News: Business US unemployment benefit applications fall 27,000 to 341,000, sign hiring may pick up February 14, 2013 | Modified: February 14, 2013 at 9:46 am Leave a comment WASHINGTON (AP) — US unemployment benefit applications fall 27,000 to 341,000, sign hiring may pick up. Sign Up for the Daily E-dition newsletter! Please enter your email address below to begin receiving the Daily E-dition newsletter. You must enter a valid email address in the field above! Thank you for signing up for the Daily E-dition newsletter! You should receive your first newsletter very soon. We're sorry, there was an error processing your newsletter signup. Please click here to visit our Newsletter Signup Center to register for this newsletter.