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Breaking News: Drop in jobless rate sparks optimism
Source: Tulsa World

Miami :: FL :: USA | updated Sat Dec 05 01:11:56 -0800 2009 | business-news

A surprising drop in the unemployment rate and far fewer job losses last month raised hopes Friday for a sustained economic recovery. The rate unexpectedly fell to 10 percent, from 10.2 percent in October, as employers cut the fewest number...
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Latest Breaking News: 3 Reasons to Sell Amazon.com Today
Source: The Motley Fool

New York City :: NY :: USA | updated Fri Dec 04 13:15:56 -0800 2009 | business-news

The turmoil in the markets makes it too easy to justify selling any stock these days. Yet, while panic never helps investors, it's still a good idea to play devil's advocate with investments...Here at the Fool, we like to consider...
Credibility Views: 2 | News Stories: 7 | Blog Posts: 3 | 9 | 8 | 1
 
Current News: JetBlue Traffic Up 7.7% in November
Source: Fox News

Atlanta :: GA :: USA | updated Sat Dec 05 00:02:54 -0800 2009 | business-news

Friday that November traffic numbers were up 7.7% compared to last year, while capacity rose by 5.3% during the month to 2.64 billion available seat miles, from 2.51 billion a year ago. Load factor also increased by 1.7%, meaning flights...
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Current World News: At last, Treasure Valley unemployment news gets better
Source: The Idaho Statesman

Boise :: ID :: USA | updated Fri Dec 04 23:20:38 -0800 2009 | business-news

Don't break out the champagne yet...The Valley's jobless rate took a serious tumble in November, and some economists say we may have hit the bottom of what once seemed to be a near-bottomless recession. Fifty-five hundred more people were employed...
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Latest World News: Stocks Doing Right by Shareholders
Source: The Motley Fool

Burlington :: NC :: USA | updated Fri Dec 04 12:35:52 -0800 2009 | business-news

Although finding good companies and holding them for the long term is one of the greatest secrets to success in investing, there are many factors an investor should consider. How well a company treats shareholders shouldn't be least among them....
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Current Event: US job numbers boost recovery hopes
Source: The Guardian

Jacksonville :: FL :: USA | updated Fri Dec 04 22:53:59 -0800 2009 | business-news

The US unemployment rate unexpectedly dropped from 10.2% to 10% during November, in a surprisingly encouraging jobless report sparking hopes that the American economy could be close to bottoming out...Wall Street futures soared ahead of the official opening of the...
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Latest World Event: Inquiry of Hedge Fund Chief Halted in ’02
Source: The New York Times

San Jose :: CA :: USA | updated Fri Dec 04 18:54:01 -0800 2009 | business-news

Federal prosecutors and officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Securities and Exchange Commission were investigating instances of Mr. Rajaratnam receiving confidential Intel sales data from a then-employee, Roomy Khan...Khan had indicated that Mr. Rajaratnam had set up...
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Breaking News Event: Feds investigate ex-CalPERS officials’ possible link with fallen financier
Source: Sacramento Bee

Los Angeles :: CA :: USA | updated Sat Dec 05 00:08:27 -0800 2009 | business-news

Court records show the Securities and Exchange Commission issued a subpoena in June to financier Elliott Broidy, who pleaded guilty Thursday to felony charges that he showered nearly $1 million in illegal gifts on state officials in New York...Broidy's spokesman,...
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Latest News Event: Factory orders higher than expected
Source: United Press International

Washington :: DC :: USA | updated Fri Dec 04 15:57:26 -0800 2009 | business-news

New orders for manufactured U.S. goods rose in October for the fifth time in the past six months, beating expectations, the U.S...New orders for manufactured U.S. goods rose 0.6 percent to $360.5 billion, compared with a consensus expectation of 0.2...
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Breaking World News: Bernanke fights for Fed powers
Posted by: whiteshark

Highland Park :: NJ :: USA | updated Fri Dec 04 22:12:46 -0800 2009 | business-news

Ben Bernanke on Thursday urged Congress not to take away the Federal Reserve’s bank supervision powers or curtail its independence even as he admitted that the US central bank had made regulatory mistakes in the run-up to the crisis. “We...
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