US shares make strong gains after business productivity rises at its highest rate in six years

Thursday, November 5, 2009

Search term

by Biodun Iginla, Senior News Analyst at the BBC

BBC News Updated every minute of every day One-Minute World News
va

News Front Page Africa Americas Asia-Pacific Europe Middle East South Asia UK Business Health Science & Environment Technology Entertainment Also in the news ----------------- Video and Audio ----------------- BBC.adverts.write("button"); Advertisement BBC.adverts.show("button"); Programmes Have Your Say In Pictures Country Profiles Special Reports Related BBC sites

• Sport
• Weather
• On This Day
• Editors' Blog
• BBC World Service

Languages

• Arabic
• Espanol
• Russian
• Chinese
• More

Page last updated at 23:45 GMT, Thursday, 5 November 2009

• News Feeds new getrss({site:"news"});
• RSS feed

LATEST: US shares make strong gains after business productivity rises at its highest rate in six years

• Pause ticker
• Previous item
• Next item

Twelve shot dead at US army base Twelve people are killed and 31 others hurt in shootings at a military base in the US state of Texas, the US Army says. Reaction: US base shootings US army on shooting
Obama on 'horrific' violence

Abbas 'will not seek re-election'
Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says he will not seek re-election in polls scheduled for January 2010.
Zimbabwe's MDC calls off boycott
Zimbabwean PM Morgan Tsvangirai ends his party's boycott of the unity government with President Robert Mugabe.

VIDEO AND AUDIO NEWS Return to site of UN Kabul shooting

Cash incentives for kids in Japan

21 pups in one go - it's Odd Box

One-minute World News




FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS


Identity crisis
France asks itself what it means to be French Day in pictures
Eye-catching images from around the world Fighting force
Leader's jailbreak may reinvigorate Colombian rebels


NEWS FROM THE UK
Royal Mail strikes are called off
The postal workers' union has cancelled all further strike action until after Christmas to allow for further talks with Royal Mail.
Holiday cottage voyeur is jailed
Extra £25bn to stimulate economy

Troop deaths 'not last atrocity'
The killing of five soldiers "probably won't be the last" atrocity of this kind, says the top UK general in Afghanistan.
Young 'must have swine flu jab'
Council 'spied on woman 21 times'


AROUND THE WORLD NOW
AFRICA Saudi lifts Somali livestock ban
AMERICAS Obama pledge to Native Americans
ASIA-PACIFIC Resignations in Indonesia scandal

EUROPE Court imposes lawyer on Karadzic
MIDDLE EAST Saudi jets 'attack Yemen rebels'
SOUTH ASIA Security fears force UN Afghan relocation

MORE FROM BBC NEWS
BUSINESS US shares rise on business data
HEALTH Tackle work stress, bosses told
ENTERTAINMENT Rihanna warning over Brown attack

SCIENCE & ENVIRONMENT Horse genome unlocked by science
TECHNOLOGY F1 designer unveils electric car




FEATURES, VIEWS, ANALYSIS


Flexetarian
Can you eat fish and still be a vegetarian? One voice
Cairo mosques to get centralised call to prayer A Woman's Wit
Rare letters on display in New York excite Austen fans
OTHER TOP STORIES Zelaya unhappy with Honduras delays
Climate deal 'unlikely' this year
UN backs Gaza war crimes report
Ex-NY police chief Kerik guilty
Baku mosque attackers sentenced
Opel U-turn sparks German strikes
BBC.adverts.write("mpu"); Advertisement BBC.adverts.show("mpu"); ALSO IN THE NEWS
Scientists seek clues to bare bears mystery

U2 barrier causes anger at Berlin wall concert

SPORT HEADLINES India lose despite Tendulkar ton

SA chief suspended in Semenya row
HAVE YOUR SAY Can Afghan security be improved?


RADIO AND TV PROGRAMMES World Have Your Say
The daily interactive show where you set the agenda

Latest World Service bulletin

Listen to the World Service

World News America

BBC World News
MOST POPULAR STORIES NOW function liveStatsTabs(newTab,oldTab) { if (document.getElementById) { document.getElementById(newTab).style.display = "inline"; document.getElementById(oldTab).style.display = "none"; return false; } else if (document.all) { document.all[oldTab].style.display = "none"; document.all[newTab].style.display = "inline"; return false; } else { return true; } }

• SHARED
• READ
• WATCHED/LISTENED

• Three bald bears perplex experts
• Feeling grumpy 'is good for you'
• Obama pledge to Native Americans
• CCTV camera films Poppy can theft
• Bald hedgehog is found abandoned

• SHARED
• READ
• WATCHED/LISTENED

• Twelve shot dead at US army base
• Three bald bears perplex experts
• Controversy over U2's Berlin wall
• Reaction: US base shootings
• Day in pictures
• Holiday cottage voyeur is jailed
• The rise of the non-veggie vegetarian
• F1 designer unveils electric car
• In search of French identity
• Ex-NY police chief Kerik guilty

• SHARED
• READ
• WATCHED/LISTENED

• Fort Hood commander on shooting
• British boxer's big challenge
• Obama on 'horrific' army shooting
• One-minute World News
• Thirsty kangaroos rampage town
• 'Soldiers shot dead' at US army base
• Holiday cottage voyeur is jailed
• Laser-powered robot aiming for space
• Top Gear sets off on world tour
• Heavy floods hit Mexico

liveStatsTabs('livestats100','livestats200'); liveStatsTabs('livestats100','livestats300'); WORLD WEATHER
Africa Australasia East Asia Eastern Europe Middle East North America Northern Europe South America South Asia South East Asia Western Europe
ELSEWHERE ON THE BBC bbc_adsense_slot = "adsense_mpu";"us" == "us" ? bbc_adsense_country = "us" : bbc_adsense_country = "rest"; google_protectAndRun("ads_core.google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad); google_protectAndRun("render_ads.js::google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad); google_protectAndRun("render_ads.js::google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad); Ads by Google Secret War On The Dollar
Read the Shocking Bulletin That
Washington Does Not Want You To See
www.UncommonWisdomDaily.com Don’t Be A Scrooge
Jim Carrey Is Scrooge in 'A
Christmas Carol!" Be A Fan Today.
www.facebook.com/Disney Diabetes Signs & Symptoms
Learn More About Diabetes Symptoms
& Signs. Get Free Diabetes Samples!
www.Diabetes-Treatments.com BBC.adverts.show("adsense_mpu"); Most Popular Now 58,129 people are reading stories on the site right now.


Skip to top PRODUCTS & SERVICES

• E-mail news
• Mobiles
• Alerts
• News feeds
• Podcasts

BBC.adverts.write("bottom"); BBC.adverts.show("bottom"); DM_tag(); _qoptions={ qacct:"p-ccrmZLtMqYB8w" }; document.write(unescape("%3Cscript src='" + (document.location.protocol == "https:" ? "/s/event-4561948/aHR0cHM6Ly9zYg== " : "/s/event-4561948/aHR0cDovL2I= ") + ".scorecardresearch.com/beacon.js' %3E%3C/script%3E")); COMSCORE.beacon({ c1:2, c2:"6035051", c3:"", c4:"news.bbc.co.uk/", c5:"", c6:"", c15:"" }); Explore the BBC Home
Popular links

• Strictly
• Democracy Live
• Merlin

BBC links A to F

1. BBC iPlayer
2. CBBC
3. CBeebies
4. Food

BBC links H to L

1. Health
2. http://www.allvoices.com/s/event-4561948/aHR0cDovL3d