Jobless Claims Rise on Back of Hurricane
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The ranks of Americans filing for initial unemployment compensation swelled last week but at least half of this increase was linked to devastation wrought by Hurricane
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The number of unemployed U.S.  workers claiming an initial week of jobless aid unexpectedly  rose last week by 7,000, taking a four-week average of claims  to the highest level since October, the government said on  Thursday.
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The number of U.S. workers filing  new claims for jobless benefits rose by a larger-than-expected  7,000 last week but remained at a level suggesting stable labor  market conditions, a government report on Thursday showed.
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The number of new people signing up for jobless benefits rose last week, mostly reflecting the impact of hurricanes that recently ripped through Florida.
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The number of workers filing new claims for jobless aid jumped by a much larger-than-expected 69,000 last week to the highest in over two years, government data on Thursday showed, but the numbers were likely skewed by the timing of a public holiday.
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The number of US workers applying for unemployment aid grew more than expected last week. Thursday&#39;s Labor Department report says initial jobless claims grew by 14,000 - to 350,000 - mostly due to the hurricanes
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The number of U.S. workers signing  up for first-time jobless benefits surged a  bigger-than-expected 44,000 last week as wintry storms in the  Midwest and Northeast put more people in the unemployment  lines, the government said on Thursday.
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The ranks of Americans filling for initial unemployment compensation swelled last week but at least half of this increase was linked to devastation wrought by Hurricane Charley earlier this month, the government said on Thursday.
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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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Employers went on a hiring spree in October, adding 337,000 new jobs, many of them for hurricane cleanup. The surge was the largest in seven months, a sign the jobs recovery may have taken hold.
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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 U.S. Thanksgiving holiday as distorting the data.
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The number of new claims filed for jobless benefits rose a larger-than-expected 12,000 last week, while a more reliable barometer of labor market trends rose to its highest in more than two years, the government said on Thursday.
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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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New claims for U.S. jobless benefits  rose in the latest week, but the gain was largely blamed on  Hurricane Charley, the government said on Thursday.
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The number of applications for unemployment benefits increased last week and the US Department of Labor is attributing most of the hike to the impact of Hurricanes Frances and Charley in Florida, according to an Associated Press report.
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The U.S. jobs market showed some signs of strength in June as private employers added more jobs than expected and planned layoffs decreased, but initial claims for unemployment insurance edged up last week, reports showed on Thursday.
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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.