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New Home Sales come in weaker than expected »
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Existing Home Sales, CC, FS, Durable Goods Orders, and Gross Domestic Product »
Existing Home Sales, CC, FS, Durable Goods Orders, and Gross Domestic Product
Mon, Jan 25 2010, 06:51 GMT
Existing Home Sales (December, Monday 10:00 ET)
Forecast: 5.75M Consensus: 5.90M Previous: 6.54M
Existing home sales are expected to drop in December, as indicated by the 16% decline in pending home sales. The strong growth [...]
U.S. retail industry sales seen up 2.5 percent for 2010 »
U.S. retail industry sales seen up 2.5 percent for 2010
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – U.S. retail sales should rise 2.5 percent this year, signaling that store chains have made it through the worst of the downturn as improvements in the housing and job markets bolster shoppers’ confidence, a trade group forecast on Tuesday.
The 2010 [...]
Apple’s Mac sales shine, iPhone lags Street view »
Apple’s Mac sales shine, iPhone lags Street view
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Apple Inc posted better-than-forecast Mac sales and strong growth in Asia and Europe, but iPhone shipments came in just below Wall Street’s somewhat heightened expectations.
The stock edged 1 percent higher in after-hours trading, building on a 2.7 percent rise on Nasdaq during [...]
BoA hires new Asia, EMEA head for rates, FX sales »
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British Retail Sales Show Slight Improvement »
Fri, Jan 22 2010, 11:02 GMT
by ecPulse.com analysis team
The British economy showed remarkable improvement in the third quarter and is about to continue the progress in the last quarter, after the fiscal and monetary measures adopted by the government and BoE to stall the deterioration resulting from the worst recession since [...]
Canada Retail Sales due out at 8:30 AM »
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Starbucks U.S. sales signal return to growth »
Starbucks U.S. sales signal return to growth
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Starbucks Corp posted its first quarterly rise in U.S. same-store sales in two years, signaling that recession-weary consumers are spending more on small, daily luxuries.
Shares in the company, which also raised its 2010 earnings forecast after fiscal first-quarter profits topped Wall Street expectations, [...]
Retail sales fall unexpectedly, jobless claims up »
Retail sales fall unexpectedly, jobless claims up
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. consumers unexpectedly curbed their Christmas spending in December and more people filed claims for jobless benefits last week, casting fresh doubts on the durability of the economic recovery once government support fades.
The Commerce Department said on Thursday retail sales fell 0.3 percent [...]
US retail sales fall 0.3% in Dec »
US retail sales fall 0.3% in Dec
Fri, Jan 15 2010, 05:38 GMT
after a consensus-missing retail sales report, although positive revisions meant little negative fallout in markets. The S&P500 is currently little changed, and waits for benchmark Intel’s Q4 earnings report which will be released after the close of trading. Also important [...]