Jobless benefits for 2 million in U.S. will stop by year-end

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Unemployment payments for about 2 million people in the U.S. are set to stop by the end of December, after Congress failed to extend the assistance. A motion by Sen. Jack Reed, D-R.I., to continue benefits failed in a voice vote. Millions of jobs could be lost in 2011 and this year's holiday sales growth cut by almost a percentage point if the benefits aren't restored, said economist Mark Zandi of Moody's Analytics

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