and I do have a daughter who’s just started college. And I, frankly, will need the unemployment insurance benefits until I find another job. … And they said fine. They said sure.” —Former New Jersey Education Commissioner Bret Schundler explains
Thursday, August 26, 2010
START: Treasury prices were mixed for much of the day. An encouraging report on receding claims for unemployment insurance provided only temporary optimism about the economy. BACK TO SAFETY: A slide in stocks that accelerated in the afternoon led
Thursday, August 26, 2010
JOBLESS BOOST: A positive reading on first-time claims for unemployment insurance sent stocks higher in morning trading Thursday, lifting the Dow Jones industrials 45 points. QUICKLY FADES: Those gains vanished by mid-morning as angst returned about the
Thursday, August 26, 2010
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures extended gains on Thursday after data showed first-time applications for unemployment insurance fell more than expected in the latest week. S&P 500 futures rose 4.6 points and were above fair value, a formula that
Wednesday, August 25, 2010
Weekly unemployment insurance claims are trending higher, consumer confidence is trending lower and the expiration of the home buyer tax credit: all factors in crude oil’s direction
Thursday, August 19, 2010
First-time claims for unemployment insurance benefits headed higher last week—not a good sign for the strength of the economic recovery. Or should I say “recovery”? The Department of Labor numbers, out this morning, mark the
Thursday, August 19, 2010
From the Associated Press : Employers appear to be laying off workers again as applications for unemployment insurance reached the half-million mark last week for the first time since November. Initial claims for jobless benefits rose by 12,000 last
Thursday, August 19, 2010
fair in Washington, DC. On Thursday, the federal government announced that the number of first-time filers for unemployment insurance rose to 500,000. (PHOTO CREDIT: Getty Images)
New York (CNNMoney.com) – In a troubling sign for the economy, the
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Despite a strengthening job market, more people are receiving income from the country’s unemployment insurance system, data released yesterday showed. The number of people receiving regular employment insurance benefits in June rose by 8,400, the
Thursday, August 12, 2010
t nervous enough about a sputtering U.S. economy, the number of people filing new claims for unemployment insurance unexpectedly rose in the latest week to its highest level in close to six months. Labor Department data showed the number of new claims