits fell by a bigger-than-expected 19,000  last week, and non-farm worker productivity was higher in the  second quarter than first reported, government reports showed  on Thursday.
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The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits rose 25,000 last week to 349,000, a government report showed on Thursday, with some analysts citing the US Thanksgiving holiday as distorting the data.
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WASHINGTON : The queue of newly jobless Americans lengthened a little last week, government figures showed. The number of people lodging new unemployment benefit claims rose 2,000 to a seasonally adjusted