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Initial Jobless Claims at 16-Year High

Washington, DC, Nov. 20, 2008--Weekly initial jobless claims rose by 27,000 to 542,000 in the week ending Nov. 15, the highest since July 1992, the Labor Department reported Thursday.

HUD Expands Program for Troubled Mortgages

Washington, DC, Nov. 20, 2008--The federal government announced plans Wednesday to modify a program to make it easier for troubled homeowners to exchange problematic mortgages for more inexpensive ones.