Posts Tagged ‘Alabama’

New U.S. Unemployment Claims Drop To 421,000

Latest Personal Loan Offers: Linda Young – AHN News Writer Washington, D.C., United States (AHN) – New claims for unemployment compensation dropped to 421,000 for the week ending Dec. 4, a decrease of 17,000 claims from the week before, according to the U.S. Department of Labor. Not all jobless workers are insured by the unemployment [...]

Rights Groups Says Southern U.S. “Fails” In Reducing AIDS Cases

New York, NY, United States (NewsBahn) – An international rights organization is accusing state governments in the southern United States of a “public health failure” that has seen the number of HIV/AIDS cases in the region rise the most in the nation because of policies that are ineffective and discriminate against people with the virus. [...]

Expanding Federal Regulation of Private Student Loans

In a vote last month that fell for the most part along party lines, the House Financial Services Committee approved the creation of a Consumer Financial Protection Agency, which will expand federal oversight of nonfederal private student loans. At the same time, the committee rejected a proposal that would have included school-sponsored “gap loans” under [...]

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