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The Associated Press Verified account ‏@AP 8 Aug 2013

BREAKING: U.S. unemployment aid applications up only 5,000 to 333,000 - a level that signals steady job gains. -MM

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    1. Christopher Smith ‏@Chris__Smith_3 8 Aug 2013

      "@AP BREAKING: US unemployment aid applications up only 5,000 to 333,000 - a level that signals steady job gains." this is a joke, right?

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    3. Louis Cammarosano ‏@lcammarosa 10 Aug 2013

      @Chris__Smith_3 you are right! here is a blog post highlighting that fewer layoffs doesn't mean a better job market http://smaulgld.com/initial-jobless-claims/ …

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    5. Art Vandelay ‏@GreenMonsterah 10 Aug 2013

      @lcammarosa @Smaulgld @Chris__Smith_3 slowly reality is setting in low claims don't mean more hiring

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    7. Smaulgld ‏@Smaulgld 10 Aug 2013

      @GreenMonsterah @Chris__Smith_3 its all different now just like higher interest rates doesnt mean improving economy; means fed may stop QE!

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    9. Art Vandelay ‏@GreenMonsterah 10 Aug 2013

      @Smaulgld @Chris__Smith_3 people still perceive low weekly jobless claims as great news when it's really a non event

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    10. Smaulgld ‏@Smaulgld 10 Aug 2013

      @GreenMonsterah @Chris__Smith_3 no one left to fire- see my buffalo extinction analogy http://smaulgld.com/initial-jobless-claims/ …

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    12. Art Vandelay ‏@GreenMonsterah 10 Aug 2013

      @Smaulgld @Chris__Smith_3 yeah it's a good read nice work here need more people to figure this out

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    13. Smaulgld ‏@Smaulgld 10 Aug 2013

      @GreenMonsterah @Chris__Smith_3 retweet please!

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    1. Louis Cammarosano ‏@lcammarosa 8 Aug 2013

      @AP no it doesnt indicate job gains!! It mean fewer jobs lost. A job not lost is not a job gained

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    2. Louis Cammarosano ‏@lcammarosa 10 Aug 2013

      @chriscummingstw @AP Really fewer people being fired doesn't mean more people are getting hired! http://smaulgld.com/initial-jobless-claims/ …

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  1. Future President ‏@FuturePres_ 8 Aug 2013

    Lol no it doesn't #stretch “@AP: BREAKING: unemployment aid applications up only 5,000 to 333,000 - a level that signals steady job gains.”

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  2. Sister Honey ‏@Herfarm 8 Aug 2013

    Wondering what you thought about Bush's 4.6% unemployment BEFORE @TheDemocrats took over in 2007? @AP

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  3. Adam Ford ‏@AdamFord92 8 Aug 2013

    Definitely not biased... “@AP: U.S. unemployment aid applications up only 5,000 to 333,000 - a level that signals steady job gains"

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    1. Hair ‏@SHannitysHair 8 Aug 2013

      "Only" RT @AP: BREAKING: U.S. unemployment aid applications up only 5,000 to 333,000 - a level that signals steady job gains. -MM

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  4. Lee ‏@lmsjrpol 8 Aug 2013

    State-run media is so absurd: @AP: "U.S. unemployment aid applications up only 5,000 to 333,000 - a level that signals steady job gains."

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  5. Jimmie Musu Garcia ‏@AgnesphAgnes 8 Aug 2013

    @AP Get real when reporting the News! Stop caving in to a Filthy Socialist at the Big Top! Socialism is a Cancer that needs to be removed.

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  6. Jimmie Musu Garcia ‏@AgnesphAgnes 8 Aug 2013

    @AP Steady job gains? 53% of all 4 yr College Grads can't find suitable work or any work! 33 States are Bankrupt the job market is so Bad!

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  7. Jimmie Musu Garcia ‏@AgnesphAgnes 8 Aug 2013

    @AP Have another look at the Overall number of people who are out of work. It stands at 176 Million! The Unemployment rate is 38.8% Lololol

    0 retweets 1 like
  8. Jessica Seale ‏@JessaNaomi 8 Aug 2013

    @AP Could do without the editorializing.

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