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Market Moving Data Ahead: Options Outlook For The Week Of September 1
Tuesday, September 2, 2014 - 9:44am | 765Last week was bullish overall, but it reflected the year's lightest trading volume, and markets moved both up and down on small triggers. This week volumes are expected to rise; however, stability may not follow. This week brings data and events that could move the busier markets in volatile...
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ADP Says Private Sector Job Growth Surged In June
Wednesday, July 2, 2014 - 8:39am | 358ADP reported that the private sector job market improved strongly during the month of June. The report shows that private sector jobs surged by 281K jobs during the month, which was well above the consensus expectations for a gain of 206K as well as the data seen in the last five months. Last...
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ADP Employment Report Shows 119,000 New Jobs In April vs. Expectations of 150,000
Wednesday, May 1, 2013 - 9:12am | 514U.S. private employers added just 119,000 jobs, in data released Wednesday morning from ADP, the nation's largest processor of payrolls. This was the fewest number of new jobs added since September 2012. Economists were expecting 150,000 new jobs in the ADP report, and this followed a gain of 131...
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Earnings Expectations for the Week of April 29
Sunday, April 28, 2013 - 5:31pm | 1146First-quarter results from General Motors (NYSE: GM) will be one of the highlights on the earnings front this week. Analysts anticipate that the carmaker will say Thursday its revenue slipped about three percent from a year ago to $36.60 billion, but that earnings fell from $0.93 per share a year...
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Barron's Recap: Apple vs. Samsung
Sunday, November 18, 2012 - 1:07pm | 849This weekend in Barron's online: the world's two biggest smartphone makers spar in court, and the prospects for Lear, Leucadia, Sparton and Wyndham Worldwide. Cover Story "Grudge Match" by Kopin Tan. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung Electronics, the world's two biggest smartphone makers,...
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The Week Ahead: October Unemployment, Housing and Earnings
Monday, October 29, 2012 - 7:16am | 965The last week of October could prove to be significant for the markets. Notably, the final jobs report prior the U.S. Presidential election will be released at the end of the week, and the smaller employment reports (ADP, Challenger, etc.) will lead up to Friday's big release at 8:30 ET. A strongly...
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European PMI Falls More Than Expected
Wednesday, May 2, 2012 - 12:01pm | 228Markets declined today after the release of European PMI and ADP data that missed expectations. Markit's Eurozone Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index declined in April to its lowest level since 2009. April Eurozone unemployment rose by 169,000. EURO/USD dropped from a high of 1.323 this...
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End-of-Day Market Summary for October 5, 2011
Wednesday, October 5, 2011 - 4:03pm | 629This is your Benzinga news summary and traders' summary for Wednesday, October 5, 2011, covering headlines from Wednesday's trading session. Today at market close, the Dow Jones Index traded up about 131 points or 1.21%, the S&P 500 traded 1.78% higher, the Nasdaq Composite Index traded 2.32%...
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ADP Hacked
Wednesday, June 15, 2011 - 3:13pm | 266CNBC is reporting that payment processing company ADP (NYSE: ADP) has been hacked. ADP has issued a statement on the hack, which can be found here. From the press release: ROSELAND, N.J., June 15, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — Automatic Data Processing, Inc., today announced that it is investigating and...
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Private Sector Adds 32k Jobs In April
Wednesday, May 5, 2010 - 2:00pm | 112According to the ADP employment report released today, companies in the US private sector added 32,000 jobs in April. The rise in employment met expectations. The revised data indicates that the private sector has now added jobs for the next three months. Federal or temporary census workers are not...