Job creation has slowed sharply in the United States in October, but this did not prevent the unemployment rate to fall slightly, according to official figures released Friday in Washington. The U.S. economy created more jobs that ‘it does destroy the thirteenth consecutive month, and the net hiring of the country stood at 80,000 jobs, [...]
Washington (awp / afp) – Orders for durable goods fell in the U.S. in September for the third time in four months, driven by a drop in orders in the aerospace sector, according to official figures released Wednesday in Washington. The durable goods orders fell 0.8% from the previous month, seasonally adjusted data, after falling [...]
The trade deficit of Finland was repaired at 95% in February on a year to receive 10 million euros, customs officials said Thursday. Exports climbed up 24% to 4.36 billion and imports increased by 17.8% to 4.37 billion. In a statement, customs said, “The exports of almost all of our major product categories have increased [...]
The title Starbucks jumped more than 8% Friday mid-session on Wall Street, following the agreement by the U.S. coffee chain with Green Mountain Coffee Roasters in the segment capsule machines. Towards 21h15, Paris time, the action of Starbucks advanced 8.77% to 37.57 dollars while the title Green Mountain nearly 37.03% to 59.83 dollars, and Wall [...]
Expected since the beginning of the year as the main rival of the iPad , the tablet Motorola Xoom out tomorrow, 24 February, the United States. But this new slate, attractive on paper, comes with its share of bad news. Indeed, now we know the rates of Xoom, as the U.S. operator Verizon announced that [...]
Oil stocks rose more than five times I expected the United States last week, as gasoline stocks, according to figures released Wednesday by the Energy Department. Advanced oil reserves by 4.8 million barrels to 340.6 million barrels in the week ending Jan. 21. Analysts polled by Dow Jones Newswires expected a rise of only 900,000 [...]
Falling house prices continued in the United States in November, down 0.5% from October according to the monthly S & P / Case-Shiller index released Tuesday. In the twenty largest American cities, the property prices fell 0.5% from the previous month, seasonally adjusted data. In October they were down 1%.Over the year, prices are down 1.6%. Analysts [...]
On February 9, HP will hold an event in the United States to announce its strategy for the tablet market for personal use. The company will launch two devices with screens and system of web OS which are 7 and 9 inches in size, called Topaz and Opal respectively, as released by specialized site Engadget . Engadget claims [...]
New York (EFE) – The U.S. bank, Bank of America said on Friday it had a net loss of $ 3.595 billion in 2010, compared to $ 2.204 billion which suffered last year, somewhat lower than expected by analysts. In the last quarter of 2010, the institution reported a net loss of $ 1.565 billion [...]
The number of applications for jobless benefits reported in the U.S. last week came in better than market expectations, according to data released by the Labor Department in the country on Thursday (20). The Initial Claims registered a total of 404,000 new claims a week until the 15th of January, better than expected by analysts, [...]
