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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 4 DEC 2014
... cent, or 15.98 points, to 2,779.53, but Hong Kong fell 0.95 per cent, or 225.68 points, to 23,428.62. The US Commerce Department on Tuesday said construction spending rose 1.1 per cent in September, almost twice as much as expected, while industry specialist ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 NOV 2014
... confidence. At 0815 AEST on Wednesday, the December share price index futures contract was up six points at 5,356. Commerce Department figures showed that US gross domestic product rose at a 3.9 per cent annualised rate, up from an initial estimate of ...

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AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 5 NOV 2014
... orders for US manufactured goods dropped $US2.8 billion, or 0.6 per cent, to $US499.4 billion in September, the Commerce Department reported. The US trade deficit widened in September to $US43.0 billion as exports slowed and imports remained flat from ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 4 NOV 2014
... saying activity is picking up more than expected going into the year-end holiday shopping season. But the Commerce Department reported that US construction spending fell a second straight month in September, for a 0.4 per cent annual decline, surprising ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 2 OCT 2014
... private-sector employment increased by 213,000 in September from August, according to payroll company ADP. But the Commerce Department reported that construction spending in August fell unexpectedly, by 0.8 per cent, while a report from the Institute ...

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AAP  |  TUESDAY, 30 SEP 2014
... cent) to 1,998.30, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 46.53 (1.03 per cent) to 4,555.22. The Commerce Department reported that sales of new single-family houses surged 18 per cent in August to an annual rate of 504,000, their fastest ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 25 SEP 2014
... cent) to 1,998.30, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 46.53 (1.03 per cent) to 4,555.22. The Commerce Department reported that sales of new single-family houses surged 18 per cent in August to an annual rate of 504,000, their fastest ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 31 JUL 2014
... second quarter, rebounding from a 2.1 per cent slump in the first quarter linked to bad winter weather, the Commerce Department reported. Economists had expected 3.00 per cent growth. LONDON - Europe's stock markets sank, weighed down by concerns that ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 25 JUL 2014
... day in a row. Sales of new single-family houses fell 8.1 per cent in June to an annual pace of 406,000, the Commerce Department said. On the positive side, new claims for US unemployment insurance benefits slid to an eight-year low last week, dropping ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 MAY 2014
... Wall Street on Friday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 63.19 points to 16,606.27 points after the US Commerce Department reported that sales of new homes rose 6.4 per cent in April.