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>> brian: fox business alert. the labor department releasing the weekly jobless figures and here they are. the claims right now, 472,000 new claims were filed last week. that is higher than expected. thought to be 452,000. continuing claims are at 4.62 million. again, more people than expected filing for unemployment last week. >> gretchen: and the senate has failed again to extend unemployment benefits and now they will take up the financial overhaul bill. it passed in the house yesterday. it formulated in response to the 2008 wall street meltdown, will increase federal regulation over banks ...

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I'm ready to go. new claims for unemployment fell more than expected last week. 452,000 americans filed for jobless benefits, that is down by about 23,000. the unemployment rate still whoever's above 9%. last week's numbers on the jobless claims front were revised upwards. remember they can be very volatile week to week, the federal reserve releasing a report yesterday that says the economy is stuck in a recovery too weak to create new jobs. we'll be talking more about that. let's get back to politics. as we mentioned earlier key senate races all over america really getting tighter by the minu...