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- New jobless claims drop to 512K, lowest since Jan.
- WASHINGTON (AP) -- The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits last week fell to the lowest level in 10 months, evidence that job cuts are easing as the economy slowly heals. Still, companies are reluctant to hire... Full story
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- Microsoft lays off 800 more workers worldwide
- REDMOND, Wash. (AP) -- Microsoft Corp. says it is cutting 800 more jobs. That's in addition to the 5,000 layoffs it announced in January. Lou Gellos, a Microsoft spokesman, said Wednesday the cuts are being made in offices around the globe. He... Full story
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- House opens debate on health care overhaul bill WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Barack Obama's landmark health care overhaul moved toward a vote in the House Saturday after anti-abortion lawmakers won a chance to knock out language that would let federally subsidized health care plans cover abortions....
- Britain urges steps to insure financial system ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) -- Britain called for consideration of a global tax on financial transactions to insure against another crisis and urged world finance officials meeting Saturday in Scotland to agree on bearing the cost of fighting climate change....
- China offers Africa more trade, investment BEIJING (AP) -- China is offering to abolish import duties on some commodities from Africa and make sure Chinese exports to the continent are safe as part of a package to boost already thriving economic ties, China's commerce minister said in an article published Saturday....
- South Korean workers protest gov't labor policy SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- Tens of thousands of South Korean workers rallied Saturday to protest the government's plan to begin implementing contentious labor laws....
- Court ends tobacco company payments in Md., Pa. RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- North Carolina's highest court ruled Friday that three cigarette companies no longer have to make payments to tobacco farmers in Maryland and Pennsylvania under a decade-old settlement....
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