Unemployment-claims data signal job gains are near

Thursday, January 7, 2010 | 6:20 p.m. CST; updated 6:42 p.m. CST, Thursday, January 7, 2010

WASHINGTON — A government report about claims for unemployment aid signaled Thursday that layoffs are easing and that the U.S. economy could be on the verge of posting the first monthly gain in jobs in two years.

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