THE ECONOMY
* The number of Americans filing first-time applications for unemployment jumped 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 321,000 last week, the highest level since the General Motors Corp. strikes flooded Midwestern unemployment offices with applicants this summer. Analysts were expecting a smaller rise to 311,000.
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