BRIEFCASE.Byline: -- Staff and Wire Services Unemployment claims drop WASHINGTON -- The number of laid-off workers filing for unemployment benefits dropped sharply last week after being driven higher the previous week by storm-related layoffs. The Labor Department The Department of Labor (DOL) administers federal labor laws for the Executive Branch of the federal government. Its mission is "to foster, promote, and develop the welfare of the wage earners of the United States, to improve their working reported that applications for jobless benefits totaled 332,000 last week, down by 27,000 from the previous week. The prior week jobless claims Initial Jobless Claims is a report issued by the U.S. Department of Labor on a weekly basis. This report tracks how many people have filed for unemployment benefits in the previous week. It is a good gauge of the U.S. job market. had jumped by 46,000, the biggest one-week increase since September 2005 in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina  Editing of this page by unregistered or newly registered users is currently disabled due to vandalism. .
Politics cool plane deal MOSCOW -- Talks on a multibillion-dollar deal for Russian state flag carrier Aeroflot to buy 22 Boeing 787s are on hold, and frosty frost·y adj. frost·i·er, frost·i·est 1. Producing or characterized by frost; freezing. See Synonyms at cold. 2. Covered with or as if with frost. 3. Silvery white; hoary. 4. relations between Russia and the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. could be the source of the problem, a Russian airline official said Thursday. Aeroflot management last year asked the government -- the company's controlling shareholder -- to approve a deal to upgrade its long-range fleet by buying 22 Boeing 787s and an equal number of Airbus A350s. |
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