WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people who applied for unemployment benefits last week rose slightly last week, a sign that the job market remains weak.
The Labor Department says weekly applications increased to a seasonally adjusted 401,000.
The uptick in applications comes after they plummeted 33,000 in the previous week. That drop partly resulted from technical difficulties with the department's seasonal adjustment process.
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