News Wrap: First-Time Claims for Unemployment Benefits...
Clip: 3/3/2011 | 3m 52s
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In other news Thursday, first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell to the lowest number in three years. Hiring in the service sector grew at the fastest rate since 2006. Also, a retired FBI agent who disappeared in Iran while working as a private investigator may be alive and being held in southwest Asia.
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News Wrap: First-Time Claims for Unemployment Benefits...
Clip: 3/3/2011 | 3m 52s
In other news Thursday, first-time claims for unemployment benefits fell to the lowest number in three years. Hiring in the service sector grew at the fastest rate since 2006. Also, a retired FBI agent who disappeared in Iran while working as a private investigator may be alive and being held in southwest Asia.
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