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The numbers: The number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits at the end of April rose by 13,000 to 242,000 and hinted at some softening in a muscular U.S. labor market.
New jobless claims increased from a revised 229,000 in the prior week, the Labor Department said Thursday. The figures are seasonally adjusted.
The number of…
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