U.S. FIRST TIME JOBLESS CLAIMS FELL IN WEEK
  New applications for unemployment
  insurance benefits fell to a seasonally adjusted 338,000 in the
  week ended March 28 from 355,000 in the prior week, the Labor
  Department said.
      The number of people actually receiving benefits under
  regular state programs totaled 2,436,000 in the week ended
  March 21, the latest period for which that figure was
  available.
      That was down from 2,480,000 the previous week.
  

