over 500,000 more people filed for unemployment benefits last week. the number is lower than the week before, and lower than the economists expected, and it has dropped in four of the last five weeks. that is good news, but here is the rest of it. it is the most recent study, and the government says 15.1 million people are out of work, and number twice as high as it was before the recession started. republicans and democrats alike feel pressure to get the numbers turned around, and you can bet the unemployment issue came up when president obama had lunch with business leaders today. let s start with that lunch. with whom did the president meet, and what did they talk about? three old-school business ceos, florida power and light, eastman kodak, kraft foods, and one new-school, amazon.com s jeff bezos. obama wanted to talk about key policy issues, mainly health insurance reform and climate change, trying to get the take of the business sector. shepard: the white house keeps
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