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New orders for long-lasting manufactured goods excluding transportation unexpectedly fell, while the number of workers filing for jobless benefits rose last week.







Jobless claims – Unemployment benefits – Insurance – United States – Business

POLICYHOLDERS of NTUC Income can expect a surprise bonus this year to commemorate its 40th anniversary. Yesterday, its chief executive Tan Suee Chieh told The Straits Times that it is likely to do ’something special’ for its customers to mark the anniversary.
Details will be announced when the insurance cooperative posts its investment performance next month or in April.
Besides the good news for … more

A U.S. report Thursday on claims for unemployment aid signaled that layoffs are easing and that the economy could be on the verge of posting the first monthly gain in jobs in two years.

Unemployment benefits – Jobless claims – Layoff – Insurance – Business

The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits dropped unexpectedly last week, a sign the job market is healing as the economy slowly recovers.

Jobless claims – Unemployment benefits – Labour economics – Layoff – Insurance

INCREASED foreign direct investment (FDI) from developing economies into emerging markets will shape the political risk insurance industry (PRI), says the World Investment and Political Risk 2009 report released yesterday by the World Bank Group’s Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA).
This trend could mean that Singapore, from which many investments are made into the region’s emerging m… more

Within the vast pool of 15.4 million unemployed workers, a split is emerging: The number of long-term jobless is growing, while the number of short-term unemployed is declining.

Unemployment – Math – Recreation – Business – Insurance

In a hopeful sign for the economy, the number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits fell below 500,000 last week for the first time since January.

Insurance – Jobless claims – Business – Financial Services – United States

For Lawrie Covey and millions of other unemployed workers, life remains a day-to-day struggle. Instead of working on RVs in a factory, she may soon be living in one.

Unemployment – Business – Financial services – Health – Insurance

The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for jobless insurance was unchanged last week, but the four-week moving average of claims dropped to its lowest in almost a year.







Insurance – United States – Jobless claims – Business – Financial Services

About one million laid-off workers will see their unemployment benefits end in January unless Congress acts quickly to renew existing federally paid extensions.









Business – Insurance – Employee benefit – Financial Services – Agents and Marketers