U.S. unemployment aid applications plummet to 346K

Friday, April 12, 2013

WASHINGTON -- The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell sharply last week to a seasonally adjusted 346,000, suggesting March's weak month of hiring may have been a temporary slowdown.

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