BEIJING (Reuters) - China's 2010 inflation goal of 3 percent is tough but achievable, with good grain supplies and excess capacity helping keep prices down, while growth should hit 8 or 9 percent, senior government advisers told a conference on Saturday. The ...
The four large U.S. cities that have made it through the Great Recession with the smallest increases in unemployment, Minneapolis, Oklahoma City, Buffalo and Rochester, New York, don't have much else in common. But a government report shows they've had the smallest ...
The Final Four: The four large cities that best weathered the recession Call them the Final Four: The four large cities that have made it through the Great Recession with the smallest increases in unemployment. Minneapolis, Buffalo, Oklahoma City and Rochester, N.Y., ...
Business events and economic reports scheduled for the coming week SATURDAY, March 20 LONDON — Strikes set to begin for BA cabin crew MONDAY, March 22 NEW YORK — Tiffany & Co. releases quarterly financial results. BRUSSELS — ECB's Trichet at European ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Unemployment rates in 363 U.S. metropolitan areas rose in January, and 346 areas reported year-on-year declines in their number of jobs, the Labor Department said on Friday. Nearly 200 metropolitan areas reported jobless rates of at least 10 percent ...
RI unemployment rate unchanged at 12.7 percent in February, still outpaces national average The unemployment rate in Rhode Island held steady at 12.7 percent in February, and the number of state residents with jobs increaed by 1,600 from the month before. The ...
Europe's main stock markets advanced on Friday, with London boosted by British state-rescued bank Lloyds' forecast of a return to profit in 2010 after two years of losses. In late morning trade, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index gained 0.63 percent to 5,678.21 ...
Utah's unemployment rate rises to 7.1 percent in February, highest mark since 1984 Utah's unemployment rate rose to 7.1 percent in February, the highest since 1984, the state Department of Workforce Services said Thursday. The figure means 95,300 people in Utah were ...
Pa. employers shed 16,000 jobs in Feb.; jobless rate rises to 8.9 pct, highest point since '84 Pennsylvania employers continued to reduce payrolls last month as the state's unemployment rate rose slightly to its highest point in a quarter century. The state ...
Summary Box: Stock market ends mixed on uneven economic numbers; Dow advances for 8th day DOW EXTENDS ITS RUN: The Dow Jones industrial average rose for the eighth straight day, its longest streak of gains since August. A SLOW REBOUND: The Labor ...
