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In this Thursday, May 30, 3013 photo, a job seeker stops at a table offering resume critiques during a job fair held in Atlanta. The Labor Department reports on the number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits for the first time last week Thursday June 20, 2013. (AP Photo/John Amis)

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Weekly US jobles... In this Thursday, May 30, 3013 photo, a job seeker stops at a table offering resume critiques during a job fair held in Atlanta. The Labor Department reports on the number of Americans who applied for unemployment benefits for the first time last week Thursday June 20, 2013. (AP Photo/John Amis)
Stocks slide as ... Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke is on a television screen as trader James Dresch works in a booth on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday, June 19, 2013. The Federal Reserve offered a hint Wednesday that it's moving closer to slowing its bond-buying program, which is intended to keep long-term interest rates at record lows. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
Men's Wearhouse ... FILE - In this Thursday, May 6, 1999 file photo, George Zimmer, second from left, gestures to Andy Dolich prior to a meeting, in Oakland, Calif. Men's Wearhouse Inc. says it has dismissed Zimmer, its founder and executive chairman. In a terse release issued Wednesday, June 19, 2013, the company didn't give a reason for the abrupt firing of Zimmer, who built Men's Wearhouse from one small Texas store using a cigar box as a cash register to one of the nation's largest specialty retailers in men's clothing, with 1,143 locations. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File)
FedEx 4Q profit ... In this Tuesday, April 23, 2013, photo, a FedEx cargo planes comes in for a landing at the Juneau International Airport in Juneau, Alaska. On Wednesday, June 19, 2013, Fedex Corp. reports quarterly earnings. (AP Photo/The Juneau Empire, Michael Penn)
Fed suggests it'... Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke speaks during a news conference in Washington, Wednesday, June 19, 2013. Bernanke. The Federal Reserve said Wednesday that it will maintain the pace of its bond-buying program to keep long-term interest rates at record lows. But it offered a more optimistic outlook for the U.S. economy and job market. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)