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Jobless Claims Hit a Nine-Month High of 500,000

(Aug. 19) -- This time in August is called the dog days, but as far as the U.S. job market is concerned, it's more like the bear days. Initial jobless claims unexpectedly rose by 12,000 to 500,000 last week -- their highest level since November 2009 -- the U.S. Labor Department announced Thursday.

2010 Unemployment Extension FAQ: Tier 5, 99ers Explained and Defined

(July 15) -- America's officially been out of the recession since last October, but you wouldn't know it from looking at the nation's jobless numbers. In fact, the number of Americans without work for the past 99 weeks recently reached an alarming, record-high 1.4 million, according to the Department of Labor (via The...