Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 19, 2012
BEIJING (Reuters) – China’s 2012 economic outlook has dimmed because of weakening export demand and a faltering housing market, and its central bank will probably try to spur more bank lending to prevent a steeper slump, a Reuters poll showed on Thursday.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 10, 2012
(Reuters) – U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill Inc reported a third consecutive slump in quarterly earnings on Tuesday, as one of the world’s largest commodity traders took a beating from sugar losses and volatility in financial markets.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 5, 2012
NEW YORK – Alcoa Inc , the largest U.S. aluminum producer, could end up posting a fourth-quarter loss due to a dizzying drop in the metal’s price in the last six months as the euro zone debt crisis and an economic slowdown in China hurt demand growth.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on January 3, 2012
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Manufacturing grew at its fastest pace in six months in December, capping a late-year upswing, but a European slump and rising oil prices posed threats to the U.S. economy in the new year.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Manufacturing grew at its fastest pace in six months in December, capping a late-year upswing, but a European slump and rising oil prices posed threats to the U.S. economy in the new year.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on December 27, 2011
(Reuters) – Sears Holdings Corp will close up to 120 stores in its Kmart and namesake chains, blaming poor sales of consumer electronics so far this holiday season and saying it would focus its energy on its better performing stores.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on December 21, 2011
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Homes sales surged in November, adding to hints of recovery, but revisions to data for the last four years showed the housing recession was much deeper than previously thought.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on December 14, 2011
LONDON (Reuters) – The sovereign debt crisis crippling the euro zone still threatens other developed economies, leaving Britain and Japan teetering on the edge of recession but with the United States seen several paces away from a slump, a Reuters poll found.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on September 26, 2011
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – European stock index futures fell on Monday, following a slump in Asian shares, and the euro slid amid skepticism that Europe’s latest efforts to contain its sovereign debt crisis can prevent it from wreaking more damage on the world economy.
Posted by Reuters: Business News on September 23, 2011
(Reuters) – KB Home , the fifth-largest homebuilder, saw a 40 percent jump in quarterly orders, suggesting a possible recovery in the housing market after a slump that has lasted half a decade.
