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709,000 seek US jobless aid as pandemic escalates

by Christopher Rugaber
| November 13, 2020 12:06 AM

WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell last week to 709,000, a still-high level but the lowest figure since March and a further sign that the job market might be slowly healing.

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