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americablog.com - 4/2/2009
Jobless claims hit 26 year high
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Nobody likes surprises and this comes as a surprise . Maybe the market will ignore this and focus on some of the positive news that has been out there this week. The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless benefits unexpectedly rose to its highest level in over 26 years last week ...

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Eric Cantor: Let’s Not “Overreact” to the Economic Crisis
The Moderate Voice — ... tossed out of work and onto unemployment last week would agree. Oliver Willis (whose new mast banner graphic is pretty darn cool) says, “Republicans remain completely and absolutely out of touch with the people.” Yes, and also absolutely clueless. Cantor said what he said on the same day that the new unemployment numbers were released: Just a couple hours ago, Chris posted the latest gloomy economic news: Jobless claims hit 26 year high. But, one of the top Republican leaders thinks that ...

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