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they keep revising upward previous weeks and previous months, to show more people on the unemployment lines. the result is the actual trend in a number of new claims for jobless benefits is rising, it's going up, not down as the day-to-day headline number suggests. bill: you're saying to truly understand this, you need to focus on the revision? >> yes. look at the revision and look at the trend for the last four weeks or last six weeks, whatever but look at the recent trend and that is upwards. more and more people are claiming first-time jobless benefits, not less and less as the he...

>> good morning, everyone. i can't stop thinking about barry manilow. >> was it good? >> it was so fantastic. >> yeah. did he start with "mandy"? >> no, he didn't start with "mandy." i mean, it's 90 minutes of remembering everything about your entire life. >> right. and then when we see you, we see you walk in the building with this book. what's on your mind? >> if i can't stop thinking about barry, then i want to carry the book called "the big sexy fun." no, wait. the "the big fun sexy sex book." you see the word sexy. >> one of the co-authors is on the show today. apparently she kn...

news. the number of people asking for unemployment benefits for the first time went down more than economists were expecting last week. the labor department reports those claims dropped by 27,000 to 365,000. that means we could see a dip in the overall unemployment rate. but it wasn't all good today. some major stores say folks did not spend as much in april as many had expected. in fact, those retailers had their worst numbers in nearly three years. today the market was dipped lower, the dow off 62 the nasdaq off 6, s&p off 11. the jobs market has been a very hot topic for wall stre...

martha: good morning on this thursday morning everybody. i'm martha maccallum. we have this new jobs number that just out. better than number analyst were looking for. some say this number is a bit skewed in context of recent weeks. bill: stuart varney goes inside the numbers from the fox business network. good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: first the headline. >> the headline looks good because the numbers of new faces on unemployment line is down. but look more closely. they keep revising upward previous weeks and previous months, to show more people on the unemployme...

>> he screamed hundreds of times for help. >> now, after days with no food or water, he is suing for up to $20 million. and, taking a rocket ride in the skies. you'll see jet man's trip over rio. but first from fox this thursday night, the biggest issue facing our economy, jobs. and today we got very good news. the number of people asking for unemployment benefits for the first time went down more than economists were expecting last week. the labor department reports those claims dropped by 27,000 to 365,000. that means we could see a dip in the overall unemployment rate. but it wasn...