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Stocks zigzag on implications of jobs report

A job seeker reads job postings at the Virginia Employment Commission ...

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An unemployed man departs a job center in Washington

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People stand in front of the DAX board at the Frankfurt stock ...

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A job seeker reads job postings at the Virginia Employment Commission ...

When the dollar is weaker, U.S. goods are cheaper for buyers overseas. Companies that do business overseas also get a profit boost when their earnings are translated back into dollars...Oil prices plunged and gold topped $1,100 an ounce for the first time.

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Stocks post modest gains as job losses slow

News Source: The Examiner | about 1 month ago

When the dollar is weaker, U.S. goods are cheaper for buyers overseas. Companies that do business overseas also get a profit gain when their earnings are translated back into dollars...Oil prices tumbled and gold topped $1,100 an ounce for the first...
Gold prices soar to $1,100; other commodities fall

News Source: Daily Breeze | about 1 month ago

Gold prices outshone other commodities Friday, soaring to a new high of $1,100 an ounce, as prices for copper, oil and soybeans fell. Gold prices have been rallying in recent weeks as investors fear the government's low interest rate policy will...
How the major stock indexes fared on Friday

News Source: Seattle Times | about 1 month ago

Stock indexes posted a modest advance in light trading Friday after the Labor Department said the nation's unemployment rate topped 10 percent in October for the first time since 1983, but also that the pace of job losses slowed. The rise in...
Treasury prices narrowly mixed ahead of auctions

News Source: Seattle Times | about 1 month ago

Treasury prices were little changed Friday ahead of a new round of auctions next week and as the stock market hovered in a narrow range. In afternoon trading, the 10-year note, often used as a benchmark for interest rates on consumer loans, rose 1/32...
Stocks zigzag on implications of jobs report

News Source: The Examiner | about 1 month ago

When the dollar is weaker, U.S. goods are cheaper for buyers overseas. Companies that do business overseas also get a profit boost when their earnings are translated back into dollars...Oil prices plunged and gold topped $1,100 an ounce for the first...
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News Source: Seattle Times | about 1 month ago

The safe-haven dollar got an immediate boost Friday after the government said the U.S. unemployment rate rose above 10 percent, but then gave back its gains in choppy trading as investors figured that a weak economy meant the Federal Reserve would...