If you've been working for a while, you will probably get 6 months of benefits from the state. Then the tiers kick in, with extended benefits that are funded by the federal government. The tiers depend on the unemployment rate for the state. I've been unemployed for 14 months now, and am in Tier 2 (now that we didn't go over a fiscal cliff on Jan. 1). All the info you'll ever want to know is found on the unemployment forum, here: http://www.city-data.com/forum/unemployment/.
Trans World Airlines (TWA) was a major American airline from 1925 until 2001. It was originally formed as Transcontinental & Western Air to operate a transcontinental route from New York City to Los Angeles via St. Louis and Kansas City as well as other intermediate stops with Ford Trimotor aircraft.
Hughes inherited several million dollars but earned the vast majority of his wealth from his own business ventures. Hughes Aircraft and Hughes Helicopters alone were worth $5.5 billion when they were finally sold in the early 1980s. Was a major stock holder in an airline that later became TWA.he troupe of Francophiles did not know that their boss Howard Hughes owned TWA. The TWA passenger agents alerted Hughes that a horde of 'French speaking gypsies' were at the TWA air terminal, demanding a return flight to Paris with their original TWA round trip flight tickets in hand.