Britannia incarnate. The SAS motto ‘Who Dares Wins’ seeped into popular culture. Sandbrook uses it as his title to highlight what he regards as most distinctive about the early 1980s: not the shock of ...

The numbers: Initial jobless claims fell by 12,000 to 216,000 in the week ended October 26, the Labor Department said Thursday. This is the third straight decline in weekly claims. Claims are now ...

WASHINGTON, Nov 7 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits rose slightly last week, suggesting no material change in the labor market and reinforcing ...

Fewer Americans filed for unemployment benefits last week as layoffs remained at historically healthy levels despite elevated interest rates. The Labor Department reported Thursday that jobless ...

Applications for US unemployment benefits fell last week to their lowest since May as southeastern states continued to recover from the impact of two severe storms. Initial claims decreased by ...

Oct. 31 (UPI) --People filing for weekly unemployment benefits for the first reached a seasonally adjusted 216,000 last week, falling to its lowest total since May three weeks after reaching a ...

WASHINGTON, Oct 31 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment fell last week as the distortions from hurricanes faded. Initial claims for state unemployment ...