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Unemployment Filings Top 3.1M Across US

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Total claims filed since COVID-19 hit the nation in March have topped 30 million. The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending April 18 were in Vermont (25.2), West Virginia (21.9), Michigan (21.7), Rhode Island (20.4), Nevada (19.9), Connecticut (18.7), Puerto Rico (17.9), Georgia (17.3), New York (17.2)

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Macy’s Is Hiring 80,000 Employees For The Holidays

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These positions are located in Goodyear, Arizona; Cheshire, Connecticut; Tulsa, Oklahoma; Portland, Tennessee; and Martinsburg, West Virginia, as well as in product-specific fulfillment centers in Sacramento, California; Stone Mountain, Georgia; Secaucus, New Jersey; and Joppa, Maryland.

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Macy’s Eventizes Holiday Hiring

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But this year, Macy’s is trying out a new version of the hiring process with a national hiring holiday on Sept. Those jobs won’t be in stores but in “mega-centers” in Arizona, Connecticut, Oklahoma, Tennessee and West Virginia, with extensions for specific product fulfillment in California, New Jersey and Maryland.

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Why US Credit Card Fraud Complaints Are On The Rise

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The state led the nation for the most per capita credit card fraud complaints for the second year in a row, with 7,999 complaints in 2015. Nevada and Connecticut also saw high figures for credit card fraud reports. Florida saw its complaint numbers increase by a staggering 130 percent since 2011. Across the U.S., per 10,000 residents.

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36 State Attorneys General settle with CarMax over non-disclosure of open safety recalls

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CarMax must also present consumers with copies of open recalls and obtain the consumer’s signature on a standalone disclosure document before presenting any other sales paperwork. .

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CSAA Insurance Group Review: Great for Auto Coverage?

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At present, CSAA serves select counties in Arizona, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, Montana, Nevada, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington DC and Wyoming; and portions of California, Idaho, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia.

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Sports Betting Moves Forward In The U.S. — With or Without ‘Integrity Fees’

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Supreme Court ruled in May that states may legalize sports betting — it was already allowed in Nevada — four other states have approved such wagering: Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey and West Virginia. The state allows both online and offline sports betting, with regulation oversight provided by the West Virginia Lottery Commission.