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Last Labor Report Before Election Shows Drop In US Jobless Claims

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17 were in Massachusetts (+5,442), Kansas (+3,010), Virginia (+2,255), Texas (+616) and Minnesota (+493), while the largest decreases were in California (-16,207), New York (-11,495), Georgia (-9,274), Florida (-7,834) and Michigan (-7,774). During the week ending Oct. Unemployment has been high since the pandemic began.

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New Unemployment Claims Down 48K To 709K

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24 were in Hawaii (9.9), California (8.9), New Mexico (8.5), Nevada (8.2), the Virgin Islands (7.1), Massachusetts (7.0), Puerto Rico (6.9), Georgia (6.8), District of Columbia (6.5) The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending Oct. and Alaska (6.1). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending Oct.

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Popular Bank Implements Branch Realignment in the New York Metro Region to Enhance Focus on Communities and Small Business Support

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Popular”) (NASDAQ: BPOP), bank holding company of Popular Bank, today announced Popular Bank’s strategic realignment of its New York Metro branch network. This realignment in our New York Metro market is consistent with our small business and retail services model in South Florida,” said Popular, Inc. Virgin Islands.

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Following The Madoff Money

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Trustees for the Madoff victims sued Harley that year in New York, stating that the fund should have known the purported Madoff returns were unrealistic. Based in the British Virgin Islands, the firm had been targeted by a trustee lawsuit that sought to claw back the $180 million the fund withdrew from Madoff before all was lost.

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Could This Be The Last Time We Change The Clocks?

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Virgin Islands, Guam and Puerto Rico, where daylight savings time is not observed. And more states – New York and Connecticut the most populous among them – are considering making a similar permanent DST move. local time. Well, except for the good people of Arizona, Hawaii, American Samoa, the U.S.

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Google Tracker: Google Earth, Air And Sea

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Virgin Islands recover from Maria, and that supporting the reconstruction of communications infrastructure will be a major part of that, Pai said. Last holiday season, Google opened a pop-up store in New York City and another in Los Angeles, with the intent of showcasing and selling its latest “Made by Google” products.

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US Virgin Islands suing JPMorgan Chase over Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking

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Documents accuse bank of ‘turning a blind eye’ to illegal activities committed by their client The US Virgin Islands is suing the bank JPMorgan Chase, accusing it of helping Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking of women and girls, according to a lawsuit filed in federal court in New York.