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Recession Concerns Ease on Jobs Data
Companies in the U.S. added more jobs than forecast in August, easing concern the world’s largest economy is sliding back into a recession
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Stocks Surge on Employment Report
Stocks rallied, extending the first weekly gain in a month for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, while Treasuries and the dollar fell as better-than-estimated growth in private payrolls bolstered optimism the economy will avoid relapsing into a recession.
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Fed May Face Less Pressure to Add Stimulus After Jobs Report
Today’s better-than-forecast U.S. payrolls report reduces pressure on Federal Reserve policy makers to add monetary stimulus when they meet this month without forestalling the need to act later, economists said.
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Job Market Turns Around for College Hires
There have been some indications in recent months that the job market for college graduates was loosening up. Even business majors have gotten a bit of good news in recent months, with accounting and finance students receiving more and better job offers compared to last year.
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Battle of the Big Brokers
It has fewer advisers, yet Merrill Lynch's brokerage unit has a big edge over Morgan Stanley's in profit
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Warburg's $125 Million Broker-Dealer Startup
Warburg Pincus LLC is investing $125 million in a new broker-dealer as private-equity firms seek to profit from shifts in the financial industry.
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Donovan: Too Early to ‘Declare Victory’ on Housing
The housing market is showing progress two years after the credit crunch drove down home prices, says the HUD secretary
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Obama to Seek $100 Billion Extension of Tax Credit
President Barack Obama this week will urge Congress to permanently extend and expand a research and development tax credit to encourage job growth.
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IMF’s Lipsky Says ‘Modest Recovery’ Underway for Global Economy
John Lipsky, the second-ranking official at the International Monetary Fund, said Group of 20 nations deputies showed confidence about the global economic recovery, even taking into account challenges and risks.
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Dubai Stocks Surge Most Since June on Global Growth Confidence
Dubai shares rose the most in more than two months, leading a Middle East rally, after growth in U.S. private employment fueled optimism that the world’s biggest economy will avoid a recession.
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Trade Deficit Probably Narrowed in July: U.S. Economy Preview
The trade deficit probably narrowed in July as a slowing economy prompted Americans to buy fewer goods from abroad, economists said before a government report this week.
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Stock Picks: Novellus Systems, Sirius XM, Take-Two Interactive
Wall Street analysts offer buy, sell, or hold opinions on stocks in the news on Sept. 3
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Roubini on Stimulus
Sept. 3 -- Nouriel Roubini, chairman and co-founder of Roubini Global Economics LLC, talks about the outlook for the global economy and the possible impact of a double-dip recession or an increase in risk aversion on gold and currencies He talks with Francine Lacqua in Cernobbio, Italy, on Bloomberg Television's "Countdown." (Source: Bloomberg)
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Hard Times for Wall Street's "Sell Night" Recruits
In the post-TARP era, "sell night," the Street's annual August ritual of hosting steak dinners and strip-club expeditions, is over
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Stock Picks: Apple, Cisco, Zumiez
Wall Street analysts offer buy, sell, or hold opinions on stocks in the news on Sept. 2
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Reheating the Job Market After a Chilly 'Recovery Summer'
Without the right focus in Washington, job creation will continue to be slow and unsteady, says columnist Frank Aquila
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Stock Picks: Ford, Infosys, JPMorgan
Wall Street analysts offer buy, sell, or hold opinions on stocks in the news on Sept. 1
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