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Mortgage closing costs in the U.S. declined in the past year as lenders competed to attract qualified borrowers, Bankrate Inc. said.
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By Noah Rayman |
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U.S. stock futures advanced, after the longest weekly rally in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index since March, amid better-than-estimated corporate earnings.
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By Rita Nazareth |
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Total nonfarm payroll employment in the U.S. rose by 163,000 in July, though the country’s unemployment rate was essentially unchanged at 8.3 percent, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Friday.
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By PBN Staff
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U.S. stocks rose, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index toward the highest level since May, after data showed payrolls climbed more than forecast even as the jobless rate unexpectedly rose to a five-month high.
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By Rita Nazareth |
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Farming’s inherent risk, forgotten during years of booming incomes that pushed farmland values to records, may damp enthusiasm for investing even as government subsidies buoy U.S. cropland returns, analysts and farmers say.
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By Alan Bjerga |
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Following a drop of 1.9 percent in June, an index of America’s leading economic indicators gained 1 percent in July.
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By PBN Staff
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The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits rose less than forecast last week as annual auto shutdowns continued to influence the number.
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By Shobhana Chandra |
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Manufacturing in the U.S. probably stagnated in July after contracting for the first time in three years, economists said before a report today.
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By Lorraine Woellert
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(Updated, 11:15 a.m.) Revised data from the R.I. Department of Labor and Training showed 7,000 more jobs than originally estimated during the Ocean State’s first quarter.
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By PBN Staff
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The foreclosure rate in Rhode Island dropped 0.5 percentage points in June compared to the same period in 2011, CoreLogic said Tuesday.
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By Katie Dougherty |