MiamiHerald.com
US unemployment aid applications stay at 370000
BusinessWeek
By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER The number of people seeking US unemployment benefits was unchanged last week, suggesting modest but steady gains in the job market. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly unemployment aid applications stayed at a ...
Jobless Claims in US Were Unchanged at 370000 Last WeekBloomberg

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Gauge of US economy dipped 0.1 percent in April
BusinessWeek
The drop reflected fewer requests for building permits and a temporary spike in applications for unemployment benefits. The Conference Board said Thursday that its index of leading economic indicators declined 0.1 percent in April from March.

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Kansas City Star
Wall Street Stocks Slip
New York Times
Stocks wavered on Wall Street on Thursday as unease about Europe overshadowed a hopeful unemployment report in the United States and some big numbers from retailers, including the world's largest. The major American market indexes fell about 0.3 ...
Stocks open lower as Europe overshadows jobs dataBusinessWeek
KEYC - Mankato News, Weather, Sports -Futures mixed on jobs data as Europe churnsKEYC TV
Stocks lower as Europe overshadows jobs dataAtlanta Journal Constitution

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President Obama's Unemployment Rate Is Stuck At 11%
Forbes
Unemployment actually rose after June, 2009, and did not fall back down below that level until 18 months later in December, 2010. Instead of a recovery,America has suffered the longest period of unemployment above 8% since the Great Depression, ...
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abc40
Mass. unemployment rate falls to 6.3 percent in April; Employers add 2500 jobs
Boston.com
By Globe Staff The Massachusetts unemployment rate fell to 6.3 percent last month as employers added 2500 jobs, the state Executive Office of Labor and Workforce Development reported Thursday. It was the fifth consecutive month of job gains for the ...
Bay State adds 2500 jobs as unemployment hits 6.3 percentBoston Herald
State jobless rate falls to 6.3%Boston Globe
Mass. adds 2500 jobs, April unemployment drops to 6.3%Bizjournals.com
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Wink News
Weekly unemployment benefit applications unchanged
Wink News
WASHINGTON (AP) - The number of people seeking unemployment benefits was unchanged last week, suggesting steady gains in the job market. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly unemployment aid applications stayed at a seasonally adjusted 370000 ...

Bloomberg
Applications for US unemployment aid stay at 370000, level consistent with ...
Washington Post
WASHINGTON — The number of people seeking unemployment benefits was unchanged last week, suggesting steady gains in the job market. The Labor Department said Thursday that weekly unemployment aid applications stayed at a seasonally adjusted 370000, ...
Unemployment claims remain low at 370000USA TODAY
Jobless Claims in US Were Unchanged at 370000 Last WeekBloomberg
Ahead of the Bell: US Unemployment BenefitsCBS News

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Medical Sales Industry Offers Lifeline as Graduate Unemployment Rates Soar
MarketWatch (press release)
The report revealed 36 per cent of graduates in 2011 were forced to take lower-skilled jobs compared to only 27 per cent in 2001 and the unemployment rate stands at just under one in five. With only a slim chance of graduates finding a full-time job, ...

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GPB
Georgia's unemployment rate drops again
WALB-TV
While the state saw jobs increase, local and state governments cut more than 3000 workers. The long term unemployed workers more than doubled in April. People out of work the longest make up more than 50 percent of the unemployed in Georgia.
Georgia unemployment rate dips to 8.9%Bizjournals.com
Michigan unemployment rate improves to 8.3% in April, as workforce grows by 3000Detroit Free Press
Georgia jobless rate now lowest in 3 yearsCBS News
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HK February-April Unemployment Rate Falls To 3.3%; Defies Expectations
Wall Street Journal
By Chester Yung Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES HONG KONG (Dow Jones)--Hong Kong's unemployment rate edged down to 3.3% in the three-month period ended April 30, defying market expectations, but economists say the ongoing euro-zone debt crisis and uncertain ...
Unemployment and underemployment statistics for February - April 20127thSpace Interactive (press release)
Hong Kong Feb-Apr. Jobless Rate Drops UnexpectedlyRTT News
HK jobless rate down to 3.3% in Feb-AprTODAYonline
Shanghai Daily (subscription)
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Youth unemployment too high?
The Hornet
The unemployment crises has been affecting many people for some time now, but ever since we hit the Great Recession youth unemployment rates has elevated to become a major threat to our future economic and political stability.
ILO to hold a Global Youth Employment ForumCeylon Daily News

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My Fox 8
NC Chamber of Commerce wants cuts in unemployment benefits
Winston-Salem Journal
By: AP , JournalNow Staff | The Associated Press The NC Chamber of Commerce wants legislators who opened their annual session Wednesday to reduce future unemployment benefits from a maximum of $506 a week to $350 a week and the period of benefits from ...
NC Chamber seeks to rein in future unemployment benefitsCharlotte Observer
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Politico
Congratulations, grad, you're unemployed
Politico
Just when it looked like the job market was going to rebound, recent unemployment numbers revealed a disappointing reality. The April unemployment rate decreased to 8.1 percent from 8.2 percent; however, the percentage of working-age Americans in the ...

Washington unemployment rate falls to 8.1 percent
The Seattle Times
Washington state's unemployment rate fell in April to 8.1 percent, despite a loss of 300 jobs last month, officials said Wednesday. By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP Associated Press No comments have been posted to this article.
Statewide unemployment rate drops to 8.1 percentTheNewsTribune.com
Unemployment rate falls in MayMyNorthwest.com
Unemployment rate, job numbers in Washington continue to confoundMaple Valley Reporter
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Why the World's Unemployed Youth are Flocking to Brazil
Business Insider
Portugal's official unemployment rate — not atypical for the PIIGS economies — stands above 14%. The reality on the ground, however, is likely much worse than that. Among youths, the figure is closer to 40% and, as one Reuters journalist writing from ...

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CBS Local
Michigan unemployment rate improves to 8.3% in April, as workforce grows by 3000
Detroit Free Press
Holeman is a recent high school graduate and is unemployed, despite efforts to find a job. Michigan unemployment numbers improved in April by two-tenths of a percentage, moving to 8.3%. / BRIAN KAUFMAN/Detroit Free Press By John Gallagher Michigan's ...
Sterling Spikes As UK Unemployment Rate Surprisingly Drops In Q1TheStreet.com
State: Michigan unemployment rate continues downward trend, hits 8.3 percent ...The Republic
Arlington Unemployment Rate Still Lowest in RegionSun Gazette

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Michigan unemployment rate improves to 8.3% in April, as workforce grows by 3000
Detroit Free Press
Holeman is a recent high school graduate and is unemployed, despite efforts to find a job. Michigan unemployment numbers improved in April by two-tenths of a percentage, moving to 8.3%. / BRIAN KAUFMAN/Detroit Free Press By John Gallagher Michigan's ...
Ga.'s unemployment rate lowest in 3 yearsWSB Radio
Georgia jobless rate drops to lowest level in more than 3 yearsAtlanta Journal Constitution (blog)
Georgia unemployment rate at lowest in more than three yearsWGCL Atlanta
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Wash. unemployment rate falls to 8.1 percent
The Seattle Times
Washington state's unemployment rate fell in April to 8.1 percent, despite a loss of 300 jobs last month, officials said Wednesday. By DONNA GORDON BLANKINSHIP Associated Press More importantly...What's the "jobless rate" ?
Washington unemployment rate falls to 8.1 percentSeattle Post Intelligencer
State unemployment rate drops to 8.1 percentTheNewsTribune.com
Unemployment rate, job numbers continue to confoundAuburn Reporter

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My Fox 8
Chamber wants unemployment benefit cuts
WAVY-TV
RALEIGH, NC (AP) - North Carolina's main business lobby wants legislators who opened their annual session Wednesday to cut future unemployment benefits and issue taxpayer-backed bonds, a move it says would save employers money while closing a debt to ...
More jobless workers lose their benefitsThe Progressive Pulse

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CNN
Germany Must Help Spain's Unemployed Youths - Finance Minister
NASDAQ
AACHEN, Germany -(Dow Jones)- Germany must help such struggling European states as Spain tackle soaring youth unemployment, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Wednesday. "We must help reduce youth unemployment in Spain," Schaeuble said in ...
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