12/05/2008
Street turns cautious ahead of employment report (AP via Yahoo! News)
A period of relative calm on Wall Street ended Thursday as stocks tumbled in the final hour of trading on growing investor anxiety ahead of the government's November employment report.
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12/05/2008
Steep Drop In Employment Contributes To Significant Weakness On Wall Street - U.S. Commentary (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) - After experiencing a late-day sell off in the previous sessions, stocks have continued to move lower over the course of morning trading on Friday, as investors respond to disappointing employment data and some negative corporate news.
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12/05/2008
Obama Says Employment Data Highlights Needs For Job Creation Plan (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) - President-elect Barack Obama said Friday that the latest employment statistics, which showed the worst job losses in more than 30 years and the highest unemployment in 15 years, suggest that the economy is likely to get worse before it gets better.
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12/05/2008
Employment Shows Steepest Drop In Over 30 Years In November (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) - Indicating substantial weakness in the labor market, employment fell by much more than economists had anticipated in the month of November.
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12/05/2008
Stocks See Initial Weakness On Disappointing Employment Data - U.S. Commentary (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) - With traders reacting to weaker than expected employment data, stocks showed a notable decline at the start of trading on Friday. The major averages moved sharply lower, extending the steep downward moves that were seen in late in the previous session.
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12/05/2008
Employment Fell By 533,000 Jobs In November (Nasdaq)
(RTTNews) - Indicating substantial weakness in the labor market, employment fell by much more than economists had anticipated in the month of November, according to a report released by the Department of Labor on Friday.
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12/05/2008
US pre-open: Traders wait for employment report (ShareCast via Yahoo! UK & Ireland Finance)
US stocks are seen lower as traders wait for the monthly employment figures.
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12/05/2008
Investors brace for November employment report (The Star-Ledger)
Wall Street was on edge this morning as investors waited to learn how many jobs were lost as employers slashed their payrolls in November. Stock index futures were trading moderately lower. The Labor Department's monthly employment report is expected to...
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12/05/2008
Employment cloud sends stocks lower (The Washington Times)
NEW YORK | A period of relative calm on Wall Street ended Thursday as stocks tumbled in the final hour of trading on growing investor anxiety about the government's November employment report.
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12/05/2008
Swedish government announces $1 billion employment and economic stimulus package (Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune)
STOCKHOLM, Sweden - The Swedish government announced Friday an 8.3 billion kronor ($1.01 billion) economic package to stimulate employment and infrastructure development amid the global financial crisis.
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