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			<title><![CDATA[Initial jobless claims drop to 340,000 after one-week spike]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-23 06:13:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Initial unemployment claims dropped back to a level indicating moderate job growth last week after a spike the previous week raised alarms about the labor market recovery. 

The number of people filing for unemployment benefits for the first...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Initial jobless claims jump to 360,000, most since March]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-16 06:50:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Initial jobless claims unexpectedly jumped to a six-week high of 360,000 last week after declining to a post-recession low this month, the Labor Department said Thursday. 

The number of people filing for the first-time for unemployment...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Initial jobless claims drop more than expected]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-09 06:23:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Initial jobless claims continued to decline last week in another hopeful sign that the labor market is improving. 

The number of people filing for unemployment benefits for the first time fell to a seasonally adjusted 323,000 last week, down 4,000 from...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Job growth calms fears of a slump]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-04 00:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON &mdash; So much for a spring swoon. 

The economy created more jobs than expected in April and the government boosted hiring figures for the previous two months, easing fears that the recovery was headed for a significant slowdown. 

The...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[April jobs increase eases fears of another spring swoon]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-03 08:44:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Economists and investors breathed a sigh of relief Friday as the government reported better-than-expected job growth in April and boosted hiring figures for the previous two months. 

The 165,000 net new jobs added last month eased fears...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[U.S. economy adds 165,000 jobs in April]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-03 05:54:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- U.S. employers added 165,000 jobs in April, and hiring was much stronger in the previous two months than the government first estimated. The job increases helped reduce the unemployment rate from 7.6 percent to a four-year low of 7.5...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Initial jobless claims drop to more than five-year low of 324,000]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-02 06:50:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Initial jobless claims dropped last week to their lowest level in more than five years, countering recent signals that the economic recovery is slowing. 

The number of people filing for the first time for unemployment benefits fell to 324,...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Stocks fall nearly 1% on anxiety about Friday's employment report]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-05-01 14:00:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[NEW YORK -- The first day of May gave investors reasons to worry about a sluggish economy, sending stocks down nearly 1% Wednesday. 

The Dow Jones industrial average fell 138.85 points, or 0.94%, to 14,700.95 at the closing bell on Wall Street. 

The...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Blackstone commits to hiring 50,000 military veterans]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-30 10:10:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Blackstone Group, the New York-based private equity group, announced Tuesday it would hire 50,000 military veterans over the next five years across its various businesses. 

The company said it is partnering with the White House, which is leading an...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[More Americans feel confident about their jobs, survey finds]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-25 08:31:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[Americans are more upbeat about their job prospects and fears of being laid off are subsiding, a new survey shows. 

Workers' confidence in the U.S. job market hit a record low after the financial crisis and recent recession, but results of the 2012...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[Weekly jobless claims tumble to 339,000, near five-year low]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-25 06:50:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[WASHINGTON -- Countering signs of a spring economic slowdown, initial jobless claims unexpectedly tumbled last week to nearly the lowest level in five years, the Labor Department said Thursday. 

The number of people filing for first-time unemployment...]]></description>
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			<title><![CDATA[California unemployment drops to 9.4%, lowest in more than 4 years]]></title>
			
			

			
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			<pubDate>2013-04-19 07:59:00</pubDate>
            <description><![CDATA[California's labor market picked up steam last month, according to figures released Friday, as the state's unemployment rate fell to 9.4% and employers added a net 25,500 jobs in March. 

The March rate was the lowest in California since Dec. 2008, when...]]></description>
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