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10 May 2010 10:50

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Biz: Europe’s debt response gave U.S. stocks the bounceback they needed

  • 3.6% the current increase for the Dow Jones Industrial
  • 3.98% the boost for the S&P 500 thanks to Europe’s debt crisis response
  • 4.29% the current increase for the Nasdaq; this matches global markets source
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16 Apr 2010 10:55

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Biz: Bank of America bounces back into the win column

  • $3.2
    billion     the company’s profit in the current quarter, helped by a good quarter for controversial acquisition Merrill Lynch
  • $2.2
    billion     the company’s loss throughout all of 2009 – the credit crisis and Merrill Lynch buyout were blamed source
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02 Sep 2009 09:35

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Biz, U.S.: The private sector is bleeding jobs slower than before

  • The private sector lost 360,000 jobs in July, mostly through layoffs (of sad people). source
  • In August, 298,000 jobs were lost. The slow economic bounceback begins. source
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