Thursday, October 08, 2009
Initial unemployment claim filings tumble 33,000 in the latest week, to 521,000, the government says, the lowest level since January.
Initial unemployment claim filings tumble 33,000 in the latest week,
to 521,000, the government says, the lowest level since January.
Breaking News: Mueller wins Nobel Prize in literature
STOCKHOLM -- Romanian-born German writer Herta Mueller has the won the
2009 Nobel Prize in literature. The Swedish Academy said that Mueller
"who with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose,
depicts the landscape of the dispossessed."
Wednesday, October 07, 2009
Alcoa, the first Dow component to report 3rd-quarter results, posts a surprise profit and says it's 'weathering the economic storm.'
Alcoa, the first Dow component to report 3rd-quarter results, posts a
surprise profit and says it's 'weathering the economic storm.'
Gold settles at an all-time record of $1,044.40 an ounce, as inflation fears weigh on investors.
Gold settles at an all-time record of $1,044.40 an ounce, as inflation
fears weigh on investors.
Tuesday, October 06, 2009
Gold closes at record high of $1,039.70 an ounce on perceived flight to safety due to concerns over weak dollar.
Gold closes at record high of $1,039.70 an ounce on perceived flight
to safety due to concerns over weak dollar.
Officials deny plans to drop dollar from oil price
Foreign financial officials dismiss a British newspaper report that
said oil exporters, China and other nations are planning to put an end
to dollar-based trading in the oil market.
Breaking News: Three share Nobel Prize in Physics
STOCKHOLM -- The 2009 Nobel Prize in physics has been awarded to
Charles K. Kao, Willard S. Boyle and George E. Smith for breakthroughs
involving the transmission of light in fiber optics and inventing an
imaging semiconductor circuit, the Associated Press reports. The Royal
Swedish Academy of Sciences said all three have American citizenship.
Monday, October 05, 2009
ISM gauge of U.S. services sector tops 50% mark -- best reading since May 2008
ISM gauge of U.S. services sector tops 50% mark -- best reading since May 2008
10/5/2009 10:02:01 AM EDT
