Posted by Reuters: Business News on February 2, 2012
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks seesawed in a tight range on Thursday, with winners and losers taking their cues from earnings reports, while a drop in jobless claims continued to point to a slowly healing labor market.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New claims for unemployment benefits in the United States fell more than expected last week, pointing to more healing in the nation’s battered jobs market.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on February 1, 2012
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – European Union regulators have blocked the merger of exchange operators Deutsche Boerse and NYSE Euronext to avoid giving them a stranglehold on the European futures market.
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DETROIT (Reuters) – U.S. automaker Chrysler Group LLC swung to a full-year net income of $183 million on Wednesday, and made the bold prediction that profit would be eight times higher in 2012, on strong sales in its main U.S. market.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 30, 2012
LONDON (Reuters) – The EU’s embargo on Iranian oil exports will add upward pressure to oil prices, OPEC’s secretary general said on Monday, even though there is no shortage of oil on the market.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 27, 2012
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks slipped on Friday as data showed the U.S. economy grew less than expected in the fourth quarter, while some disappointing earnings added pressure to the market.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks fell on Friday after data showed the U.S. economy grew less than expected in the fourth quarter, while weak earnings from Ford and continued caution over Europe’s debt crisis also weighed on the market.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 20, 2012
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Sales of previously owned homes rose to an 11-month high in December and the supply of properties on the market tumbled to a near 7-year low, pointing to a nascent recovery in the housing market.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 19, 2012
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures added gains on Thursday after data showed new applications for unemployment benefits in the United States fell last week to a near four-year low, pointing to continued improvement in the labor market.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – New applications for unemployment benefits dropped to a near four-year low last week, a government report on Thursday showed, pointing to continued improvement in the labor market.
