Stocks slip after unemployment claims spike (AP)

By admin on January 12th, 2012

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2012 photo, a pair of specialists study a screen as they work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Strong bond auctions in Italy and Spain dramatically drove down their borrowing costs and lifted stocks Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012, providing a reprieve from Europe's relentless debt crisis. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)AP – Stocks are mostly lower in midday trading Thursday after an increase in unemployment claims and tepid retail sales outweighed optimism about strong bond auctions in Italy and Spain.


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Summary Box: Dow edges higher on US retail sales (AP)

By admin on November 16th, 2011

AP – RETAIL SALES: Americans spent more on autos, electronics and building supplies in October, raising retail sales for a fifth straight month. Sales increased 0.5 percent from the previous month, a faster rate than economists expected.

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Stocks edge higher on retail gains; Dow rises 17 (AP)

By admin on November 15th, 2011

In this Nov. 10, 2011 photo, trader Kevin Cassidy works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Rising borrowing rates for many of the eurozone's more indebted countries sent investors scurrying out of stock markets Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2011, on a day that Italy's premier-designate was looking to get the support of the country's political parties for a technocratic government. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – A day of broad swings in the stock market ended with modest gains Tuesday, as investors balanced an increase in U.S. retail sales with Europe’s lingering debt crisis. The Dow Jones industrial average gained 17 points.


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Asian stocks begin week in stronger form (AP)

By admin on October 17th, 2011

Hip Hop Mogul Russell Simmons, right, listens to a protester at the camp for the Occupy Wall Street demonstration in New York, Sunday, Oct. 16, 2011. (AP Photo/David Karp)AP – Asian stock markets advanced Monday, bolstered by improved U.S. retail sales and Europe’s renewed efforts to contain its debt crisis.


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Summary Box: S&P 500 turns in best week since 2009 (AP)

By admin on October 15th, 2011

AP – DOW UP: The Dow Jones industrial average turned positive for the year as stronger retail sales helped drive stocks higher on Friday. The average of 30 large companies has shot up 9.3 percent since hitting 10,655 on Oct. 3, its lowest level of the year.

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World markets higher on improving US jobs data (AP)

By admin on July 8th, 2011

A flag hangs on the wall of the JP Morgan company stall on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York July 15, 2010. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonAP – World markets moved higher Friday following a Wall Street rally spurred by an unexpectedly strong U.S. jobs report and a rebound in retail sales.


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Asian markets higher on improving US jobs data (AP)

By admin on July 8th, 2011

A flag hangs on the wall of the JP Morgan company stall on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York July 15, 2010. REUTERS/Lucas JacksonAP – Asian markets moved higher Friday following a Wall Street rally spurred by an unexpectedly strong U.S. jobs report and a rebound in retail sales.


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Summary Box: Retail sales, jobs send stocks higher (AP)

By admin on July 7th, 2011

AP – JOBS: Payroll processor Automatic Data Processing said companies added 157,000 employees in June. The tally is more than double the number economists had forecast and far more than the 36,000 added the previous month.

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