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Fewer people sought unemployment aid last week (AP)
Thursday, 05 January 2012

FILE - In this Dec. 12, 2011 file photo, people talk with a recruiter, center, at a job fair sponsored by National Career Fairs, in New York. The average number of people seeking unemployment benefits in the past month fell to the lowest level in three and a half years, a positive sign for hiring one day ahead of Friday’s December employment report. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)AP - The number of people seeking unemployment benefits fell further last week, ending the year on a three-month run of declines that point to stronger hiring in 2012.