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Giving thanks to thanksgiving

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 26 NOV 2012
... again, if you look closely, this was because Americans had been shopping all Thanksgiving week. As Bloomberg puts it, US retailers "have turned Black Friday, once a one-day event after Thanksgiving, into a week's worth of deals and discounts." And then ...

Boing

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 8 JUL 2011
... - following a disappointing 36,000 gain in May. Now combine this combination with reports of booming sales among US retailers - Target store sales increased by 5.7% in the year to June; Macy's sales lifted by 7.5%; Saks by 8.7% -- and we get a nice ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 3 DEC 2010
... was due to a 10.4 per cent surge in US home sales in October and stronger-than-expected November sales results from US retailers and department stores. European markets also rose as the Europe Central Bank decided to continue stimulus measures in an ...

Still waiting

BENJAMIN ONG  |  FRIDAY, 5 MAR 2010
... Street as it continues to gnaw on its fingers waiting for tonight's delivery...of America's employment report. Most US retailers posted better-than-expected same store sales results for February. Pending home sales dropped by a higher-than-expected 7.6 ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  THURSDAY, 12 NOV 2009
... economy. Dealers welcomed the economic data but players took profits in late trade, awaiting earnings results from major US retailers including Wal-Mart Stores this week. The Nikkei 225 climbed 0.95 points, or 0.01 per cent, to 9,871.68 points. The broader ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 26 SEP 2007
... performance on Wall Street, as hopes of another interest rate cut by the Federal Reserve offset profit warnings from two US retailers. At 1015 AEST, the benchmark S&P/ASX200 index was down 21 points to 6462 and the All Ordinaries lost 21.2 points to ...

Not made in China

SUZY MAC  |  FRIDAY, 24 AUG 2007
... month, Chinese goods were responsible for 55 per cent of a 50 per cent YTD increase on recalled products. Meanwhile US retailers have allegedly resorted to labelling goods with "Not made in China" Jeremy Moore, a risk expert at Marsh Risk Consultancy ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 9 MAR 2007
... overnight as a rebound in global equity markets helped boost the shares of investment banks, and strong earnings from US retailers on strong monthly sales allayed worries about the health of the US economy. The Dow Jones industrial average was up 61.36 ...
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