US weekly jobless claims hit 4.4 million, bringing the 5-week total to more than 26 million

· The Labor Department reported on Thursday that 4.4 million Americans filed for unemployment insurance in the week ending April 18.
· That brings the five-week total to roughly 26.5 million.
· It's also the fifth week in a row that jobless claims have been in the millions, dwarfing the worst stretch of job losses during the...