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Bad hair day

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... were just that -snippets. Bad news dominated the headlines. There was more of the same confusing data out of America. Jobless claims rose by 12,000 in the week ending 18 September to 465,000. Financial markets expected a decline to 450,000. Bad. US existing ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 23 SEP 2010
... investors seemed indifferent, with no material developments overnight to push the market higher. Data from the US tonight on jobless claims and existing home sales may provide some impetus, he said. On Wall street overnight, stocks closed lower as traders ...

Fortune cookie

BENJAMIN ONG  |  WEDNESDAY, 15 SEP 2010
... back-to-school discounts, an increase in the number of states offering tax-free holidays and the restoration of extended jobless benefits..." To double dip or not to double dip remains the question for America. Bummer! What's irritating is that America's ...

CB thoughts

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 13 SEP 2010
... don't know what else! Better, there are no signs that growth momentum is about to slow. August employment data show the jobless rate falling to 5.1 per cent from 5.3 per cent in the previous month. Better, part-time employees are becoming full-time. ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 9 SEP 2010
... AEST. A median of 11 economists surveyed by AAP forecast total employment to have risen by 30,000 in August, with the jobless rate falling 0.1 percentage points to 5.2 per cent. Reserve Bank of Australia assistant governor (financial markets) Guy Debelle ...

Lookin' good

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 3 SEP 2010
... first gain since April when the homebuyers' tax credit expired. Sales increased in all regions. Spun or ignored. Initial jobless claims fell by a greater than expected 6,000 to 472,000 in the week ending August 28. Financial markets expected claims to ...

Market Wrap - Midmorning

MARKET WRAP - MIDDAY  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... volume of 5,504 contracts. On Wall Street overnight, stocks ended lower after early gains faded from a better report on jobless claims. The Dow Jones Industrial Average index lost 74.25 points, or 0.74 per cent, to 9,985.81 points. The Dow had traded ...

Glum

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 27 AUG 2010
... stupid economy! "We'll never make it! We're doomed!" Just as predicted, America's stock averages picked up after news that jobless claims fell by 31,000 to 473K in the week ended 21 August. This was a bigger fall than expectations for a 490K reading. ...

Bond rush

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 24 AUG 2010
... America's outlook after last week's disappointing US economic news - specifically, the bigger-than-expected jump in weekly jobless claims. Never mind about the increased M&A activity. This, too, is now being spun negatively. This time last week, M& A ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... blind-sided investors, who had been expecting activity to increase. Earlier, the Labor Department said first-time claims for jobless benefits rose to a nine-month high. Volume was low, analysts said, which pointed to a lack of participation by institutional ...