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money.cnn.com - 2/5/2009
Initial jobless claims at a 26-year high - Feb. 5, 2009
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NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- The number of Americans filing for first-time unemployment benefits surged last week to a level not seen since October 1982, according to a government report released Thursday. The number of initial jobless claims jumped to a much-higher-than-expected 626,000 in the ...
New Jobless Claims Surge to 626,000
washingtonpost.com - 2/5/2009
New Jobless Claims Surge to 626,000
— washingtonpost.com — Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, February 5, 2009; 11:36 AM... (more) New Jobless Claims Surge to 626,000

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uk.reuters.com - 2/5/2009
INSTANT VIEW: Jobless claims jump to 26-yr high
— uk.reuters.com — NEW YORK (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for unemployment benefits jumped to... a 26-year high last week, according to government data on Thursday that pointed to a rapid deterioration in the economy. U.S. non-farm productivity ... (more) INSTANT VIEW: Jobless claims jump to 26-yr high

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Thursday Is New Jobless Day
eschatonblog.com - 2/12/2009
Thursday Is New Jobless Day
— eschatonblog.com — Still at holy crap levels: 623K. (more) Thursday Is New Jobless Day

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Thursday's Mini-Report
Political Animal — THURSDAY'S MINI-REPORT.... Today's edition of quick hits: * The employment picture continues to look rather abysmal . * Leon Panetta said exactly ...

Hire Hilda Solis, Already
The Republic of T. — ... clock on the hard won benefits and protections of American workers who are already suffering in the midst of the economy that conservative ideology played a huge part in giving us. Any reasonable person paying attention to the news in just the past month would understand what American workers are facing. We’ve got the worst employment index in 35 years, with employment numbers declining faster than they have since 1974. Last month we shed 598,000 jobs. Jobless claims are at their highest in six years, topping out over 600,000, with 4.8 million ...

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