Hurricane triggers first wave of American jobless claims
9th Sep 2005, 06:01 GMT
WASHINGTON—An estimated 10,000 workers who lost their jobs because of Hurricane Katrina filed for unemployment benefits last week, the first wave of what likely will be hundreds of thousands of displaced workers seeking benefits.
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