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US jobless claims rise

New claims for US unemployment insurance benefits rose more than expected last week but overall kept at a 15-year low, Labor Department data released Thursday showed.

Initial jobless claims, an indicator of the pace of layoffs, rose by 10,000 to 274,000 in the week ending May 16.

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