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For the first time in more than two years, the number of Americans filing for their first week of unemployment benefits fell below 400,000 last week — a ray of hope in the one of the longest job droughts in U.S. history.
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Millions of jobless Americans are no doubt cheering the tax cut deal that President Obama signed into law Friday.
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What happens to a nation’s collective psyche when millions of once-productive people remain out of work for months or even years? What happens when unemployed husbands resign themselves to relying on a wife’s income, when unemployed wives feel trapped at home, when twenty- and thirtysomethings calculate that they’d rather live off their parents than face a cut-throat job market, when middle-aged men and women stop searching for jobs after realizing they’re hopelessly lost in a haze of rapid-fire technological change?
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Senate fails to advance jobless benefits bill
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The Senate failed Tuesday to advance a bill that would have extended the deadline to file for federal unemployment insurance through next year.
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Although the deadline to file for extended unemployment insurance is officially Nov. 30, many jobless have already filed their last claim for benefits.
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New hope for expiring jobless benefits?
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A Democrat-sponsored bill to extend unemployment benefits by one year was introduced in the Senate Monday, but it is likely to face stiff opposition from Republicans.
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Stocks end higher on jobless claims drop
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U.S. stocks rallied more than 1% Wednesday after a huge drop in unemployment claims signaled some signs of life in the depressed labor market.
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The House failed Thursday to pass a bill that would have given the unemployed three more months to file for extended jobless benefits.
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Two million people will run out of unemployment benefits next month if Congress fails to act in the coming weeks.
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Tens of thousands of low-income workers lost their jobs Thursday as a stimulus-subsidized employment program came to an end.
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