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Weekly Ohio Jobless Claims Increase

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia,
Associated Press
Published December 6, 2012 at 12:18 PM EST

The Labor Department says the number of applications for unemployment insurance benefits in Ohio rose last week by nearly 23-hundred.Nationally, applications fell by 25-thousand to a seasonally adjusted 370-thousand. A spokesperson says the decline happened because a temporary spike caused by Superstorm Sandy faded.
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