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The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week to the highest level since mid-November. Iowa also reports claims on the rise.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose last week but remained at historically low levels.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose this past week despite signs that the U.S. labor market is rebounding from the coronavirus recession.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plunged last week to the lowest level in 52 years — more evidence the U.S. job market is recovering from last year's coronavirus recession.

Applications for U.S. state unemployment benefits rose by less than forecast last week after a plunge tied to seasonal adjustments in the previous period.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits plummeted last week to the lowest level in more than half a century

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell for the seventh straight week, to a pandemic low of 268,000.

Beth Livingston, assistant professor of management and entrepreneurship at the University of Iowa’s Tippie College of Business, is one of a team of investigators that’s among the first to look at how artificial intelligence could affect the future of clerical work.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to a fresh pandemic low last week, another sign the job market may be healing after last year's coronavirus recession. But in Iowa, initial jobless claims rose to 2,172 — a slight increase from the previous week’s 2,030.

The closing of TPI Composites in Newton will mean the loss of more than 700 jobs.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to its lowest stage since the pandemic began. Iowa also saw a small drop.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell last week. Iowa recorded 1,767 new claims for the week.

The number of Americans applying for unemployment aid rose last week for a second straight week, to 351,000 — a sign the delta variant of the coronavirus may be disrupting the job market's recovery, at least temporarily.

Magna International’s subsidiary Williamsburg Manufacturing received a state tax credit for a $46 million project that will create 521 jobs.

Iowa’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained unchanged at 4.1 percent in August — a level that was well below the national rate and the number of Iowans who were thrown out of work a year ago during the economic throes of COVID-19 pandemic.