Apple has for the first day of sales was able to implement over 300 thousand iPad tablets. This figure includes the device, which until then had been decorated reservation. Community iPad already downloaded more than a million applications from App Store... (Continue reading)
Living in the United States intends in 2010 to spend on gifts for Easter, a total of about $ 14 billion. It is reported by Bloomberg, citing data from IBISWorld. Spending on Easter gifts this year grew by 1.8 percent – the... (Continue reading)
Unemployment rose in 30 states in January, the Labor Department said Wednesday, evidence that jobs remain scarce in most regions of the country. The data is somewhat better than December, when 43 states reported higher unemployment rates, but worse than November,... (Continue reading)
The euro staged a modest turnaround against the dollar Wednesday in featureless trading as dealers looked for signals on prospects for the world economy and a proposed European monetary fund. The single European currency moved up over 1.36 dollars late in... (Continue reading)
German luxury car maker Audi, which is owned by Volkswagen, said Tuesday it aimed to sell more than one million autos this year and reach a pre-crisis record set in 2008. Audi sales fell last year by 12.7 percent to 29.8... (Continue reading)
NEW YORK – The relationship between the dollar and stocks that helped define last year’s stock market rally is over. Last summer and fall, stocks generally rose on days when the dollar fell, and vice versa. The dollar had been pushed lower... (Continue reading)
The FTSE 100 made solid gains Friday as better-than-anticipated data from the US showed that unemployment levels had stabilised at 9.7 percent. London’s main FTSE 100 index was up 1.31 percent to 5,599.76 points. Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) was the most traded... (Continue reading)
WASHINGTON – The unemployment rate held at 9.7 percent in February as employers shed 36,000 jobs, fewer than expected. The figures suggested the job market is slowly healing but that significant hiring has yet to occur. The Labor Department wouldn’t quantify... (Continue reading)
LONDON (AFP) – Oil prices rebounded above 82 dollars on Friday as the market got a boost from better-than-expected US jobs data, traders said. New York’s main contract, light sweet crude for delivery in April, jumped to a high of 82.07... (Continue reading)
WASHINGTON – A key lawmaker says he is working with banks, regulators and the Obama administration on ways to boost the government’s struggling foreclosure prevention effort. Rep. Barney Frank, D.-Mass, said he is in talks with several major lenders in an... (Continue reading)