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Stocks are higher after Alcoa kicked off earnings season with an unexpected profit and initial claims for jobless benefits fell more than expected. Sales at a number of big retailers, meanwhile, are coming in better than Wall Street expected. Still, most...
Tags: Alcoa, Treasurys, stock climb, jobs data, earnings season, better jobs
Baseball fans will get to see an annual amateur draft live in a conference hall from this year. Nippon Professional Baseball said Thursday it will invite 1,000 fans to this year’s draft on Oct 29. Baseball sources predict that as many as 11 clubs might...
Tags: Democratic Party of Japan, Tokyo, U.S, jobs data, tokyo stock, Daiwa Securities Group, SMFG, Nikkei Stock Average, DPJ, Daiwa Securities SMBC
The airline made a loss of 99bn yen ($1bn; £618m) during the quarter, down from a 3.4bn yen loss a year earlier. The figures come as Japan's government prepares to provide an emergency loan to the carrier. JAL could receive up to 100bn yen in state aid,...
Tags: billion yen, U.S, Bridgestone Corp., Japan Airlines, jobs data, tokyo stocks, Tokyo, JAL Group, net loss, Asia
Oil prices sank under 67 dollars a barrel on Thursday after weak jobs data quashed hopes of a speedy economic recovery in the United States, which is the world's top energy consumer. New York's main contract, light sweet crude for August delivery fell...
The Australian balance of goods and services deteriorated A$274m from a downwardly revised April deficit of A$282m to a May deficit of A$556m, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said on Thursday.
Tags: Australian Bureau of Statistics, Chinalco, trade deficit, Rio, iron ore, jobs data
The report also showed the number of people staying on benefit rolls after the first week fell, marking the first time continued claims have dropped since early January. S&P 500 futures rose 3.70 points and were above fair value, a formula that evaluates...
Tags: U.S, wall street, stock futures, jobs data, S&P, Thomson Reuters, oil price, jobless claims, Nasdaq, futures rise
Australian share market closes higher despite grim jobs data April 09, 2009 04:31pm THE stock market closed almost 1.5 per cent higher after gains from the big miners, financials and energy stocks amid the largest monthly jump in unemployment since...
Tags: unemployment rate, seasonally adjusted, jobs data, Australian Bureau of Statistics
A FedEx cargo plane made emergency landing at Tokyo's Narita airport Friday morning, briefly closing the main runway again after a same jet model of FedEx crashed there last month, the airport authorities said. The McDonnell Douglas MD-11 plane returned...
Gold futures rose slightly Thursday, as a weakening dollar raised the metal's investment appeal and as dismal jobs data in the U.S. The dollar extended its losses against a basket of other major currencies after the Labor Department reported the number...
Tags: gold futures, U.S, jobs data
Stock futures extended losses on Thursday as a forecast of a quarterly loss from chemical maker DuPont and disappointing sales from retailer Target heightened worries about the deepening economic slump. * Dow futures at session lows, down 159 points;...
Tags: repo, 000, DuPont, stock futures, jobs data