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Wall Street holds modest gains

BigPond News - Wed Nov 25, 5:32 pm ET

Wall Street shares rose following a drop in weekly unemployment claims to the lowest level of the year.

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Wall Street gains on rosy economic data
People's Daily - 50 minutes ago
Wall Street traded modestly higher on Wednesday after a series of data showed rosy economic outlook. The U.S. Labor Department said the number of people filing first-time claims for jobless benefits fell by 35,000 to 466,000. That was the lowest level for initial claims since the week of September 13, 2008, and was far better than the 500,000 that economists had expected. Spending by U.S ...
Onstage, Terrified - Confessions of a Public Speaker in the Wall Street Journal
O'Reilly Media - 2 hours 24 minutes ago
Onstage, Terrified – "It is always reassuring to read about the performance anxiety of the successful--whether it's a star pitcher feeling jittery before starting a World Series game or a concert violinist who admits to going into a meditative trance before walking out onstage," writes Philip Delves Broughton of the Wall Street Journal in his entertaining review of Scott Berkun's Confessions of ...
Wall Street chills: VIX at 15-month low
National Post - Wed Nov 25, 3:36 pm ET
Wall Street’s main barometer of investor sentiment did not show much fear on Wednesday, as it sank to its lowest level in 15 months.
Utah credit markets showing new signs of life
The Salt Lake Tribune - Wed Nov 25, 4:10 pm ET
Demand for business loans at the biggest Utah-headquartered bank seems to have bottomed out and is rising again, suggesting the recession's tenacious grip on Utah credit markets may be easing.
Emissions still increase despite financial crisis
The Hindu - Wed Nov 25, 2:19 pm ET
While the global financial crisis may have slowed down the emission growth of CO{-2} from fossil fuels, it has not stopped it. From 2007 to 2008 global emissions from fossil fuels increased by 2.2 per cent. ...
Wall Street lifted by positive data
Financial Times - Wed Nov 25, 10:37 am ET
Encouraging results from Tiffany added to the holiday cheer on Wall Street but weaker oil prices kept stocks flat in early trading on Wednesday.
Robert L. Borosage: In The Fed We Trust? Will The Senate Reward The Architect Of The Wall Street Bailout?
The Huffington Post - Wed Nov 25, 8:54 am ET
In the lead up to the financial crisis, Ben Bernanke was Sancho Panza to Greenspan's Quixote, gleefully touting banking deregulation while blind to the dangers of an $8 trillion housing bubble. He celebrated an economy where incomes of most Americans were declining, household debt was soaring, and inequality reached Gilded Age extremes. Once named Fed Chair, he chose not to exercise the ...
Wall Street bonuses, after the bailout
Minnesota Public Radio - Wed Nov 25, 11:34 am ET
Despite the near collapse of the financial system, some Wall Street banks are reporting large profits and planning to give out larger bonuses than they did in 2008. That news has raised howls of protest and sparked new calls for compensation reform. Others, including some in the government, worry that restricting bonuses might result in loss of talent at a critical time.
Poker players are a good bet for Wall Street, experts say
The Star-Ledger - Wed Nov 25, 7:07 am ET
ROBYN BECK/AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE Poker players like Joe Cada have skills that could make them good Wall Street traders. Brandon Adams, who teaches behavioral finance at Harvard University’s Department of Economics, says some of the best candidates for Wall Street trading...
World Bank helps Mexico fight financial crisis, swine flu
AsiaOne - Wed Nov 25, 4:28 am ET
WASHINGTON - The World Bank on Tuesday approved two billion US dollars in loans for Mexico to help it weather the global financial crisis and the swine flu pandemic.
Wall Street lower amid downbeat economic data
MalaysiaNews.net - Wed Nov 25, 12:11 am ET
Wall Street edged lower Tuesday, after the U.S. government reported that the economy grew at a slower pace in the third quarter than first anticipated. The Commerce Department says the economy grew at...
Financial crisis has little impact on Shanghai Expo: officials
People's Daily - Wed Nov 25, 1:58 am ET
The global financial crisis has little impact on the 2010 Shanghai Expo, senior Shanghai officials said Tuesday. "The participation of 242 countries and international organizations has made the expo unprecedented in scale," said Yang Xiong, deputy director of the Executive Committee for the Shanghai Expo, in a report to the Paris-based International Exhibitions Bureau (BIE). Many participants ...
Asian markets slide as investors ignore Wall Street lead
MalaysiaNews.net - Wed Nov 25, 12:17 am ET
HONG KONG -- Asian markets fell Tuesday as dealers shrugged off a strong lead from Wall Street, with deflation fears pushing Japan lower while Shanghai and Hong Kong dropped on liquidity fears in Chin...
GDP figures drag on Wall Street
MalaysiaNews.net - Tue Nov 24, 9:50 pm ET
Wall Street lost value overnight after official figures showed the US economy grew at a slower rate than expected in the third quarter. GDP registered 2.8 per cent as opposed to the 3.5 per cent the ...