Markets News Afternoon: EU leaders discuss financial regulation; US continuing jobless benefit claims in biggest plunge since 2001
Jun 18th, 2009 | By Finfacts Ireland Business & Finance Portal | Category: News worldwide
Markets news on stocks, currencies and oil: The total number of US workers claiming state jobless benefits plunged at the start of June by their biggest amount since November 2001 - -snapping a streak of 21-straight increases.