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Market Wrap - Morning

MATT WOODINGTON  |  FRIDAY, 18 FEB 2011
... mid-Atlantic region nearly doubled between January and February. The surge in manufacturing was enough to offset a Labor Department report that applications for unemployment benefits rose 25,000 from the previous week. The Dow Jones industrial average ...

Market wrap

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 17 FEB 2011
... still way off from levels seen in a healthy economy, but market analysts were optimistic about the report. The Labor Department also reported that wholesale prices rose sharply in January due to higher costs for gas and other goods. The Federal Reserve ...

Open fire roasted bears

BENJAMIN ONG  |  THURSDAY, 2 DEC 2010
... hiring and manufacturing in 10 of the 12 regions surveyed... and retailers expecting better holiday sales. The US Labor Department goofed. It revised US productivity to show a faster annual growth of 2.3 per cent in the third quarter instead of the 1.9 ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 24 SEP 2010
... were disappointed to see first-time unemployment claims rise last week, breaking a recent trend of declines. The Labor Department said that claims had jumped by 12,000 and are still at levels that signal employers are not significantly adding new jobs. ...

Rewind and replay

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 10 SEP 2010
... ruminations. Wall Street inched up overnight, but not so convincingly. So why is this? Why? Why? The latest US Labor Department figures show that initial unemployment claims dropped by 27,000 to 451,000 in the week ended 4 September. This is stronger ...

Good jobs

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 6 SEP 2010
... light with figures enough to put reasonable doubt into those willing the US economy into a double dip. The US Labor Department reported that overall non-farm payrolls declined by 54,000 in August. And just to highlight the pessimism leading up to the ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 20 AUG 2010
... the first time since July 2009 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 ...

Nightmare on Wall Street

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 13 AUG 2010
... benefits last week, showing firings accelerated on signs the economy slowed." They're all talking about the US Labor Department report showing that initial jobless claims increased by 2,000 to 484,000 in the week ended 7 August from 482,000 in the previous ...

Squared

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 6 AUG 2010
... sales reports showed shoppers remain skittish about spending as hiring remains scarce". It referred to the US Labor Department's report that showed a initial jobless claims rose by 19,000 to 479,000 in the week end 30 July. Financial markets expected ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 4 AUG 2010
... the number of buyers who signed contracts to purchase homes fell in June. Traders are also uneasy ahead of the Labor Department's July employment report due out Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average fell 38 points, or 0.36 per cent, to 10,636.38. ...

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