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U.S. stock futures gained in pre-market trading Thursday ahead of fresh data out of Washington on the number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits.Contracts on the S&P 500 rose 0.5%. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial…

A 'We're Hiring!' sign is posted at a Starbucks in Los Angeles, California.Mario Tama | Getty ImagesThe U.S. economic contraction to start the year was worse than expected as weak business and private investment failed to offset strong…

A strong economic recovery and persistent labor shortage pushed jobless claims to their lowest level in more than half a century last week, just 18 months after the pandemic prompted six million workers to file for unemployment in one…

Initial unemployment claims unexpectedly jumped to total 230,000 last week, but still remained low compared to their pandemic-era averages.  The Labor Department released its latest weekly jobless claims report Thursday at 8:30 a.m. ET.…

Text size A Now Hiring sign hangs in front of a Winn-Dixie grocery store on…