ECONOMY Jobless filings rise More people applied for unemployment benefits last week, the first increase in three weeks and evidence that the job market is still sluggish. The number of people seeking benefits rose by… View full post on All Stories
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Unemployment filings up for week
May 27th, 2011 
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Comments OffBill To Extend Tennessee Unemployment Finding Life
May 17th, 2011 davidguide A proposal to extend unemployment benefits to thousands of jobless Tennesseans is being revived in the General Assembly. View full post on All Stories
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May 16th, 2011 davidguide Last month, 28,000 Tennesseans lost extended unemployment benefits. Now there’s a major push to correct that. View full post on All Stories
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May 13th, 2011 davidguide WASHINGTON – Applications for U.S. unemployment compensation fell sharply last week, partly reversing a large spike earlier in April. The number of people who filed initial requests for jobless benefits fell by 44,000 to a seasonally adjusted 434,000 in the week ended May 7, the Labor Department said Thursday. Economists surveyed by MarketWatch had expected [...]
Posted in Loans Tags: benefit, benefit claims, economists, initial requests, jobless, jobless benefits, labor department, number, spike, unemployment, unemployment benefits, unemployment compensation Comments OffUS jobless claims fall after storm-led surge (AFP)
May 12th, 2011 davidguide AFP – New claims for US unemployment benefits fell last week after a strong surge in the prior week, official data showed Thursday. View full post on All Stories
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May 9th, 2011 davidguide In these times of higher unemployment and under-employment, happiness sometimes feels a long way away. In Las Vegas those who are losing their jobs are finding it harder and harder to seek unemployment benefits as you must have… View full post on All Stories
Posted in Loans Tags: finding happiness, Jobs, las vegas, Post, Stories, unemployment, unemployment benefits, View, way Comments OffFlorida Senate approves business tax cut that shrinks unemployment benefits
May 4th, 2011 davidguide By Michael C. Bender, Times/Herald Tallahassee Bureau Tuesday, May 3, 2011 TALLAHASSEE — Florida unemployment benefits would rise and fall along with the jobless rate and state businesses would get a tax break under a proposal approved Tuesday by the Florida Senate. The bill, HB 7005, now moves back to the House, where leaders want [...]
Posted in Loans Tags: bill, florida senate, florida unemployment, Herald, percent, senate plan, state, state businesses, tallahassee bureau, tallahassee florida, unemployment, unemployment benefits Comments OffColorado woman’s unemployment benefits garnished for failure to pay utility bill
April 27th, 2011 davidguide An unemployed woman in Colorado has been financially devasted after the available balance in her checking account – which consisted entirely of unemployment insurance benefits – was taken as a result of a court-ordered garnishment because she was… Kelly Wiedemer April 27, 2011 View full post on All Stories
Posted in Loans Tags: bill, checking account, colorado woman, failure, Garnishment, Insurance, result, unemployment, unemployment benefits, unemployment insurance benefits Comments OffAmericans depend more on federal aid than ever
April 26th, 2011 davidguide A record 18.3% of the nation’s personal income was a payment from the government for Social Security, Medicare, food stamps, unemployment benefits … View full post on All Stories
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April 22nd, 2011 davidguide SALEM – Oregon’s unemployment phone lines are completely jammed. Newly announced benefits have drawn tens of thousands of callers. The state employment office says it’s sorry, but it just can’t handle the call volume all at once. Emergency Benefits link The state notified 40,000 people who may be eligible for a newly approved extension of [...]
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