CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. President-elect Barack Obama will hold a news conference at 1100 a.m. Central time (12:00 p.m. EST/1700 GMT) on Tuesday, his office said in a statement.
The news conference, Obama's second this week, is expected to focus again on his economic policies and to unveil more appointments of economic advisers.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of workers filing new applications for jobless benefits fell last week to the lowest level in about 17 months, according to U.S. government data on Thursday.
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