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U.S. Jobless Claims Hit 14-Month High; Analysts Blame Verizon Strike
Reuters, May 12, 2016–Mutikani, Lucia
The number of Americans filing for unemployment benefits rose last week to a more than one-year high, but economists blamed striking telecommunications workers for the surge and said the data did not signal a deterioration in the overall labor market.