Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Initial jobless claims for the week ending June 25 decreased by 1,000 from the previous rate but still remained above the 400,000 mark for the 12th consecutive week, according to the United States Department of Labor. Some 428,000 newly jobless workers filed first [...]
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Initial jobless claims remain above 400,000 mark despite small decrease
Initial jobless claims stuck above 400,000 for 11th week
Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Initial jobless claims remained above the 400,000 mark for the 11th consecutive week and moved up slightly by 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 429,000 for the week ending June 18. It was another sign that the jobs sector has not begun a recovery [...]
HomeServe Fiscal 2011 Profit Rises – Update
British home insurance firm HomeServe Plc (HSV.L) Tuesday reported a higher profit for fiscal 2011, reflecting good business growth in the U.K. and increasing momentum in its international operations. The company also said it has made a good start to the new financial year and looks forward to another year of strong growth. View full [...]
Letter From California: Exchange Board Has Daunting Task
Sacramento, CA, United States (KaiserHealth) – Now comes the hard part. California, which has had a long, sometimes-tortured history of trying to overhaul its health care markets, beat every other state last year when it passed a law creating a health insurance exchange – an online marketplace where millions of uninsured residents will be able [...]
The ‘JOBS’ Act is a Surefire Way to Destroy Actual Jobs (The Nation)
The Nation – The Nation — House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp has pitched the “JOBS” Act as an effort to strengthen unemployment insurance by giving states leeway to make necessary changes. View full post on All Stories
South Korea fears government sites next target of North Korean cyber attack
Windsor Genova – AHN News News Writer Seoul, South Korea (AHN) – South Korea’s national security policy-making institute said on Tuesday that North Korean hackers are getting more sophisticated after paralyzing the computer network of a local agricultural cooperative bank and will next target government websites. Nam Sung-wook of the Institute for National Security Strategy [...]
New Jobless Claims Rise to 474,000 After Falling For 5 Straight Weeks
The Labor Department said initial claims for unemployment insurance rose by 17,000 to a seasonally adjusted 474,000. That was above analysts’ expectations of 460,000. View full post on All Stories
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