Unemployment Benefits

unemployment benefits: The Dow Jones industrial average rose six points, or 0.04 per cent, to 14,937 Thursday, according to Times Colonist. The number of people applying for unemployment benefits last week dropped to a five-year low, and payroll company ADP reported that private sector employment rose by 176,000 last month and NEW YORK, N.Y. - Stocks are notching modest gains on Wall Street after encouraging news about the U.S. jobs market and higher sales from two major store chains. The Standard Poor's 500 rose two points, or 0.1 per cent, to 1,655. The Nasdaq composite rose nine points, or 0.3 per cent, at 3,658. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.