U.S. FIRST TIME JOBLESS CLAIMS ROSE IN WEEK
  New applications for unemployment
  insurance benefits rose to a seasonally adjusted 341,000 in the
  week ended March 14 from 340,000 in the prior week, the Labor
  Department said.
      The number of people actually receiving benefits under
  regular state programs totaled 2,454,000 in the week ended
  March 7, the latest period for which that figure was available.
      That was up from 2,507,000 the previous week.
  

