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• Stocks end week lower after US jobs data leaves Fed move unclear - Reuters

  04-09-2015 23:49 via
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  Stocks end week lower after US jobs data leaves Fed move unclear
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  NEW YORK Stocks on major markets fell on Friday, closing out another tough week for equity markets, after the monthly U.S. employment report failed to provide a clear signal on the likelihood of the first Federal Reserve interest rate rise for nearly a ...and more »
  

• Mixed Jobs Report Adds Uncertainty To Fed Interest Rate Debate - NPR

  04-09-2015 22:35 via
  Mixed Jobs Report Adds Uncertainty To Fed Interest Rate Debate
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  The August jobs report boosted uncertainty about the Federal Reserve plan to raise interest rates. Employers added 173,000 jobs — fewer than expected — but the unemployment rate fell to 5.1 percent.
  

• Dow tumbles 273 points on jobs report - USA TODAY

  04-09-2015 22:35 via
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  Dow tumbles 273 points on jobs report
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  Stocks tumbled on Wall Street Friday as investors reacted to the August jobs report -- the last monthly employment picture before the Federal Reserve's key mid-September meeting on interest rates -- which produced less new jobs than expected but the ...
  Dow briefly plunges 2% as stocks extended losses; financials lagCNBC
  Dow sinks more than 300 points as jobs report intensifies rate debateMarketWatch
  Crucial Jobs Report Is Once Agai
  

• Stock Market Turmoil: Dow Drops 272 Points After Opaque Jobs Report - NBCNews.com

  04-09-2015 22:17 via
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  Stock Market Turmoil: Dow Drops 272 Points After Opaque Jobs Report
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  U.S. stocks closed lower Friday after a mixed jobs report gave investors few clues about the Federal Reserve next move on interest rates. It was the second-worst week for the market so far this year. At the close, the Dow Jones industrial average fell ...and more »
  

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• New Film Asks: Were Steve Jobs' Flaws Uploaded To His Machines? - NPR

  04-09-2015 21:29 via
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  New Film Asks: Were Steve Jobs' Flaws Uploaded To His Machines?
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  Steve Jobs: The Man in the Machine hits theaters today. Academy Award-winning director Alex Gibney's documentary joins a growing list of biopics and biographies that have come out since Jobs' death in 2011. But, it adds a new perspective on the ...
  New Steve Jobs doc examines the myth of the man who made AppleEngadget
  An inside look at the myth-busting Steve Jobs documentaryFortune
  An interview with Alex Gibney, direct
  

• Sharp Drop for the Market After a Mixed Jobs Report - New York Times

  04-09-2015 20:49 via
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  Sharp Drop for the Market After a Mixed Jobs Report
  New York Times
  It's an old adage that investors hate uncertainty. Unfortunately for them, they got more of it on Friday. The stock market has been volatile for weeks on concern that China's economy is slowing more rapidly than previously thought, but investors have ...
  US stocks drop; mixed jobs report clouds rate outlookYour News Nowall 12 news articles »
  

• Wall St. drops as jobs data leaves Fed-watchers hanging - Reuters

  04-09-2015 20:39 via
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  Wall St. drops as jobs data leaves Fed-watchers hanging
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  U.S. stock indexes dropped almost 2 percent on Friday as a mixed August jobs report did little to quell investor uncertainty about whether the Federal Reserve will increase interest rates this month. Trepidation about the first U.S. rate hike in almost ...
  Dow briefly plunges 2% as stocks extended losses; financials lagCNBC
  Dow sinks more than 300 points as jobs report intensifies rate debateMarketWatchall 470 news articles
  

• Gross: Jobs number sufficient to hike this year - CNBC

  04-09-2015 19:55 via
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  Gross: Jobs number sufficient to hike this year
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  August's job number is sufficient proof enough for the Fed to raise interest rates in either September or December, Bill Gross said Friday. (Tweet This). "The jobs number was mediocre, but decent, and probably in terms of Janet Yellen and the Fed ...and more »
  

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• Are There Enough Jobs? Depends Who You Ask. - Huffington Post

  04-09-2015 19:55 via
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  Are There Enough Jobs? Depends Who You Ask.
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  Steady job growth in August does little to change a heated debate over the health of the economy. Headshot of Daniel Marans. Daniel Marans Reporter, The Huffington Post. Posted: 09/04/2015 01:51 PM EDT | Edited: 2 hours ago.
  

• Movie Review: 'Steve Jobs: The Man In The Machine' - NPR

  04-09-2015 19:47 via
  Movie Review: 'Steve Jobs: The Man In The Machine'
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  Oscar-winning documentarian Alex Gibney has a new subject. After films on Enron, Scientology and WikiLeaks, he examines the life of Steve Jobs, one of technology's most influential figures. RENEE MONTAGNE, HOST: Oscar-winning documentarian Alex ...
  

• 6 great jobs for smart people who don't want to work too hard - Business Insider

  04-09-2015 19:19 via
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  6 great jobs for smart people who don't want to work too hard
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  Here are a few of the big brands who were caught napping by the Chrome... The 10 things in advertising you need to know today · I tried Shake Shack and In-N-Out side by side — and it's clear which... The long, strange history of Lululemon, North ...and more »
  

• Dow plunges more than 200 points after jobs data - USA TODAY

  04-09-2015 18:52 via
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  Dow plunges more than 200 points after jobs data
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  Stocks are plunging on Wall Street Friday as investors react to the August jobs report -- the last reading on the employment picture before the Federal Reserve's key mid-September meeting on interest rates -- which produced less new jobs than expected ...
  Jobs Report Gives Ammunition to Both Sides of Fed Rate DebateNew York Times
  Employment report: US added 173K jobs in AugustCBS News
  Mixed Jobs Report Sets Fed Up for Clo
  

• 3 reasons the weak jobs report is even worse than you think - Fortune

  04-09-2015 18:26 via
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  3 reasons the weak jobs report is even worse than you think
  Fortune
  We're screwed. I've done a deep dive into the jobs report and here's my conclusion: We're screwed. Totally and utterly screwed. You wouldn't know it from Twitter or from much of the analysis on the report Friday morning. One Fed governor even called ...
  US employers add 173K jobs in August; rate fallsDetroit Free Press
  Chart of the Day: Net New Jobs in AugustMother Jones
  Wall Street: Will jobs data outweigh China fears?
  

• Employers added 173000 jobs in Aug., jobless rates falls to 5.1% - USA TODAY

  04-09-2015 18:13 via
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  Employers added 173000 jobs in Aug., jobless rates falls to 5.1%
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  Payroll growth slowed in August as employers added 173,000 jobs in a key report that could help the Federal Reserve decide whether to raise interest rates later this month. The unemployment rate, which is calculated from a separate survey of households ...
  Jobs Report Gives Ammunition to Both Sides of Fed Rate DebateNew York Times
  Employment report: US added 173K jobs in AugustCBS News
  Mixed Jobs Report Sets Fe
  

• Oil jobs keep falling - Chron.com (blog)

  04-09-2015 17:39 via
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  Oil jobs keep falling
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  WASHINGTON — Oil and gas companies, and the service firms that support them, laid off 8,300 workers in August as crude prices continued their deep decline. The gloomy scene for the oil sector contrasted with the United States' broader jobs picture, as ...and more »
  

• Bernie Sanders says new jobs are lousy - CNNMoney

  04-09-2015 17:36 via
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  Bernie Sanders says new jobs are lousy
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  The unemployment rate is down to 5.1%, and the nation has more than recovered all the jobs it lost during the Great Recession. But Bernie Sanders is arguing that those jobs aren't very good. On Twitter this week, the Democratic presidential candidate ...and more »
  

• Did It Just Get More Difficult to Be a Recruiter at Amazon?

  04-09-2015 16:55 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Now that the dust has settled regarding the New York Times exposé of what it's like to work at Amazon, did it just get more difficult to be a recruiter at Amazon?The Times piece, which ran a few weeks ago, made the online merchandiser out to be a scary place to work. Amazon was portrayed as the kind of place where long hours are ...
  
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• Forget Entrepreneurs — Let's Get 'Intrapreneurial'

  04-09-2015 16:21 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  "We live in an age of entrepreneurship and imagination," said Menlo Innovations CEO Rich Sheridan at a Google for Entrepreneurs Hangout last year.One would be a fool to argue with Sheridan on this point. Research suggests that more Americans are becoming entrepreneurs than ever before, ...
  
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• Today's Utterly Meaningless, Extremely Important Jobs Report - Slate Magazine (blog)

  04-09-2015 15:53 via
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  Today's Utterly Meaningless, Extremely Important Jobs Report
  Slate Magazine (blog)
  Today's jobs report was, on its face, decent but not spectacular. The good: The unemployment rate fell to 5.1 percent in August while labor force participation held steady. Hourly pay for private sector workers was up 2.2 percent year over year, which ...
  Employers added 173000 new jobs in AugustVox
  The US economy created 173000 jobs in AugustThe Week Magazineall 47 news articles »
  

• Jobs Growth Is Weak but Will Fed Still Raise Rates? - TheStreet.com

  04-09-2015 15:53 via
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  Jobs Growth Is Weak but Will Fed Still Raise Rates?
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  NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Jobs growth was unexpectedly weak in August, raising more questions about whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates later this month. Friday's report showed 173,000 jobs were created last month, far below from the ...and more »
  

• Canada's Economy Unexpectedly Adds Jobs in August on Services - Bloomberg

  04-09-2015 15:37 via
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  Canada's Economy Unexpectedly Adds Jobs in August on Services
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  Canada's economy unexpectedly added jobs in August, mostly full-time work in services such as education and health care, in another sign of sustained momentum in a labor market that has defied the oil price shock. Canadian employment grew by 12,000 ...
  Jobs growth points to economic resurgence in third quarterThe Globe and Mail (subscription)
  Parties clash over meaning of August jobs numbers for economic futu
  

• Aug jobs highlight reason for stock slump: Paulsen - CNBC

  04-09-2015 15:37 via
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  Aug jobs highlight reason for stock slump: Paulsen
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  What's being perceived as a rather strong government employment report for August may usher in a sea-change on Wall Street that could pressure stocks even further, closely followed market watcher Jim Paulsen said Friday. The chief investment strategist ...and more »
  

• U.S. employers add 173000 jobs in August - fox5sandiego.com

  04-09-2015 15:36 via
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  U.S. employers add 173000 jobs in August
  fox5sandiego.com
  U.S. Employers added 173,000 jobs in August, dropping the unemployment rate to 5.1%, according to the Labor Department. The rate feel from 5.3%, its lowest level since April 2008. Despite the drop, the number of jobs added was less than projected and ...and more »
  

• Jobless rate falls to lowest since the recovery began - Fortune

  04-09-2015 15:22 via
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  Jobless rate falls to lowest since the recovery began
  Fortune
  Yet we're seeing no recovery in wage growth or labor force participation. The U.S. economy added 173,000 jobs in August, while the unemployment fell to 5.1%, according to a report released Friday by the Labor Department. The total number of new non ...
  

• Dow futures briefly fall 250 points after jobs number miss, wages tick up - CNBC

  04-09-2015 15:11 via
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  Dow futures briefly fall 250 points after jobs number miss, wages tick up
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  U.S. stock index futures pointed to a sharply lower open on Friday as traders digested nonfarm payrolls that missed on the headline number but beat expectations on key unemployment and wage indicators. "I think the report is stronger than the headline.and more »
  

• Longer-dated bond yields lower after jobs report - CNBC

  04-09-2015 15:00 via
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  Longer-dated bond yields lower after jobs report
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  U.S. sovereign bonds prices traded back and forth on Friday amid the release of nonfarm payrolls, the final read on labor markets before the Federal Reserve makes a decision on interest rates at its next policy meeting in about two weeks. As investors ...and more »
  

• US gains 173000 jobs in August; unemployment 5.1% - MarketWatch

  04-09-2015 14:30 via
  US gains 173000 jobs in August; unemployment 5.1%
  MarketWatch
  WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - The U.S. economy created a modest 173,000 new jobs in August to mark the smallest gain in five months, but the unemployment rate fell to 5.1% from 5.3%, the government said Friday. That's the lowest level since April 2008.
  

• Here's what's so stupid about obsessing over today's jobs report - Business Insider

  04-09-2015 13:55 via
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  Here's what's so stupid about obsessing over today's jobs report
  Business Insider
  Since this could potentially be the final major economic data point before the Federal Reserve decides whether or not to raise interest rates for the first time in 9 years at its September meeting, people are making a really big deal over this report ...and more »
  

• Global stock markets sink ahead of crucial jobs data - Detroit Free Press

  04-09-2015 13:53 via
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  Global stock markets sink ahead of crucial jobs data
  Detroit Free Press
  Global stock markets fell sharply today ahead of the release of monthly U.S. jobs figures that could well determine whether the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates later this month — a prospect that's unnerving investors at a time when markets ...
  Global stock markets sink ahead of US jobs reportLos Angeles Times
  Tokyo leads Asia stock markets lower ahead of US jobs reportYahoo Newsall 284 news
  

• The one reason Goldman Sachs thinks Friday's jobs report could be massive - Business Insider

  04-09-2015 12:42 via
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  The one reason Goldman Sachs thinks Friday's jobs report could be massive
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  There's one reason Goldman Sachs thinks Friday's jobs report could be huge: There are tons of jobs available. In a note to clients ahead of the report, Goldman economist Chris Mischaikow writes that the availability of jobs is a factor pointing toward ...and more »
  

• Asia Stocks Extend Decline Ahead of US Jobs Report - Wall Street Journal

  04-09-2015 09:19 via
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  Asia Stocks Extend Decline Ahead of US Jobs Report
  Wall Street Journal
  Selling shifted to Japan and Australia this week, where stocks were among Asia's worst performing, while China's market—recently the center of a global selloff—came out relatively unscathed, helped by a shortened trading week and government-led ...
  Nerves ahead of US jobs bring down Asian stocksCNBC
  Global stocks slide, dollar flat after unconvincing jobs dataYahoo Finance UKall 455 news artic
  

• Solar energy spurs 'thousands' of jobs in Delaware - The News Journal

  04-09-2015 02:12 via
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  Solar energy spurs 'thousands' of jobs in Delaware
  The News Journal
  Delaware's solar energy policies have created thousands of jobs in the state, according to speakers at a Thursday press conference. “The amazing part of Delaware's progressive solar policy is the employment,” said William Rawheiser, president of ...
  NC No. 5 Clean Energy Jobs CreationNorth Carolina News Networkall 96 news articles »
  

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