Article: BUSINESS BRIEFING.(Business)

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Jobless claims drop

New claims for state unemployment insurance dropped by 15,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 376,000, the Labor Department said Thursday.

The decline for the work week ending Feb. 2 followed a revised 31,000 jump in claims the week before. Jobless claims slowly have been declining since peaking Oct. 20 at 507,000.

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