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Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... perfect storm for rising share markets," he said. "We had a strong lead out of the US on the back of some better than expected jobs numbers. "We've seen BHP secure 200 tonnes of their coking coal for the quarter, and we've had some corporate activity ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 MAR 2010
... 4,773.4 points. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks jumped on Friday after the government reported that US companies shed fewer jobs than expected in February, with the unemployment rate holding steady from the previous month. The Dow Jones industrial average ...

Still waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... higher-than-expected 7.6 per cent in January with sales falling in all regions. This was blamed on the weather. There was good news on the jobs front though with jobless claims dipping to 469K against expectations of 470K. The small dip in claims strengthened ...

Up, down, flat trading day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... little bit in late afternoon. What to do? What to write? Can't use Mister President now -- too negative, nor the positive jobs surveys -- too positive. At least I can still swing the ISM both ways. Beige Book! That's it! The results are consistent with ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... Separately, a report on the labor market didn't come in below expectations. Payroll company ADP said employers cut 20,000 jobs last month, matching forecasts from economists. The Labor Department is expected to report on Friday that the unemployment ...

While we wait for payrolls

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 3 MAR 2010
... outlook. The report is out on the last day of this week's trading. Financial market betting centres on an additional 20,000 jobs lost in February and an increase in the jobless rate to 9.8 per cent. You'll be frozen where you stand too if this is what ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... increase of 22,000 from from the previous week's revised figure of 474,000, the department said. Analysts said that if the jobs picture fails to improve, that could spell trouble for the recovery from recession. But some said the figures may have been ...

Good news day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 18 FEB 2010
... report tomorrow stating that the US$787 billion ARRA stimulus averted Great Depression part 2 and created/saved two million jobs. But of course this didn't come without any cost. Remember, there is no such thing as a free lunch. Kansas City Federal Reserve ...

Jobs full recovery

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 12 FEB 2010
... more - than consensus expectations of an already high 15,000 gain. The report showed that the domestic economy added 52,700 jobs last month - the fifth straight monthly increase - and the unemployment rate dropping to 5.3 per cent from 5.5 per cent in ...

Greece is the word

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 8 FEB 2010
... More -- and as what we are seeing in Greece right now - customs officers and tax collectors have already walked out of their jobs in protest against the government's planned spending cuts. Civil servants, state workers and even doctors are scheduled ...