New claims for unemployment benefits have fallen for a third straight week, signaling that layoffs remain historically restrained even as broader measures of joblessness edge higher. The latest ...

Americans filed fewer new claims for jobless benefits last week in a surprise dip, signaling layoffs remain low — but don’t pop the champagne yet. The unemployment rate likely remained stubbornly high ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The nation's new jobless claims were less than expected at 199,000 seasonally adjusted claims for the week ending on Saturday, the ...