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02/18/10 9:50 AM

#308102 RE: Tuff-Stuff #308101

Emergency unemployment claims spiked again, rising by 305K to 5.8M - another new high for the current economic downturn. While standard benefit recipients are down about 350K from a year ago to 5.5M, emergency claimants are more than triple the year-ago level of 1.9M - a sign of just how hard it is for the jobless to find work.