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Predicted. we didn't match the year's best in early january. the first week of this month saw 462,000 people file for unemployment benefits for the first time. following week that dropped to 457,000 and for the week ending march 20, that figure hit 442,000. if it had hit 420,000 the economists would have concluded employers are hiring again. now in the last two years during the third week in march 2008 we saw 36 ,000 first time jobless claims. by last year at this time that number had nearly doubled to 657,000. this morning as i say we see this figure dropping below 450,000. one bright spot, m...

Dipped last week. the labor department says initial jobless claims fell by 6,000 for the week ending march 6th. the number of claims 462,000 is close to what analysts expected and a sign the employment picture may be slowly improving. however, continuing claims for jobless benefits are up. authorities in arkansas that ison person has died from the tornados that struck overnight. the fatality was in cleburne county and this was the scene captured by amateur video in saline county where another twister touched down. we will check in with rob marciano in the weather center in just a moment. f...

To any mobile in america. only from sprint. deaf, hard-of-hearing and people with speech disabilities access www.sprintrelay.com. today, we have a new reading on employment, the weekly jobless numbers. stephanie elam has a look at whether it will get stocks moving again. >> yeah, today's employment report is encouraging. new jobless claims fell to 462,000 last week, and that's a drop of 6,000. still not enough to give us a positive open. the level is still high. ask all the people out there without jobs. and investors want to see a decline in jobless claim. we have corporate deal making toda...

Misunderstand what's going to happen but in the real world, the survey indicates people who provide through business insurance coverage to employees are concerned about the consequence of obama or the president's healthcare reform. >> major garrett, thank you very much. >> every moment, every waking, sleeping moment. to eastern, fox news is on the job hunt. we're getting good news. the number of people applying for first time unemployment benefits dropped last week. dropped. the labor department says initial claims fell by 6,000 to the seasonally adjusted figure of 462,000. it's the second str...

The abortion issue, you talked about 7 house democrats, going to "no" and there could be more, bart stupak of michigan leads a group of at least 12, he says, going from yes to no. and there are some that go from no to yes, but we haven't pinned them down yet. martha: that is the work we'll be watching on special report in the coming nights, bret, thank you so much, always good to see you. bret baier. bill: "fox news alert," martha, news on the economy, unemployment data in this morning, 462,000 americans filed for first time jobless benefits, this week. that is more than economists expected. t...