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Physical Therapy Jobs and Salaries On the Rise

Physical therapy jobs are expected grow 27 percent between 2006 and 2016, according to statistics from the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS).
Salaries in the industry are also performing well and .  Median salaries rose 29 percent to $74,000 from 2002 to 2008, according to the American Physical Therapy Association.  The median salary [...]

Weekly Unemployment Claims Continue to Improve

Weekly new unemployment claims have fell last week to their lowest levels since January.  For the week ending Nov. 7,  new claims were 502,000 and continuing claims stand at at 5.63 million, said the U.S. Department of Labor.
The unemployment rate  is 10.2 percent.
President Obama recently signed legislation that allows for an extension of unemployment benefits [...]

Weekly Jobless Claims Drop; What Is Going On?

Weekly jobless claims dropped to the lowest levels since January ‘09, according to numbers released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
For the week ending  July 11, “the advance figure for seasonally adjusted initial claims was 522,000, a decrease of 47,000 from the previous week’s revised figure of 569,000. The 4-week moving average was 584,500, a [...]

Once Unemployed, Record Numbers of Workers Remain Unemployed

The record-setting unemployment rates, diving consumer confidence and stagnant economic growth of this recession are driven more than anything else by long-term unemployment, according to numbers released today by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.
While new claims for unemployment top 600,000 every week, the scary fact of this recession is that once unemployed, [...]

Once Unemployed, Record Numbers Remain Unemployed

A case can be made that the record-setting unemployment rates, diving consumer confidence and stagnant economic growth of this recession are driven more than anything else by the long-term unemployment, according to numbers released today by the Department of Labor’s Bureau of Labor Statistics.
While new claims for unemployment top 600,000 every week (631,000 this week, [...]