okay. some positive news on the jobs front this morning. the number of people filing new claims for unemployment fell slightly last week. the labor department says initial claims for jobless benefits dropped 6,000 to 439,000. that s still a pretty big number, isn t it? that s the fourth drop in five weeks. president obama is promoting more flexibility to help employees juggle demands at home and in the workplace. workplace flexibility isn t just a women s issue. it s an issue that affects the well-being of our families and the success of our businesses. it affects the strength of our economy, whether it will create the workplaces and jobs of the future, we need to compete in today s global economy and ultimately it reflects our priorities as a society. our belief that no matter what each of us does for a living,
website, there you can see photos sent in by viewers, sent in video of your own and we can commiserate with what s going on. it s a tough situation. e-mail those at the address you see on your screen. you report it at foxnews.com. bill: check it out. if you thought the negative news surrounding toyota would hurt the company, guess again, u.s. auto sales surged 40 percent in the month of march, powered by some of the deepest discounts ever in the wake of millions of recalls, a lot of financing for five years, free. toyota execs saying some of the incentives will continue, including what i mentioned, zero percent financing, and an offer of free maintenance for return toyota customers. the buy-in is good, huh? martha: wasn t expecting that, right? one of the big questions on the peoples minds, is the economy, is it getting better really? here s what we know, 439,000 new jobless claims this week, that s the number we
where s the music? oh, there it is. according to the center for work-life policy, why are fewer american workers choosing employers offers to work from home? a, because fewer companies offer it. b, because working from home is too stressful. c, because they fear losing their jobs. d, because those jobs offer less pay. c, because they fear losing their jobs. you know, on the jobs front. new signs that layoffs are slowing. the number of people filing for first-time unemployment benefits fell last week. the labor department says there were 439,000 initial jobless claims. that was down 6,000 and the first drop in five weeks. we all know finding a job in this economy is pretty tough. that s why so many people are becoming temp workers and moving from job to job just to make ends meet. richard roth reports some say we are becoming a nation of freelancers. clients of this brooklyn trap ease academy dangle without a
area. between 6-8 inches came down in the sierra nevadas. some campers taking it in stride, not exactly what they were planning on, but they were okay. now to a bit of business news, new weekly unemployment numbers are out and claims fell last week. the labor department is saying that the number of people filing for benefits dropped 6,000 to a total of 439,000. that s the fourth drop in fife weeks. tomorrow five weeks. tomorrow will see the key march employment numbers come out, and toyota sales are booming in japan, up 50% last month. ford sales in china and local partners there, they jumped about 84% in the first quarter. let s get to eric bolling from fbn. what s going on here? well, initial claims which is the weekly number, they dropped 6,000 so that means 6,000 fewer people than the last week applied for unemployment insurance. that s the good news. a little bit more good news,
the suspect went through the wind shield. they believe the suspect may have suffered head injuries and we ll bring you more details when we get them. the new weekly unemployment numbers are out and the news is encouraging. new claims falling last week. the number of people filing for jobless unemployment benefits. the labor department saying the number of the americans filing for those benefits dropped by 6,000 to 439,000 total. tomorrow tells the tale. that s when we get the march unemployment rate. we ll wait for that. president obama is getting ready to visit north carolina tomorrow talking about jobs. north carolina has received $5 billion in stimulus money to try to rev up its economy but the latest unemployment rates hit 11% in february. it s a state record. they have the 9th highest