U.S. FIRST TIME JOBLESS CLAIMS ROSE IN WEEK New applications for unemployment insurance benefits rose to a seasonally adjusted 340,000 in the week ended June 6 from 310,000 in the prior week, the Labor Department said. The number of people actually receiving benefits under regular state programs totaled 2,359,000 in the week ended May 30, the latest period for which that figure was available. That was up from 2,255,000 the previous week.