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AAP  |  MONDAY, 8 DEC 2014
... price index futures contract was up 27 points at 5,360. The Dow closed just shy of the 18,000 mark after the US Labor Department reported that a much stronger-than-expected 321,000 jobs were added to the economy in November, the best jobs growth in nearly ...

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AAP  |  THURSDAY, 27 NOV 2014
... data. At 0908 AEST on Thursday, the December share price index futures contract was unchanged at 5,407. The US Labor Department said weekly applications rose 21,000 to a seasonally-adjusted 313,000, the highest level since the first week of September. ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 10 NOV 2014
... cent to 2,031.92. But the US' October jobs growth came in below the 235,000 expected by analysts, although, the Labor Department revised upward by a total of 31,000 the number of net new jobs gained in the previous two months. The report also said the ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 AUG 2014
... per cent) to 1,925.15, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index shed 17.13 (0.39 per cent) at 4,352.64. The Labor Department reported that the US economy added 209,000 jobs in July, down from June but maintaining the solid 200,000-plus monthly streak ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 4 AUG 2014
... per cent) to 1,925.15, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index shed 17.13 (0.39 per cent) at 4,352.64. The Labor Department reported that the US economy added 209,000 jobs in July, down from June but maintaining the solid 200,000-plus monthly streak ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 JUN 2014
... per cent) to 16,921.46, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index dipped 3.51 (0.08 per cent) to 4,359. The Labor Department reported initial jobless claims fell by 6,000 last week, while the Conference Board's index of leading economic indicators rose ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 23 MAY 2014
... Weakness in the Russell 2000 has contributed to the broader market's malaise over the last month or so. The US Labor Department reported initial jobless claims, a measure of the pace of layoffs, totalled 326,000 in the week ending May 17, a gain of 28,000 ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... that wages did not increase, which showed there was still plenty of slack in the US employment market. The US Labor Department said on Friday that nonfarm payrolls surged 288,000 last month, the largest gain since January 2012. On the local front, figures ...

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AAP  |  MONDAY, 5 MAY 2014
... while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite Index declined 3.55 (0.09 per cent) to 4,123.90. Stocks rose just after the Labor Department said the US economy added 288,000 jobs in April, far above the 210,000 projected by analysts. But headlines on Ukraine rattled ...

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AAP  |  FRIDAY, 4 APR 2014
... territory. "The Street may be cautious ahead of tomorrow's non-farm payroll report," Charles Schwab & Co said. The Labor Department is expected to show the US economy added 195,000 jobs in March, up from 175,000 in February, and the unemployment rate ...