US weekly jobless claims hit 2.1 million, bringing the 10-week total to more than 40 million

· US jobless claims for the week that ended on Saturday totaled 2.1 million, the Labor Department said Thursday. The matched the median economist estimate.
· That brings the 10-week total to 40.7 million. But Thursday's report also marks an eighth straight weeks of declining claims.
· Continuing claims were 21 million for...