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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 MAR 2010
... offered to buy the 91.5 per cent of software maker Novell Inc that it doesn't already own. 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 ...

Market Wrap - Mid-Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... cents to $69.69. Wall Street stocks fell on Thursday as sentiment took a hit from data showing a weaker-than-expected labor market after global markets were unsettled by fiscal woes in Greece. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 53.13 points, or 0.51 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 26 FEB 2010
... points. NEW YORK - Wall Street stocks fell on Thursday as sentiment took a hit from data showing a weaker-than-expected labor market after global markets were unsettled by fiscal woes in Greece. The Dow Jones Industrial Average shed 52.45 points (0.51 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 3 DEC 2009
... after a survey by payrolls firm ADP showed a loss of 169,000 private sector jobs in November, a figure indicating the labor market is weaker than most had anticipated. The market also digested the Fed's Beige Book, which said US economic conditions are ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 11 SEP 2009
... report showed new US jobless claims fell to 550,000 in the past week in a sign of further healing in the critical labor market. LONDON - European stock markets closed narrowly mixed on Thursday as investors consolidated recent gains and waited for their ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 JUL 2009
... quarter on an upbeat note, as an encouraging report on the US manufacturing sector helped offset weak news on the labor market. The market appeared to focus on a report showing signs of improvement in the US manufacturing sector in June even though it ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 11 MAY 2009
... higher on Friday after a largely positive report card on the country's leading banks as well as better-than-expected labor market data. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rallied 164.8 points, or 1.96 per cent, to 8,574.65. The Nasdaq composite rose 22.76 ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 14 MAR 2008
... fallout and increasing the allure of riskier assets. WASHINGTON - US consumers cut their spending in February and the labor market continued to weaken, suggesting the pillar that had supported the economy's expansion may be giving way. AMSTERDAM - An ...

US dominoes keep falling

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 28 FEB 2008
... domestic product held up well through the third quarter despite the financial turmoil, but it has since slowed sharply. Labor market conditions have similarly softened, as job creation has slowed and the unemployment rate - at 4.9 percent in January ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 DEC 2007
... NEW YORK - US stocks ended little changed on Friday as a sharp drop in oil prices and signs of resiliency in the labor market offset concerns that tighter credit is hurting consumer spending. Data showing modest payrolls growth in November helped ease ...