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January jobs report: 517,000 payrolls added, unemployment rate at 3.4%: The unemployment rate in January was 3.4%, just below what was expected ...
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January jobs report: 517,000 payrolls added, unemployment rate at 3.4%
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January jobs report: 517,000 payrolls added, unemployment rate at 3.4%: The unemployment rate in January was 3.4%, just below what was expected ...
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January jobs report: 517,000 payrolls added, unemployment rate at 3.4%
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The economy grew a disappointing 1.6% in Q1. What does it mean for interest rates?
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The economy grew a disappointing 1.6% in Q1. What does it mean for ...
Quick Glance: Disappointing Q1 Economic Growth and Implications
  • The U.S. GDP grew at a rate of 1.6% in the first quarter, falling below expectations due to slower inventory replenishment and weak export growth.

  • Despite the disappointing growth last quarter, this could potentially alter the views of Fed officials who were not keen on cutting rates following an upsurge in consumer prices.

  • Some analysts believe that the weaker-than-expected report indicates the beginning of a broader economic slowdown.

  • The report also highlights the performance of other sectors of the economy, such as the surge in housing construction, business investment growth, slower government spending, and the impact of trade on economic growth.
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You send 🙂. But Gen Z sees 🤔🙁🤨. The language of emojis has different translations, depending on your age.
Sending Smiley Emojis? They Now Mean Different Things to Different People: Many emojis have evolved different meanings for Gen Z while keeping their original ...
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Sending Smiley Emojis? They Now Mean Different Things to Different People
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People No Longer Know How Much to Tip: As requests for more and bigger tips increase, so does confusion.
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People No Longer Know How Much to Tip
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Stock market today: US stocks mixed ahead of GDP data, fresh earnings: Meta Platforms will report earnings after the closing bell, with Microsoft and Alphabet on ...
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Stock market today: US stocks mixed ahead of GDP data, fresh earnings
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Help. I’m Trapped in a Boring Conversation and Can’t Get Out.: Our columnist provides a user-friendly guide to making the conversation better or making your ...
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Help. I’m Trapped in a Boring Conversation and Can’t Get Out.
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Stocks could jump 13% even with dimming rate-cut outlook: Fundstrat: The S&P 500 could end the year at 5,700 even if the outlook for Fed rate cuts doesn't ...
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Stocks could jump 13% even with dimming rate-cut outlook: Fundstrat
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Consumer prices rose 3.5% from a year ago in March, more than expected: The consumer price index in March was expected to increase 3.4% from a year ago ...
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Consumer prices rose 3.5% from a year ago in March, more than expected
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Layoffs could spike as recession is already here, forecaster says: Headline job growth has been strong recently, but commentators have pointed to mixed signals ...
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Layoffs could spike as recession is already here, forecaster says
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Opinion | What Would Russian Victory in Ukraine Look Like?: It would send shock waves across the globe, make China and Iran bolder, and endanger NATO.
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Opinion | What Would Russian Victory in Ukraine Look Like?
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Veteran fund manager delivers blunt warning on stocks: Here's what could happen to the stock market next.
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Veteran fund manager delivers blunt warning on stocks
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Tesla Is Running Out of Time to Deliver on Self-Driving Promises: The electric-vehicle pioneer seems to be shifting its growth hopes to the unproven technology ...
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Tesla Is Running Out of Time to Deliver on Self-Driving Promises
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I Said Yes to Every Upgrade in Las Vegas. Here’s What It Cost.: What if you went to the world capital of VIP options and agreed to try all the upsells?
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I Said Yes to Every Upgrade in Las Vegas. Here’s What It Cost.
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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Says AI Will Boost Productivity, Worker Pay: Fink says AI will ultimately lead to higher wages as the firm produces more with fewer ...
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BlackRock CEO Larry Fink Says AI Will Boost Productivity, Worker Pay
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Company Bosses Draw a Red Line on Office Activists: Google’s dismissal of protesting workers is the latest example of employers pushing back against pressure ...
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Company Bosses Draw a Red Line on Office Activists
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He Turned 55. Then He Started the World’s Most Important Company.: Morris Chang had decades of experience before he founded a business that’s indispensable to ...
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He Turned 55. Then He Started the World’s Most Important Company.
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Project Primus Looks to Teach Family Scions How to Invest  : The investment boot camp, which requires a $1 million commitment, aims to capitalize on the coming ...
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Project Primus Looks to Teach Family Scions How to Invest  
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Exclusive | Nordstrom Family Weighs Taking Retailer Private: The department-store chain has formed a special board committee and tapped bankers to consider a ...
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Exclusive | Nordstrom Family Weighs Taking Retailer Private
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From Cubicle to Corporate Icon, Costco Finance Chief Ends 40-Year Run: Richard Galanti has stepped down as CFO after nearly four decades in the role ...
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From Cubicle to Corporate Icon, Costco Finance Chief Ends 40-Year Run
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Your Next Big Move Should Scare You: Your gut says no. Here’s why you shouldn’t always listen to it.
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Your Next Big Move Should Scare You
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Marketer Behind the Stanley Cup Frenzy Returns to Crocs: Terence Reilly rejoins the company to run its homely Heydude brand of shoes after turning the Stanley ...
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Marketer Behind the Stanley Cup Frenzy Returns to Crocs
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What if you lose your job today?: Experts advise on what you can do if the hard news hits you unexpectedly. 
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What if you lose your job today?
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He sold burritos out of his apartment window. Now he’s running a $7 billion startup.
He Sold Burritos Out of His Apartment Window. Now He’s Running a $7 Billion Startup.
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He Sold Burritos Out of His Apartment Window. Now He’s Running a $7 ...
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Japanese AI tool predicts when recruits will quit jobs: Japanese businesses traditionally all hire graduates at the same time each year, but about one in 10 ...
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Japanese AI tool predicts when recruits will quit jobs
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Gold price approaches record high: US stock markets continue to weaken: Strong labor market figures and statements from a leading central banker reinforce US ...
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Gold price approaches record high: US stock markets continue to weaken
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Indexes Stay In Their Lane While Medpace, Apollo, Exxon Mobil Outperform:
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‘Macbeth’ Review: Ralph Fiennes’s Ferocious Tyrant: The actor stars in a production by Washington’s Shakespeare Theatre Company that finds a chilling ...
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‘Macbeth’ Review: Ralph Fiennes’s Ferocious Tyrant
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Your Employee Thinks They’re God’s Gift. How to Break It to Them.: Being up front and catering to different communication styles can help, but some people are ...
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Your Employee Thinks They’re God’s Gift. How to Break It to Them.
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Test Your Knowledge About Electric Cars With Our Quiz: First question: Which country leads the way in EVs?
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Test Your Knowledge About Electric Cars With Our Quiz
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Boeing Engineer Says Company Used Shortcuts to Fix 787 Jets: A complaint to regulators said the company dismissed quality and safety concerns during production ...
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Boeing Engineer Says Company Used Shortcuts to Fix 787 Jets
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Rent the Runway (RENT) Extends Rally, on Pace for Record Weekly Gain: Rent the Runway Inc. extends rally Friday, rising as much as 27.6%, after it reported ...
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Rent the Runway (RENT) Extends Rally, on Pace for Record Weekly Gain
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US weekly jobless claims remain at low level: The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits was unchanged at a low level last week ...
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US weekly jobless claims remain at low level
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Opinion | MGM Grand Casino: Hacked by Criminals, Probed by the FTC: Lina Khan’s agency investigates the resort operator for supposed deficiencies in the ...
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Opinion | MGM Grand Casino: Hacked by Criminals, Probed by the FTC
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U.S. adds 303,000 jobs in March as unemployment rate dips: The U.S. labor market has proved remarkably resilient over the last year.
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U.S. adds 303,000 jobs in March as unemployment rate dips
Quick Glance: US economy adds impressive 303,000 jobs last month
  • Employers added 303,000 jobs in March, bringing the unemployment rate down to 3.8%.

  • US stock futures rose slightly on Friday morning, but markets have had a rough week.

  • The S&P 500 companies are expected to report positive first-quarter earnings, fueling optimism in the market.

  • Investors are hopeful for a strong earnings season to continue the stock rally amidst concerns about inflation and interest rates.
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Key inflation report may derail interest-rate cuts: Stocks could slump if this report shows inflation heating up.
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Key inflation report may derail interest-rate cuts
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Powell curbs interest rate hopes: Dow closes higher, Nasdaq loses: US Federal Reserve Chairman Powell further dampens market expectations of interest rate cuts ...
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Powell curbs interest rate hopes: Dow closes higher, Nasdaq loses
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JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon delivers stark warning on inflation, economy: 'We may be entering one of the most treacherous geopolitical eras since World War II ...
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JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon delivers stark warning on inflation, economy
Quick Glance: Jamie Dimon warns of potentially prolonged high rates
  • JPMorgan chief Jamie Dimon warns in his annual letter to investors of potentially prolonged higher inflation and interest rates due to high government spending.

  • Dimon mentioned that the economy is being fueled by government deficit spending and past stimuli, which could lead to potentially stickier inflation and higher rates.

  • Financial markets have significantly reduced their expectations for the number of expected rate cuts by the US Federal Reserve, with only two quarter-point cuts planned in 2024.

  • Dimon also warns of the risks of the private credit market boom and emphasizes that regulations may increasingly focus on this market, warning of geopolitical risks due to events like Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
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Retail sales jumped 0.7% in March, much higher than expected: Retail sales increased 0.7% for the month, considerably faster than the Dow Jones consensus ...
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Retail sales jumped 0.7% in March, much higher than expected
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Eli Lilly (LLY), Novo (NOVOB DC) Risk Missing High Expectations, Goldman Says: The weight loss drug frenzy that’s driven Eli Lilly & Co. and Novo Nordisk A/S ...
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Eli Lilly (LLY), Novo (NOVOB DC) Risk Missing High Expectations ...
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EU economy 'stronger than five years ago', von der Leyen tells parliament: Despite the "historic crises" of the pandemic and Russia's invasion of Ukraine ...
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EU economy 'stronger than five years ago', von der Leyen tells parliament
Quick Glance: San Francisco's Real Estate Market in Turmoil
  • The city of San Francisco, once seen as the shining star of the West Coast, is now on the verge of collapse, with seemingly no one raising the alarm.

  • In particular, the city's housing market has been severely impacted over the past year, with prices plummeting and homeowners fleeing en masse.

  • Jamie Dimon, CEO of JPMorgan Chase, did not hold back in his comparison of San Francisco's issues to those of New York City, stating that the Bay Area is 'in far worse shape.'

  • San Francisco is failing in all aspects, leading to a quiet collapse of its housing market, where once luxurious properties are now being offered at significant discounts.
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Delhi’s Dilemma: A Growing Economy and Growing Unemployment: India is on its way to becoming the third-largest economy in the world, yet unemployment among young ...
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Delhi’s Dilemma: A Growing Economy and Growing Unemployment
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US GDP: Strong Economy Doesn’t Make the Fed’s Job Harder: The past year has shown that it is possible to have a rapid decrease in inflation along with low ...
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US GDP: Strong Economy Doesn’t Make the Fed’s Job Harder
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Why unemployment in Spain is rising and what's being done to cap it?: The abundance of temporary contracts, as well as low productivity have both ...
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Why unemployment in Spain is rising and what's being done to cap it?
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Closing bell USA: quarterly figures drag indices down - IBM and Meta smear: US stock markets suffer from weak quarterly figures from Meta, Caterpillar and IBM; ...
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Closing bell USA: quarterly figures drag indices down - IBM and Meta smear
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The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly fell last week, pointing to still tight labor market conditions. Show more
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US stock exchanges in decline: Bad figures and then that too!: US markets fall after disappointing GDP data and weak quarterly numbers from Meta ...
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US stock exchanges in decline: Bad figures and then that too!
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Will under-13 curfews really make France safer?: In Béziers, the Mayor this week said that in three districts of the city, no kid under 13 may be on the street ...
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Will under-13 curfews really make France safer?
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Can I get unemployment benefits in Austria if I'm self-employed?: If you work in Austria as a freelancer or self-employed person, it may be confusing to ...
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Can I get unemployment benefits in Austria if I'm self-employed?
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Few Indian youngsters have registered to vote –and what that means: With first-time voters and the youth accounting for a large share of India’s population ...
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Few Indian youngsters have registered to vote –and what that means
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Ask the law: Who pays for unemployment insurance premiums?: Conditions for eligibility for insurance compensation clarified
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Ask the law: Who pays for unemployment insurance premiums?
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California labor tries again to get unemployment pay for striking workers. Can state afford it?
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California labor tries again to get unemployment pay for striking workers ...
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Kuwaitis Favor Public Sector Jobs Over Private Sector Opportunities: KUWAIT CITY, April 24: In light of the inability of the public sector to generate new job ...
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Kuwaitis Favor Public Sector Jobs Over Private Sector Opportunities
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Be careful: Unemployment reduces your pension so drastically: Unemployment also leads to a lower pension in old age.
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Be careful: Unemployment reduces your pension so drastically
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India Saw Significant Decline In Unemployment Rate, Shows Government Data: Periodic Labour Force Survey or PLFS data of the last six years indicates an improving ...
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India Saw Significant Decline In Unemployment Rate, Shows Government Data
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FREE TO READ | Tackling the root causes of inequality and joblessness: Social Impact magazine notes that we need to do more to uplift society and go beyond ...
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FREE TO READ | Tackling the root causes of inequality and joblessness
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Lower Saxony: How Cuxhaven benefits from the energy transition: High unemployment, lack of prospects - That is a thing of the past for Cuxhaven ...
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Lower Saxony: How Cuxhaven benefits from the energy transition
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Enough Of This Suffering, The Gruesome Betrayal; 10 Years Of Despotic Rule, 10 Dreadful Deceptions Part- IV| Countercurrents
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Enough Of This Suffering, The Gruesome Betrayal; 10 Years Of Despotic Rule ...
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Relief for Oregon unemployment claim delays could take ‘several months’ to kick in
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Relief for Oregon unemployment claim delays could take ‘several months’ to ...
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India's high unemployment is a 'ticking bomb,' opposition says as election battle with Modi's BJP heats up
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India's high unemployment is a 'ticking bomb,' opposition says as election ...
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FDP's push for tougher benefit sanctions in Germany sparks coalition row: The FDP's proposal to boost the German economy by coming down hard on unemployment ...
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FDP's push for tougher benefit sanctions in Germany sparks coalition row