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Job Market
US Department of Labor: Unemployment Claims Fall by 15 Percent
The latest reports from the US Department of Labor show that unemployment claims fell by a whopping 15.6% in February, with the total insured...
Financial Crisis
More than 2 Million UK Workers Expect Massive Layoffs after Lockdown
Approximately 2.6 million British employees, or around eight percent of the UK’s workforce, said that they are expecting to lose their jobs in the...
Business and Finance
First Time Jobless Claims Hit 793K
The weekly Department of Labor report shows 793,000 new unemployment claims as pandemic restrictions put pressure on the labor market.
Claim projections from the prior...
Business and Finance
US Economy Adds 49,000 Jobs in January, Signs of Labor Market Instability
The US Department of Labor released a report this morning finding that only 49,000 jobs were added to the US Market in January.
The report...
News and Politics
U.S. New Unemployment Claims Fall to 779,000, Behind Initial Projections
Nearly 800,000 Americans file for their first unemployment check. This number is behind the 830,000 prediction that many economists expected.
The data was released this...
Education
Kuwait Ministry of Education to Sack Expats
Kuwait’s Ministry of Education plans to terminate the employment of more than 400 expatriates, following the instructions of the Civil Service Bureau.
The move is...
Business and Finance
US New Jobless Claims at 847,000
The Department of Labor released its weekly report on new jobless claims which showed that jobless fell by 67,000 to a seasonally adjusted 847,000...
Business and Finance
US Jobless Claims Increased Last Week
The number of Americans filing first-time for jobless benefits increased last week as a significant rise in new COVID-19 infections all across the country...