Apr 02 Watch Florida Struggles to Keep Up With Demands on Unemployment System In the latest in a series of reports making sense of the economy, Paul Solman examines troubles for both those receiving and those paying for jobless benefits in Florida, where jobless rates are the sixth highest in the country. Continue watching
Mar 18 Watch News Wrap: American Pleads Guilty in Mumbai Attacks In other news Thursday, a Chicago man pleaded guilty to helping plan the 2008 terror attacks in India, and the Pennsylvania woman known as 'Jihad Jane' was arraigned for allegedly plotting to kill a Swedish cartoonist. Continue watching
Mar 03 Watch News Wrap: Iraq Bombings Kill 32, Days Ahead of Vote In other news Wednesday, three suicide bombings in Iraq killed at least 32 people, just four days before national elections, and President Obama signed a stop-gap extension of jobless benefits after a budget impasse in the Senate. Continue watching
Dec 11 U.S. Unemployment Claims Hit 26-Year High By Admin, PBS News Hour More than 570,000 people filed initial applications for jobless benefits during the first week of December, the highest one-week filing rate in 26-years, the Labor Department said Thursday. Continue reading
Nov 07 U.S. Unemployment Surges to 6.5 Percent in October By Admin, PBS News Hour Fueled by an economic downturn, the U.S. economy lost 240,000 jobs in October, the Labor Department said Friday. The numbers helped push the employment rate to 6.5 percent, its highest level in 14 years. Continue reading