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• Perriello: Success with Economic Recovery Efforts

  
  Appomattox Area News — Authority: 439
  Tom Perriello I want to update Virginians on some of the efforts I am undertaking in Congress to get our economy back on track. You may recall in the September 28 edition of this newsletter, I wrote that the U.S. House voted to extend unemployment benefits only in states where the unemployment rate is 8.5 percent ...
  6 hours ago

• I Think Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Might Be My Only Recourse. – Steve

  
  How to Get Out of Debt - Free Help — Authority: 145
  “Dear Steve, I have just under 32 K in cc debt, paid down from a much larger amount. After reading comments on your site I am coming to the conclusion that a Chapter 7 might be my only recourse. I talked to one bank about the debt but all they did was reduce my credit line. I have been unemployed for over a year ...
  9 hours ago

• Michigan’s Unemployment Insurance Agency to mail instructions for claiming federal extension starting this week

  
  River Country Journal — Authority: 149
  This week unemployed Michigan workers who have exhausted all of their unemployment benefits this year will start receiving instructions for claiming the new federal jobless benefit extension. UIA Director Stephen Geskey said, “The Unemployment Insurance Agency (UIA) will send letters to some 70,000-80,000 jobless ...
  11 hours ago

• Unemployment Benefits To Be Extended

  
  Beacon Financial Advisors - Kristine McKinley - Fee only, hourly financial planning - Lee's Summit, MO — Authority: 99
  There’s at least a glimmer of hope for people who are currently unemployed.  The Senate voted on Wednesday to extend unemployment benefits by up to 20 weeks for people currently collecting unemployment.  Most states will receive a 14 week extension, but states with unemployment rates in excess of 8.5% will receive ...
  2 days ago

• Odds and ends, Nov. 13

  
  Blog on the Run: Reloaded — Authority: 436
  Typing Under Ladders: Today’s Friday the 13th. I have exactly no interesting Friday-the-13th stories to tell. To the extent that I can remember the dates at all, two of the unluckiest days of my life, one involving romantic failure and one involving serious physical injury, occurred on the 4th of a month. Home ...
  2 days ago

• Can the Collection Agency Garnish My Unemployment? – Andrea

  
  How to Get Out of Debt - Free Help — Authority: 145
  “Dear Steve, I was laid off in January 2009 and I am currently receiving an unempolyment check of $247.00 weekly from the state of North Carolina plus the federal unemployment COLA of $25.00. Both these checks are directly deposited to my checking account. These checks barely cover rent, food and gas. This area ...
  3 days ago

• Goldman On Why A Second Stimulus Is Merely Months Away

  
  zero hedge — Authority: 771
  Earlier today, Goldman came out with a harbinger piece on why a second stimulus announcement is essentially a formality. The administration has already promptly forgotten the lessons from the recent elections which were a failure for the Democrats, and a resounding vote against incremental deficit spending. The people ...
  3 days ago

• Jobs: “One of the Great Challenges That Remains”

  
  HSH Associates Financial News Blog — Authority: 133
  President Obama announced today that a jobs summit will be held at the White House next month in order to recast legislative attention to a sector of the economy that has worsened : “This is one of the great challenges that remains in our economy, a challenge that my administration is absolutely determined to ...
  4 days ago

• Jobless Claims Drop to 502,000

  
  Stupidica — Authority: 166
  WASHINGTON-- The number of U.S. workers filing new claims for jobless insurance fell for the second week in a row and the four-week moving average of claims was the lowest in nearly a year, government data showed on Thursday, pointing to improvements in the labor market. Initial claims for state unemployment benefits ...
  4 days ago

• Jobless claims lowest since January

  
  Business Opportunities- Expert Advice For The Digital Marketer — Authority: 146
  The government says first time claims for unemployment benefits fell more than expected last week to 502,000. The number of Americans filing first-time claims for unemployment insurance fell last week to their lowest level this year, the government said Thursday.There were 502,000 initial job claims filed in the week ...
  4 days ago

• Unemployment benefits to be delayed

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 665
  MLive reports that the unemployment benefits extension approved by Congress and signed into law by President Obama last week will take several weeks to go out to those who qualify for them. Though the payments will be made retroactive to Nov. 8, the state does not expect to actually send any money out until at least ...
  4 days ago

• Here’s the vehicle for the next jobless benefits extension

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 665
  It’s no mystery that some Democrats are hoping to extend emergency unemployment benefits even further into next year — both to acknowledge a jobless rate that’s topped 10 percent , and to fix a filing deadline glitch that will prevent those in high-unemployment states from getting the full 20-week extension ...
  5 days ago

• Here’s the Vehicle for the Next Jobless Benefits Extension

  
  The Washington Independent Blog — Authority: 155
  It’s no mystery that some Democrats are hoping to extend emergency unemployment benefits even further into next year — both to acknowledge a jobless rate that’s topped 10 percent , and to fix a filing deadline glitch that will prevent those in high-unemployment states from getting the full 20-week extension ...
  5 days ago

• Reid Acknowledges Need to Extend Jobless Benefits Program

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 767
  The office of Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) acknowledged today that, in order for people to access the full 20 weeks of additional jobless benefits enacted last week, Congress will have to extend the underlying program before year’s end. “It is true that we will need to extend the program before ...
  6 days ago

• Jobless Benefits Extension Stiffs High Unemployment States

  
  New Mexico Independent — Authority: 598
  Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) (WDCpix) To hear the Democrats  tell the tale , the extension of jobless benefits enacted over the weekend will provide those living in high-unemployment states with an additional 20 weeks of insurance. Well, not quite. Because the bill  was held up for so long in the Senate, an ...
  6 days ago

• Jobless benefits extension muddled by lawmaker wrangling

  
  Colorado Independent — Authority: 675
  Mike Lillis at the Washington Independent sends the following dispatch from the frontlines in the partisan war to extend benefits to the vast ranks of the unemployed. “To hear the Democrats tell the tale ,” he writes, the extension of jobless benefits enacted over the weekend will provide those living in ...
  6 days ago

• Jobless benefits extension stiffs highest unemployment states

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 665
  Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) (WDCpix) WASHINGTON – To hear the Democrats tell the tale , the extension of jobless benefits enacted over the weekend will provide those living in high-unemployment states with an additional 20 weeks of insurance. Well, not quite. Because the bill was held up for so long in the ...
  6 days ago

• Jobless Benefits Extension Stiffs High Unemployment States

  
  The Washington Independent — Authority: 767
  Rep. Jim McDermott (D-Wash.) (WDCpix) To hear the Democrats tell the tale , the extension of jobless benefits enacted over the weekend will provide those living in high-unemployment states with an additional 20 weeks of insurance. Well, not quite. Because the bill was held up for so long in the Senate, an ...
  6 days ago

• Unemployment extension bill called ‘corporate giveaway’

  
  Michigan Messenger — Authority: 665
  WASHINGTON – Last week, as House Democrats took to the floor with near-unanimous praise for legislation to help the unemployed and stimulate the fragile economy, Rep. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) offered a wildly different message. “This bill,” he said, “represents a textbook example of how not to deal with the ...
  1 week ago

• Labor Secretary calls for jobs program

  
  mid coast views — Authority: 120
  
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