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WASHINGTON, June 6 (UPI) -- The U.S. Labor Department said first-time jobless benefits claims dropped by 11,000 to 346,000 in the week that ended Saturday.
The department revised last week's estimate from 344,000 to 357,000, which put the four-week rolling average at 352,500, an increase of 4,500 from the previous week.
The largest increases in initial claims for the week that ended May 25 were in California (with 8,622 additional first-time claims), Missouri (with 2,999) and Kentucky (with 1,750).
The largest decreases in the week were in Michigan, where first-time claims dropped by 2,185, North Carolina with a decline of 1,747 and South Carolina with a decline of 867.
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VICTORIA, British Columbia, Oct. 4 (UPI) --
The government of British Columbia said it will launch a study to determine emissions in Kitimat, the hub of the province's proposed liquefied natural sector.
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BRASILIA, Brazil, Oct. 5 (UPI) --
Bradar, a company controlled by Embraer Defense & Security, is to map areas in Brazil subject to natural disasters and monitor environmental preservation areas.
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Properties repossessed by lenders in the first quarter took an average of 477 days to complete the foreclosure process, up from 414 days in the previous...
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Nobody likes spending cuts but the champion of that attitude is clearly President Barack Obama, who seems to have a very clear pain-avoidance agenda.
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