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Thursday, November 14, 2013

Employment

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Fox Business | Lockheed Martin to Slice 4,000 Jobs in Response to Defense Cuts
In a statement, it blamed the layoffs on the “continued decline in U.S. government spending,” which was brought on by the sequestration, as well as “the rapidly changing competitive and economic landscape” as the country continues to recover from the 2008 financial crisis.
Bloomberg |
More Americans Than Forecast File Unemployment Claims

Jobless claims in the week ended Nov. 9 declined 2,000 to 339,000 from a revised 341,000 the week before that was higher than initially reported, the Labor Department said today in Washington.