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Number of US Unemployment Compensation Seekers Falls Slightly

   Michael Bowman 13 May 2010
   Carlos Nicado, left, of CAA Headstart, talks with job seekers at a job
   fair  hosted  by  the  Miami-Dade  Community  Action  Agency  in Miami
   Thursday, May 6, 2010

Photo: AP

   Carlos Nicado, left, of CAA Headstart, talks with job seekers at a job
   fair  hosted  by  the  Miami-Dade  Community  Action  Agency  in Miami
   Thursday, May 6, 2010

   The number of American workers filing for unemployment benefits dipped
   again last week, but by a tiny margin that experts say does not signal
   a strengthening of the U.S. labor market.
   Minimal  improvement  at  a  glacial  pace  - that is what the jobless