Brass is made of copper and zinc. Bronze is made of copper and tin. These are nickel-free and beautiful all by themselves. Bare metals or oxidized metals are nickel-free, and beautiful to wear. Modern-day brass is not produced with lead, although it never hurts to ask.
Jobless Claims. DEFINITION of 'Jobless Claims'. The number of people who are filing or have filed to receive unemployment insurance benefits, as reported weekly by the U.S. Department of Labor.
Estimates in the Bloomberg survey for jobless claims ranged from 255,000 to 287,000. No states or U.S. territories estimated the number of applications last week, and there was nothing unusual in the figures, according to the Labor Department.