Australia’s consumer confidence falls
August 15th, 2012 - 3:25 pm ICT by IANS
Sydney, Aug 15 (IANS) The confidence of Australian consumers has fallen despite some positive economic news over the past month, a survey released Wednesday showed.The survey was released by Westpac ... Read more...
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US stocks rebound to start week
May 22nd, 2012 - 2:49 am ICT by IANS
New York, May 22 (IANS) US stocks rebounded Monday after major indexes suffered their worst weekly losses in the previous week.Investors were wary after leaders of eight industrial countries ... Read more...
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US stocks trim losses despite weak data (Lead)
May 2nd, 2012 - 11:59 pm ICT by IANS
New York, May 2 (IANS) US stocks trimmed early losses and traded mixed Wednesday even after weak reports on both private jobs and durable goods orders.Major indexes opened lower after ... Read more...
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US stocks rally on housing data
April 27th, 2012 - 6:34 am ICT by IANS
New York, April 27 (IANS) US stocks extended rally Thursday as the housing data came in better than expected, offsetting a weak jobs report and some disappointing earnings.The Dow Jones ... Read more...
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US stocks trim losses amid Spain concern
March 30th, 2012 - 4:06 am ICT by IANS
New York, March 30 (IANS) US stocks trimmed early losses and ended the session mixed Thursday as investors weighed debt problems in Spain against positive domestic economic data.The Dow Jones ... Read more...
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US stocks fall
March 29th, 2012 - 7:06 am ICT by IANS
New York, March 29 (IANS) US stocks ended lower Wednesday as investors found little reason to push stocks a step higher amid a disappointing durable order report.The Dow Jones industrial ... Read more...
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US stocks drop on global economic concerns (Lead)
March 23rd, 2012 - 12:00 am ICT by IANS
New York, March 22 (IANS) US stocks dropped Thursday as concerns over a global economic slowdown weighed on the market, overshadowing the fact that the jobs market was still steadily ... Read more...
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US stocks end higher on positive jobs report (Lead)
March 10th, 2012 - 7:47 am ICT by IANS
New York, March 10 (IANS) US stocks ended higher Friday as investors embraced a positive non-farm payroll report.The Dow Jones industrial average gained 14.08 points, or 0.11 percent, at 12,922.02. ... Read more...
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US stocks jump on encouraging jobs data (Lead)
February 24th, 2012 - 8:19 am ICT by IANS
New York, Feb 24 (IANS) US stocks jumped Thursday after government report showed that the jobs market was steadily improving.The Dow Jones industrial average gained 46.02 points, or 0.36 percent, ... Read more...
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US stocks higher on positive jobs data
February 24th, 2012 - 2:12 am ICT by IANS
New York, Feb 24 (IANS) US stocks jumped Thursday after a government report showed the jobs market was steadily improving.According to the US Labor Department, the number of people applying ... Read more...
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China’s Purchasing Managers Index rises in January (Lead)
February 1st, 2012 - 3:12 pm ICT by IANS
Beijing, Feb 1 (IANS) China's Purchasing Managers Index (PMI), a preliminary readout of the country's manufacturing activity, rose to 50.5 percent in January, the highest level since October last year, ... Read more...
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US stocks mixed amid thin trading (Lead)
December 28th, 2011 - 6:00 am ICT by IANS
New York, Dec 28 (IANS) US stocks ended narrowly mixed amid thin trading Tuesday, the first trading session after the Christmas Holiday, Xinhua reported.Major indexes went higher in early trading ... Read more...
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US stocks end lower in holiday-shortened session
November 26th, 2011 - 2:22 am ICT by IANS
New York, Nov 26 (IANS) US stocks ended lower Friday, with the S&P; 500 and the Nasdaq falling for the seventh straight day, as market sentiment was still heavily weighed ... Read more...
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US stocks rebound from plunge
August 9th, 2011 - 11:06 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Aug 9 (IANS) US stocks rebounded Tuesday from a full-day selloff with three major indexes jumping over one percent, Xinhua reported.After a historic downgrade of US credit rating ... Read more...
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US stocks rebound on upbeat jobs data
July 29th, 2011 - 3:20 am ICT by IANS
New York, July 29 (IANS) US stocks rebounded Thursday after the government released upbeat jobs data, Xinhua reported.The Labor Department said before the opening bell that people applying for jobless ... Read more...
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Wall Street up on strong corporate earnings
July 16th, 2011 - 4:29 am ICT by IANS
New York, July 16 (IANS) US stocks ended higher Friday as better-than-expected earnings from Google and Citigroup offset concerns over US debt situations, Xinhua reported.The rating agency Standard & Poor's ... Read more...
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US manufacturing remains healthy
May 3rd, 2011 - 11:03 am ICT by IANS
New York, May 3 (IANS/EFE) Growth in the US manufacturing sector slowed slightly last month, but remains healthy, the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) said Monday.While the ISM index fell ... Read more...
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PM calls for increasing health spending to five percent
March 18th, 2011 - 12:55 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, March 18 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Friday said public spending on health needs to be increased from the less than two percent right now to five ... Read more...
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Discrimination increases health problems in obese people
March 4th, 2011 - 1:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 4 (ANI): Scientists have suggested that the discrimination that obese people feel, whether it is poor service at a restaurant or being treated differently in the workplace, may have a ... Read more...
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First-ever ‘conception’ recorded on Twitter!
March 10th, 2010 - 6:14 pm ICT by ANI
Melbourne, Mar 9 (ANI): A best man's prank turned out to be an embarrassing internet extravaganza for a newlywed couple, after intimate details of them conceiving a baby were Tweeted live from ... Read more...
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Harry amongst most popular names in UK, courtesy royal birth
February 17th, 2010 - 1:49 pm ICT by ANI
London, February 17 (ANI): Experts have observed a 12-fold increase in the number of babies named Harry in the 16 years after Prince Harry's birth.The use of his older brother William's name ... Read more...
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US stocks rebound on Fed’s economic assessment
January 28th, 2010 - 6:03 am ICT by IANS
New York, Jan 28 (IANS) US stocks secured gains after fluctuating most of the session Wednesday as Fed's latest assessment on economy boosted market sentiment.
Fed decided to keep the key interest ... Read more...
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How media deflates fat women’s self-esteem, inflates skinny females’
October 14th, 2009 - 2:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Oct 14 (ANI): A new research has revealed that the self-esteem of overweight women goes down when they view photographs of models of any size, while underweight women's esteem increases.The new ... Read more...
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Fatness can lead to ‘brain shrinkage’
August 24th, 2009 - 12:00 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 24 (ANI): A new study from University of California in Los Angeles suggests that piling on the pounds can shrink brains of older people, making them more vulnerable to cognitive ... Read more...
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Coal price index to be launched in July
June 30th, 2009 - 7:48 pm ICT by IANS
Bhubaneswar, June 30 (IANS) India will soon get a coal index to track the coal price movement in the country.
India's leading e-commerce company Mjunction Services Ltd will launch the index in ... Read more...
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Standard and Poor’s launches Canadian sharia-compliant index
May 28th, 2009 - 4:15 pm ICT by ANI
Ottawa (Canada), May 28 (ANI): Standard and Poor's is launching a Canadian stock index to give investors who follow Islamic law a guide to the country's equity market.According to the Globe and ... Read more...
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Wall Street falls as housing sector tumbles
May 19th, 2009 - 10:27 pm ICT by IANS
New York, May 19 (Xinhua) The Wall Street opened lower Tuesday as the record plunge of the housing sector in April overshadowed the better-than-expected earnings of the Home Depot.
The US Commerce Department ... Read more...
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Men with ring fingers longer than indexes run faster
March 14th, 2009 - 1:21 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Mar 14 (ANI): Men with ring fingers longer than their index fingers run faster, due to testosterone levels, says a new study.Researchers from Southampton University have linked finger-length ratios to ... Read more...
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US stocks tumble on GM fate, financial woes
March 6th, 2009 - 6:42 am ICT by IANS
New York, March 6 (Xinhua) US stocks tumbled with all major indexes losing more than fourpercent Thursday as market speculated that General Motors may face bankruptcy and financial shares sank on downgrading ... Read more...
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Wall Street plummets amid global sell-off
March 3rd, 2009 - 4:09 am ICT by IANS
New York, March 3 (Xinhua) Wall Street plunged Monday with the Dow Jones average dropping almost 300 points to go below 7,800 amid global sell-off. All major indexes plunged more than 3 ... Read more...
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US stocks fall on shrinking economy, disappointing earnings
January 31st, 2009 - 3:34 am ICT by IANS
New York, Jan 31 (Xinhua) US stocks fell for a second session Friday morning as US gross domestic product (GDP) fell by the highest rate in 27 years and disappointing earnings added ... Read more...
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Wall Street rebounds, boosted by banking giants
January 17th, 2009 - 12:27 am ICT by IANS
New York, Jan 16 (Xinhua) Wall Street perked up Friday, as upbeat news from Bank of America and Citigroup boosted market sentiment. Concerns about the health of the banking system were eased, ... Read more...
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Wall Street surges after two-day fall
November 22nd, 2008 - 8:09 am ICT by IANS
New York, Nov 21 (Xinhua) Wall Street rallied Friday after reports that US president-elect Barack Obama plans to name New York Federal Reserve President Timothy Geithner as treasury secretary.All major indexes jumped ... Read more...
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Indians in US make money fast, slow to assimilate: study
May 29th, 2008 - 7:42 pm ICT by admin
New York, May 29 (IANS) Indian immigrants in the US quickly assimilate with society economically but are slow to do so culturally and in civic matters, a new report has found. In ... Read more...
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Obese men, not women, prone to osteoarthritis: study
May 28th, 2008 - 1:21 pm ICT by admin
New York, May 28 (IANS) Obese men - but not women - are more prone to osteoarthritis of both hip and knee and may require hip replacement, according to a new study. ... Read more...
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