US weekly jobless claims hit 2.4 million, bringing the 9-week total to nearly 39 million

· US jobless claims for the week ending May 16 totaled 2.4 million, the Labor Department said Thursday. That matched the median economist estimate of 2.4 million claims. 
· That raises the nine-week total to nearly 39 million.
· It's the seventh week in a row in which claims have declined but remained historically...