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| | | ... shares, boosted by a jump in oil prices. Recent company comments and government data have underscored the notion that the US economy is stronger than expected, heading into the end of the year. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 20.09 points to ... |
| | | | ... construction dropped by 1.4 per cent which was its fifth consecutive fall. The follow on effects of the state of the US economy can be felt in Europe where the statistics office of the European Union has just announced that the unemployment rate rose ... |
| | | | ... their international rank of life expectancy thereafter, a fortunate third. Japan ranks highest on these measures. The US economy was pleasantly surprised by new home sales which were up by 4.1 per cent last month. However, the medians for new and existing ... |
| | | | ... biggest one-day gain in two months, as exporters such as Shin-Etsu Chemical and Canon gained on fading concerns over the US economy, a key market for Japanese products. The Nikkei finished 390.42 points higher at 15,947.87, its highest close since September ... |
| | | | ... engineering and computer science versus about 31,000 that Australia produced that year. This week is a key one for the US economy whose pace of economic growth fell from 5.6 per cent to 2.9 per cent from the first to the second quarter of this year. ... |
| | | | ... 4,959.4. NEW YORK - US stocks fell after a report on regional factory activity prompted worries about a slowdown in the US economy and corporate profits. The Dow Jones industrial average finished 79.96 points lower at end at 11,533.23. The Standard & ... |
| | | | ... industrial goods and services that they have been hitherto closed to. The slowing US housing market's flow on effects to the US economy in conjunction with the political turmoil in Thailand which affected Asian equity markets had consequences for the ... |
| | | | ... points, up 30.12 or 0.59 per cent. TOKYO - The Nikkei average fell 1.25 per cent as concern about slower growth in the US economy encouraged investors to sell blue-chip shares such as Toyota Motors. The Nikkei shed 202.41 points to 15,960.62. HONG KONG ... |
| | | | ... "Current market anxiety is based on concerns over rising inflation, excessive central bank tightening and a slowing US economy. Furthermore, a slowdown in US growth is seen as having the potential to flow through to China via weaker imports, undermining ... |
| | | | ... points higher on the week. TOKYO - The Nikkei dipped fractionally as exporters fell on concerns of a slowdown in the US economy, while expectations of a rise in Japanese interest rates also weighed on sentiment. The Nikkei fell 11.65 points to 15,124.04 ... |
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