WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) – The U.S. government issues weekly jobless claims and the durable-goods report for February at 8:30 a.m. Eastern. The number of people filing new applications for unemployment benefits is expected to fall to 380,000 from 385,000 last week, according to economists surveyed by MarketWatch. Orders for durable goods, meanwhile, likely rose 1.5% in [...]
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Coming up: U.S. jobless claims, durable goods
Posted by davidguide on March 24th, 2011
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Comments OffJ. Sainsbury comparable sales up 4.2%
Posted by davidguide on March 23rd, 2011
MADRID (MarketWatch) — U.K. grocer J. Sainsbury PLC on Wednesday reported a 4.2% rise in comparable sales for the fourth quarter, a 1% gain excluding fuel, in an interim statement. Total sales for the quarter rose 6.8%, a 3.5% rise excluding fuel, while non-food sales grew at over three times the rate of food. Sainsbury [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: com, comparable sales, consumer, consumer environment, food sales, fuel, Government, government spending, interim statement, j sainsbury, j sainsbury plc, market pulse, MarketWatch, price inflation, rate, rise, short news, unemployment, Wednesday, year Comments OffNew York Times announces pay wall for online content beginning March 28
Posted by davidguide on March 18th, 2011
Linda Young – AHN News Writer New York, NY, United States (AHN) – The days of reading every article in the New York Times online ends for most readers on March 28 when the newspaper will put much of its content behind a pay wall. Some 49 million people worldwide reportedly visited the NYTimes.com site [...]
Posted in Personal Loans Tags: area, casual visitors, com, digital news, e book, global edition, home, international herald tribune, iPad, Linda, linda young, mail subscription, March, new york times online, news, news writer, Online, reading, subscription, Thursday Comments OffBusiness briefs: Iraq, Afghanistan veterans see high unemployment
Posted by davidguide on March 12th, 2011
In brief Veterans see job troubles WASHINGTON – The Labor Department says the unemployment rate last year for Iraq and Afghanistan veterans was 20.9 percent. Read more on NewsOK.com View full post on All Stories
Posted in Lending News Tags: Afghanistan, Business, business briefs, com, Iraq, job, Labor, labor department, NewsOK, percent, post, unemployment, unemployment rate, Veterans, View Comments OffSalesforce.com Posts Decent 4Q
Posted by davidguide on February 25th, 2011
Salesforce.com Inc. reported fourth quarter fiscal 2011 adjusted net income of 12 cents per share, at par with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. View full post on All Stories
Posted in Personal Lending Tags: com, Consensus, consensus estimate, estimate, income, net income, PAR, post, share, Stories, View, Zacks' Comments OffUp to 5 mln jobs due to stimulus: CBO
Posted by davidguide on February 23rd, 2011
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Between 1.8 million and 5 million additional full-time equivalent jobs in the fourth quarter are due to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Congressional Budget Office said on Wednesday as it increased its estimate of the cost of the law to $821 billion, from an estimate in November of $814 billion. [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: arra, budget, cbo estimates, com, congressional budget office, Employment, equivalent, estimate, fourth quarter, full time equivalent, Half, market pulse, MarketWatch, mln, rapid fire, Reinvestment, reinvestment act, short news, stimulus, unemployment Comments OffWhat price should Amazon.com pay for common amenities?
Posted by davidguide on January 31st, 2011
Amazon is using two tactics increasingly employed in an age of globalization and high unemployment: Playing states off against each other and seeking the most favorable tax environment to boost profits. This plays out against the greatest state fiscal crises since the Great Depression, as well as an unsustainable federal deficit. View full post on [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: amazon, amenities, com, deficit, depression, favorable tax, federal deficit, fiscal crises, globalization, Great, great depression, post, price, profits, state, tax environment, unemployment, View Comments OffWall Street bonuses take a dip, yet reflect financial pay-for-performance thriving
Posted by davidguide on January 26th, 2011
Ayinde O. Chase – AHN News Editor New York, NY, United States (AHN) – Wall Street bonuses can be a point of contention among not only the haves but the have-nots. Bonus levels for many dropped and only half report satisfaction with their amounts. While many Americans consider bonuses a rare luxury and struggle to [...]
Posted in Personal Loans Tags: amount, bonus levels, bonus numbers, com, derivatives research, drop, Editor, exchange derivatives, goldman sachs, goldman sachs group, goldman sachs group inc, home, investment, jpmorgan chase, news, percent, reflection, Sachs, sachs group inc, wall street bonuses Comments OffSenator Wyden Calls Out Content Companies For Wanting To Censor The Internet
Posted by davidguide on January 18th, 2011
We’ve already covered the list of companies who support censoring the internet , but there were a couple of other interesting ones on the list that deserved a separate discussion. Greg Sandoval over at News.com did a nice job of reading between the lines to notice that Nike & Adidas were prominently featured in the [...]
Posted in Lending News Tags: american ports, apparel designers, Censor, COICA, com, counterfeit, discussion, fake merchandise, idea, influence, intellectual property infringement, legitimate efforts, merchandise, news, ports of entry, reading, ron wyden, senator ron wyden, senator wyden, shipping containers Comments OffExperian revenue grows 12%
Posted by davidguide on January 18th, 2011
LONDON (MarketWatch) — U.K. credit checking agency Experian said Tuesday that total revenue in the three months to Dec. 31 rose 12%, with organic revenue rising 8%. The group said it has now returned to growth across all regions and principle activities and that for the fiscal year as a whole it continues to expects [...]
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