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Video: Stocks Drop, Oil Rally Drives Down Transportation Shares

by on April 8, 2011

April 8 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg’s Deborah Kostroun reports on the performance of the U.S. equity market today. U.S. stocks fell, preventing the third straight weekly gain for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, as oil’s rally to a 30-month high drove down transportation shares and investors speculated the federal government may shut for the first time since 1996. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Copper In New York Gains To Record As China Raises Rates To Ease Inflation

by on December 27, 2010

Copper in New York climbed to a record and Shanghai gained after China raised interest rates for the second time since mid-October, spurring expectations that the government may refrain from further tightening measures in the short term.

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Ten Economic Questions For 2011

December 20, 2010

Just some questions looking forward to next year: 1) House Prices: How much further will house prices fall on the national repeat sales indexes (Case-Shiller, CoreLogic)? Will house prices bottom in 2011? 2) Residential Investment: It appears residential investment (RI) bottomed in 2010, and will probably make a positive contribution to GDP growth in 2011 for the first time since 2005.

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Video: Barshefsky Says G20 Must Address Yuan Issue `Head-On’: Video

October 19, 2010

Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) — Former U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky discusses the outlook for China’s currency policy and a U.S. investigation of Chinese subsidies of green-energy projects. China unexpectedly raised its benchmark lending and deposit rates for the first time since 2007 ahead of data that may show inflation accelerated to the fastest pace in almost two years. Barshefsky speaks with Margaret Brennan on Bloomberg Television’s “InBusiness.” (Source: Bloomberg)

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Video: Barshefsky Says G20 Must Address Yuan Issue `Head-On’: Video

October 19, 2010

Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) — Former U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky discusses the outlook for China’s currency policy and a U.S. investigation of Chinese subsidies of green-energy projects. China unexpectedly raised its benchmark lending and deposit rates for the first time since 2007 ahead of data that may show inflation accelerated to the fastest pace in almost two years. Barshefsky speaks with Margaret Brennan on Bloomberg Television’s “InBusiness.” (Source: Bloomberg)

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Video: Magnus Says China May Keep Raising Rates on Inflation: Video

October 19, 2010

Oct. 19 (Bloomberg) — George Magnus, senior economic adviser at UBS AG, discusses the decision by the People’s Bank of China to raise its benchmark lending and deposit rates for the first time since 2007. The increase in the one-year lending rate to 5.56 percent from 5.31 percent, effective tomorrow, came ahead of data that may show China’s inflation accelerated to the fastest pace in almost two years. Magnus speaks with Deirdre Bolton on Bloomberg Television’s “InsideTrack.” (Source: Bloomberg)

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Video: Stocks Rise as Dow Tops 11,000 for First Time Since May: Video

October 8, 2010

Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg’s Elizabeth Faublas reports on the performance of the U.S. equity market today. U.S. stocks gained, sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average above 11,000 for the first time since before the May 6 crash, as worse-than-estimated jobs data raised speculation the Federal Reserve will enact stimulus measures. Bloomberg’s Pimm Fox also speaks. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Video: Japan Intervenes for First Time Since ’04 to Rein in Yen: Video

September 14, 2010

Sept. 15 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg’s Mike Firn reports from Tokyo about Japan’s intervention in the foreign-exchange market for the first time since 2004 to curbe a surge in the yen that threatens an export-led recovery. Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda told reporters in Tokyo that the move was unilateral. Bloomberg’s Mark Barton also speaks. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Europe Ahead: UK inflation to drop below the upper limit for the first time since February

September 12, 2010

Europe Ahead: UK inflation to drop below the upper limit for the first time since February

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Video: CBRE’s Marks Sees Retail Growth During Holiday Season: Video

September 8, 2010

Sept. 8 (Bloomberg) — Abigail Marks, an economist at CBRE Econometric Advisors, talks with Bloomberg’s Mark Crumpton about the outlook for U.S. retail space availability and the holiday shopping season. Space available for lease at U.S. local retail centers will decline next year for the first time since 2005 as consumer spending rises, according to CB Richard Ellis Group Inc. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Video: Gardiner Says U.K. Election Will Directly Impact U.S.: Video

May 6, 2010

May 6 (Bloomberg) — Nile Gardiner, director of the Thatcher Center for Freedom at the Heritage Foundation and former adviser to Margaret Thatcher, talks with Bloomberg’s Mark Crumpton and Lori Rothman about the outlook for the U.K. elections. Britain votes today in an election that polls show may produce no parliamentary majority for the first time since 1974, leaving the fate of Prime Minister Gordon Brown and Conservative David Cameron with the Liberal Democrats. (Source: Bloomberg)

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Unemployment rates in News Zealand declined for the first time since the fourth quarter of 2007

May 6, 2010

Unemployment rates in News Zealand declined for the first time since the fourth quarter of 2007

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Largest Publicly Traded CRE Brokerages Announce Healthy Quarterly Gains in Transactions, Revenues

May 4, 2010

In a strong sign that commercial real estate brokers and other property professionals are seeing a welcome return of leasing and sales activity higher than at any other time since the recession, Jones Lang LaSalle (NYSE: JLL) and CB Richard Ellis (NYSE…

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Google Payroll Shrinks For First Time In 2009

February 17, 2010

If you thought that Google (GOOG) was immune to the sluggish economy in 2009, think again. Buried deep in the 10-K that the company filed late Friday was an interesting disclosure: Google’s headcount actually shrunk in 2009 for the first time since the company has been public (and most likely for the first time ever, given Google’s growth spurt).

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Google Payroll Shrinks For First Time In 2009

February 17, 2010

If you thought that Google (GOOG) was immune to the sluggish economy in 2009, think again. Buried deep in the 10-K that the company filed late Friday was an interesting disclosure: Google’s headcount actually shrunk in 2009 for the first time since the company has been public (and most likely for the first time ever, given Google’s growth spurt).

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Video: U.S. Stocks Retreat on Concerns About Europe Finances: Video

February 8, 2010

Feb. 8 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg’s Deborah Kostroun reports on the performance of the U.S. equity market today. U.S. stocks slid and the Dow Jones Industrial Average closed below 10,000 for the first time since November amid concern that deteriorating European government finances will derail the economic recovery. (Source: Bloomberg)

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