Similar Stories to Us Jobless Claims Jump 16,000 To 357,000 on Bing News

WASHINGTON •  The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits jumped by 16,000 last week, the second straight weekly increase. But the longer-term trend in layoffs remained consistent wi…

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