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Housing: Sales of existing home sales fell 5.1% in June from May levels, according to a report from the National Association of Realtors released Thursday. But the drop was smaller than expected. Sales rose nearly 10% from a year earlier.
Jobs: The House voted to extend jobless claims benefits
07.22.2010| Breaking News | TonyLiu
U.S. labor market has shown modest improvement in the first half of 2010, but the pace of hiring to date has not been sufficient to bring about a significant reduction in the unemployment rate, the Federal Reserve said on Wednesday.
"On average, private-sector employment rose 100,000 per mo
07.21.2010| Breaking News | TonyLiu
The U.S. Senate voted on Wednesday to extend unemployment benefits for millions of Americans who are out of work for more than six months.
The Senate approved the bill by a vote of 59 to 39, with two Republicans breaking the party line to vote for the measure.
The bill, with a pric
07.21.2010| Breaking News | TonyLiu
Early part of the Dow rose 35 points, down nearly 113 points at noon, or 106 points to 10,123 points, the Nasdaq fell 25 points to 2197 points, S & P 500 index fell 11 points to 1071 points; Britain, France shares rise between 0.4 to 1.5 percent, 10-year U.S. bond yield fell to 2.92 from 2.94 PC
07.21.2010| Breaking News | TonyLiu
European stock markets rose Wednesday, mining stocks led the gains again, New York main oil futures prices fell 1.3% to close at 76.56 U.S. dollars a barrel, Gold futures prices were flat.
world's major stock markets closed list
Dow Jones 10116.89-1.11%
The Nasdaq Composite Index 2189.11-1.50
07.21.2010| Breaking News | TonyLiu
EST at 16 o'clock on the July 21, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 109.43 points to close at 10,120.53 points, down 1.07%; the Nasdaq composite index fell 35.16 points to close at 2,187.33 points, down 1.58%; Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 13.89 points to close at 1,069.59 points, down 1.
07.21.2010| Breaking News | TonyLiu
Construction of new homes and apartments in the United States fell in June to the lowest level since October following the expiration of a government tax incentive, the Commerce Department said on Tuesday.
Housing starts in June dropped 5 percent from a month earlier to a seasonally adjusted
07.21.2010| Breaking News | TonyLiu
At least two people were killed and another two wounded by a group of unidentified gunmen before explosions rocked a hydro-electric station in Russia's North Caucasus region on Wednesday, news agencies reported.
The gunmen, believed to be militant fighters, entered the station at 04:20 a.m. M
07.21.2010| Breaking News | TonyLiu
British Prime Minister David Cameron is visiting Washington. His tour might help quench "the fire" triggered by the British Petroleum (BP) in the Gulf of Mexico, but seems less possible to rebalance its so-called special relationship with the United States.
Cameron paid his first official v
07.21.2010| Breaking News | TonyLiu
The Commerce Department reported housing starts in June fell by 5% figure, the fell was higher than expected; annualized figure fell to 549,000 units by seasonally adjusting, the market is expected to decline 3.2%, building permits increased, building permits last month, an increase of 2.1%, the num
07.21.2010| Breaking News | TonyLiu
U.S. stocks closed higher Tuesday; speculation that the Fed will take additional measures to boost economic growth, and the Apple has high hopes for upcoming earnings.
At 4:00 p.m. on the July 20 EST, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 75.61 points to close at 10,230.04 points, or 0.74%; the N
07.21.2010| Breaking News | TonyLiu