The latest weekly initial claims report showed a small increase, some 2,000 higher to 439,000. The more-telling four-week moving average dropped by 4,000 to 443,000, and continuing claims fell another 48,000 to 4.3 million.
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The nation’s largest home improvement retailer
reported that its third quarter net earnings rose a higher-than-expected 21% due to lower expenses and cost cuts. Additionally, Home Depot raised its fiscal 2010 earnings outlook….
Companies that develop medicines have been bleeding jobs in the last few months, with three — Biogen Idec, Charles River Laboratories and NicOx — announcing about 1,000 new workforce cuts this week. When will the bleeding sto…
Borders, the nation’s second-largest bookstore chain, has struggled for years due to competition from both fellow bricks-and-mortar outlets and online booksellers. It’s latest move to combat that is an offer to match the compet…
New claims fell by 23,000 to 452,000 last week, but that’s offset somewhat by the prior week’s total being revised upward by 13,000. The numbers were a little better than expected, but still not enough to indicate a recovery g…