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As earnings season draws to a close, the focus of European investors will turn next week to the latest economic data from Germany for confirmation of its spectacular recovery as well as to traffic reports from several airlines for a sense of consumer confidence.
Posted on September 4th, 2010
The stock market had its first winning week in a month thanks to better news on the economy.
Posted on September 4th, 2010
U.S. stocks were soldily higher on Friday as August employment data was less negative than anticipated.
Posted on September 4th, 2010
The Toronto stock market gave up early strong gains by late morning Friday as a weaker than expected reading on the U.S. non-manufacturing sector cancelled out much early enthusiasm over American jobs data, which blew past expectations.
Posted on September 3rd, 2010
Private employers hired more workers over the past three months than first thought, a glimmer of hope for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend.
Posted on September 3rd, 2010
The U.S. economy shed 54,000 nonfarm jobs in August, the Labor Department reported Friday, a much slower decline than economists anticipated as the health-care and temporary-staffing industries led a 67,000 expansion in private-sector employment.
Posted on September 3rd, 2010
Private employers hired more workers over the past three months than first thought, lifting hopes for the weak economy ahead of the Labor Day weekend.
Posted on September 3rd, 2010
BERLIN a ' The European Central Bank raised its growth projections for the 16-nation eurozone on Thursday, but stressed that the outlook remains uncertain and said its effort to keep banks supplied with credit would stay in place for the rest of the year.
Posted on September 3rd, 2010
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Posted on September 3rd, 2010
Most Asian stock markets climbed Friday as investors took heart from improving U.S. housing and jobs data amid lingering worries over the pace of the global economic recovery.
Posted on September 2nd, 2010
Treasury prices edged lower Thursday following the auction of $10 billion in ten-year Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities, or TIPS, and a slight decline in weekly jobless-claims data.
Posted on September 2nd, 2010
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 5 points in late afternoon trading. Broader indexes also rose.
Posted on September 2nd, 2010
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