Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, DC, United States (AHN) – Initial jobless claims increased by 20,000 for the week ending Oct. 30 to 457,000 after falling the week before, the Labor Department announced Thursday. It was a larger number of new unemployment claims than economists expected and indicates a continued weakness in the [...]
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A Day After China’s Jolt, Markets Rise
October 20th, 2010
davidguide After China’s first interest-rate increase in three years shook markets on Tuesday, investors turned to the latest corporate earnings reports. View full post on Business Stories
Ottawa Faces Tough Decision On Employment Insurance Rate Hike
September 10th, 2010
davidguide AHN News Staff Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (AHN) – Ottawa will have to make a tough decision on a proposed large increase in employment insurance premiums by Jan. 1. On one hand, workers, employers and the political opposition are moving against the planned premium hike. They have sent Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Finance Minister James [...]


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