Josh Boak

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FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 22, 2014, file photo, job seekers sign in before meeting prospective employers during a career fair at a hotel in Dallas. The Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for unemployment benefits for the first week of February on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Applications for US jobless aid fall 20K to 331K

Josh Boak · February 6, 2014 2:06 pm

Job seekers sign in before meeting prospective employers during a career fair at a hotel in Dallas. (AP/LM Otero)

Applications for US jobless benefits fall to 331,000

Josh Boak · February 6, 2014 5:00 am

In this Jan. 28, 2014 photo, sliders are sent out from the kitchen at the Green Dot Stables, in Detroit. The Institute for Supply Management, a trade group of purchasing managers, issues its index of non-manufacturing (service-sector) activity for January, on Wednesday, Feb. 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

US service sector expands on gain in new orders

Josh Boak · February 5, 2014 3:53 pm

Antitrust issues a risk for menswear merger battle

Antitrust issues a risk for menswear merger battle

Josh Boak · February 2, 2014 9:30 pm

In this Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, photo, a for sale sign is placed in front of a house in Mount Lebanon, Pa. Standard & Poor's releases S&P/Case-Shiller index of home prices for November, on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

State of the US economy: strongest since recession

Josh Boak · January 28, 2014 8:12 pm

In this Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, photo, a for sale sign is placed in front of a house in Mount Lebanon, Pa. Standard & Poor's releases S&P/Case-Shiller index of home prices for November, on Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

US home prices dipped in Nov. on colder weather

Josh Boak · January 28, 2014 2:31 pm

FILE - In this Dec. 26, 2013 file photo a coal truck is loaded with another payload at the Crown III underground coal mine near Farmersville, Ill. The Federal Reserve reports on the country's industrial production for December on Friday, Jan. 17, 2014. (AP Photo/Jim Suhr)

US factory output rises for fifth straight month

Josh Boak · January 17, 2014 2:36 pm

The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits fell 2,000 last week to a seasonally adjusted 326,000, a sign that layoffs are weighing less on the job market and economic growth. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

US weekly unemployment benefit claims drop to 326k

Josh Boak · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

FILE- In this March 1, 2013 file photo, a truck drives past stacks of containers that were unloaded from a ship at the Port of Baltimore's Seagirt Marine Terminal in Baltimore. The Commerce Department reports on wholesale prices for December on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

US wholesale costs rose last month on gas prices

Josh Boak · January 15, 2014 1:59 pm

FILE -In this Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, file photo, Chris Busch, multichannel sales support manager at an Oklahoma City Best Buy store, moves inventory at the store in Oklahoma City, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013. The government reports how much U.S. businesses adjusted their stockpiles in November on Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2014. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, File)

US businesses boost stockpiles 0.4 pct in November

Josh Boak · January 14, 2014 3:16 pm

A man and woman carry shopping bags as they cross the street in San Francisco. (AP/Jeff Chiu)

US retail sales inch up, but holiday spending weak

Associated Press, Josh Boak · January 14, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 14, 2013, file photo, retired U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Thomas Gipson, of Atlanta, right, has his resume looked over by Ralph Brown, a management and program analyst with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, during a job fair for veterans at the VFW Post 2681,Marietta, Ga. The Labor Department reports on the number of people who applied for U.S. unemployment benefits the first week of 2014 on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014. AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Weekly US unemployment benefit claims drop to 330K

Josh Boak · January 9, 2014 2:44 pm