U.S. FIRST TIME JOBLESS CLAIMS ROSE IN WEEK
  New applications for unemployment
  insurance benefits rose to a seasonally adjusted 340,000 in the
  week ended June 6 from 310,000 in the prior week, the Labor
  Department said.
      The number of people actually receiving benefits under
  regular state programs totaled 2,359,000 in the week ended May
  30, the latest period for which that figure was available.
      That was up from 2,255,000 the previous week.
  

