Your Search Returned 30 tagged news reports
Devaney, who oversees Recovery.gov , the government's stimulus-tracking Web site. The Obama administration reported last month that the stimulus has created or saved about 640,000 jobs thus far. Some recipients' failure to report spending data last month...
Tags: Earl Devaney, stimulus job, recovery accountability, transparency board, stimulus money, government watchdog, job data, stimulus funding, White House, Washington, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Barack Obama, Fiscal policy, Devaney, Presidency of Barack Obama, Public finance, Politics, Business Finance, Joe Biden, Punahou School alumni, Joe the Plumber, United States presidential election, United States federal banking legislation, Government Accountability Office, Chief financial officer, Oversight of the Troubled Asset Relief Program, 111th United States Congress, Climate crisis, Pescetarians, Pixar, Steve Jobs, Unemployment, Project On Government Oversight, Adoptees, Apple Inc., NeXT, Labor
The federal government and Shelton State Community College are still pointing fingers at each other after a federal report cited the college for giving a questionable account of its share of federal stimulus funds. Shelton State was lumped with 12 other...
Tags: stimulus money, Shelton State Community College, ABC News, Craig Threlkeld, federal stimulus, job data, Tuscaloosa, Climate crisis, United States federal banking legislation, Tuscaloosa Alabama, Presidency of Barack Obama, 111th United States Congress, American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Tokyo stocks ended mixed Friday as initial gains by exporters on renewed U.S. recovery optimism were later trimmed when investors shifted to the sidelines ahead of key U.S. jobs data. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average gained 71.91 points to 9,789.35...
Tags: Nikkei Stock Average, Tokyo, U.S, Japan, net profit, job data, Chuo Mitsui Trust Holdings, billion yen
Stocks fell for the fourth straight day on Friday as weak jobs data added to recent evidence the economic recovery would be less robust than expected. * The Dow Jones industrial average unofficially fell 21.91 points, or 0.23 percent, to 9,487.37. The...
Tags: US Labor Department, job data, stock fall, Dow Jones, employers cut, stock fell
Oil ticked up above $68 a barrel on Friday in relatively thin dealing as investors awaited jobs data from the United States to provide some insight into the health of the world's top economy. U.S. crude was up 53 cents at $68.49 a barrel. "We are seeing...
Tags: U.S, oil prices, job data, New York Mercantile Exchange, unemployment rate, benchmark crude, job losses
Non-farm job losses in July to August were the smallest monthly total in 11 months, Automatic Data Processing reported Wednesday. ADP estimated 298,000 private jobs were lost in the month and revised its estimate of June to July losses, shaving 11,000...
Tags: U.S, ADP National Employment Report, gold hit, job data, New York Mercantile Exchange, private employment, private sector, dollar weakened, stocks dip, job losses
The dollar edged lower against a basket of currencies on Friday as investors awaited U.S. jobs data to gauge the sustainability of a recent risk rally. Sterling remained under pressure after giving up most of its gains this week when the Bank of England...
U.S. stocks ended a run-up on Wednesday that drove the three major indexes up to their nine-month to 10-month highs. * Nasdaq futures were lower with Cisco Systems Inc in the spotlight after its chief executive painted a gloomy outlook for the world's...
Tags: Labor Department, job report, U.S, stock futures, wall street, job data, lower ahead, unemployment rate, moderated lower, job losses
SINGAPORE: Oil prices hovered above $66 a barrel Friday in Asia in light holiday trading volume a day after grim unemployment numbers from the US and Europe sent crude prices tumbling. Benchmark crude for August delivery slipped 26 cents to $66.47 a barrel...
Tags: U.S, oil price, New York Mercantile Exchange, job data, sweet crude, job report
The Canadian Press Last updated on Friday, Jul. 03, 2009 08:52AM EDT T he Toronto Stock Market appears set to close a shortened trading week lower as oil prices continue to decline. Markets in the U.S. are closed for the Independence Day holiday. Plunging...
Tags: U.S, Toronto Stock Market, oil prices, job data, job report, TSX