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WRAPUP 2-U.S. jobless claims data suggests labor market strength
Reuters* Weekly jobless claims fall 23,000 * Four-week average of claims slip 500 * May factory activity growth at seven-month low By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell more...Tags: Federal Reserve, Central Bank, Employment, Budgets and Budgeting, S&P 500
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Euro zone consumer confidence inches up in May
ReutersBRUSSELS (Reuters) - Consumer morale in the euro zone edged up broadly in line with expectations in May, showing its sixth monthly improvement in a row, European Commission data showed, though the indicator remained well below the currency area's long-...Tags: European Debt Crisis, Consumers, European Union, Consumer Confidence
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WRAPUP 3-U.S. jobless claims data suggests labor market strength
Reuters* Weekly jobless claims fall 23,000 * Four-week average of claims slip 500 * May factory activity growth at seven-month low * New home sales rise in April, median price at record high By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - The number of...Tags: Budgets and Budgeting, Employment, S&P 500, Real Estate, Labor Markets
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WRAPUP 4-U.S. jobs, housing data show economy has some muscle
Reuters* Weekly jobless claims fall 23,000 * Four-week average of claims slip 500 * May factory activity growth at seven-month low * New home sales rise in April, median price at record high By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON, May 23 (Reuters) - The number of...Tags: Central Bank, Employment, S&P 500, Credit Ratings, Real Estate
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Initial jobless claims drop to 340,000 after one-week spike
WASHINGTON -- Initial unemployment claims dropped back to a level indicating moderate job growth last week after a spike the previous week raised alarms about the labor market recovery. The number of people filing for unemployment benefits for the first...
Tags: Federal Reserve, Employment, Verizon Communications, Labor Markets, Career and Workplace
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PRECIOUS-Gold slips after Bernanke hints at slowing bond purchases
ReutersSINGAPORE, May 23 (Reuters) - Gold fell for a third straight session on Thursday after U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke hinted at reducing an $85 billion bond-buying programme that has increased the metal's appeal as a hedge against inflation....Tags: Federal Reserve, European Central Bank, Mario Draghi, Central Bank, Metal and Mineral
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NYMEX-Oil falls to around $94 on gasoline stocks, Fed concerns
ReutersPERTH, May 23 (Reuters) - U.S. crude futures prices dropped to around $94 a barrel on Thursday after data showing U.S. gasoline supplies rose and on concerns that the U.S. Federal Reserve may curtail its bond-buying stimulus later this year. FUNDAMENTALS...Tags: Federal Reserve, Mario Draghi, Central Bank, Bashar Assad, Petroleum Industry
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METALS-Copper falls from 6-week high as end to U.S. bond buys weighed
ReutersSINGAPORE, May 23 (Reuters) - London copper fell on Thursday from the previous session's six-week peak after signs the U.S. central bank was veering towards tapering its bond-buying scheme, and ahead of a string of global manufacturing sector reports....Tags: Federal Reserve, Mario Draghi, Central Bank, Metal and Mineral, Metal
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Egyptian factories, hit by subsidy cuts, highlight Cairo's fiscal dilemma
Reuters* Brick, cement makers hit first by govt drive to cut energy subsidies * Cairo needs to cut spending but austerity risks more social unrest * Analysts urge Cairo to move quickly to secure IMF loan By Asma Alsharif AL-SAFF, Egypt, May 22 (Reuters) -...Tags: Public Finance, Budgets and Budgeting, Petroleum Industry, Consumers, Cairo (Egypt)
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Bernanke's prepared testimony to Joint Economic Committee
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Below is the text of Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's prepared testimony on the U.S. economy to the congressional Joint Economic Committee on Wednesday. Chairman Brady, Vice Chair Klobuchar, and other members of the...Tags: Federal Reserve, Credit and Debt, Economy, Congressional Budget Office, Credit Ratings
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Early Easter leaves Orlando hotels with April hangover
After four months of year-over-year growth, business dipped in April at Orlando-area hotels, likely because of an early Easter this year and the absence of a couple of big conventions in town. Hotels in the Orlando market filled 72.6 percent of their...
Tags: Orange County Convention Center, Hotel and Accommodation Industry, Orlando Hotels, Trips and Vacations, Hotels and Accommodations
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Why the medical device tax needs to stay
The chief drawback of a law as complex as the Affordable Care Act, the health insurance reform measure passed in 2010, is that it provides self-interested opponents a multitude of places to stick a wedge in and hammer away. But you'd be hard-pressed...Tags: Science and Technology, Employment, Dianne Feinstein, Amy Klobuchar, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act
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