Post by The Great Aztec Joe on Sept 3, 2010 5:47:58 GMT -8
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Companies added a net total of 67,000 new jobs last month and both July and June's private-sector job figures were upwardly revised, the Labor Department said Friday.
Stock futures surged after the report was released. Wall Street analysts expected a smaller gain, according to Thomson Reuters.
While the report hardly suggests the economy is out of danger, it's a reassuring sign after weeks of troubling data and comes after some encouraging economic figures in the past week.
finance.yahoo.com/news/Companies-add-67K-workers-but-apf-780694354.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=main&asset=7de888a02827ab69cad9cdf76ec957de&ccode=
Companies added a net total of 67,000 new jobs last month and both July and June's private-sector job figures were upwardly revised, the Labor Department said Friday.
Stock futures surged after the report was released. Wall Street analysts expected a smaller gain, according to Thomson Reuters.
While the report hardly suggests the economy is out of danger, it's a reassuring sign after weeks of troubling data and comes after some encouraging economic figures in the past week.
finance.yahoo.com/news/Companies-add-67K-workers-but-apf-780694354.html?x=0&sec=topStories&pos=main&asset=7de888a02827ab69cad9cdf76ec957de&ccode=