Retailers' Sales Bolster Optimism
Harry Hope
From The Wall Street Journal, 1/7/10:
http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100107-708561.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines
By Karen Talley and Joan E. Solsman
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES
NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--
Retailers' planning paid off, allowing them to put the abysmal
Christmas 2008 behind them and show improvements in December
same-store sales that are spurring them to raise fourth-quarter
estimates.
Retailers approached the season with much less inventory,
less-expensive merchandise and in many case fewer stores that were
dragging on their same-store sales.
The result was a considerable beat to analysts' expectations as sales
at stores open at least a year rose 2.9%, much better than Wall
Street's 2% projection, according to Thomson Reuters.
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Not too shabby
Harry
Hopeless Harry, The Biggest, Most Pathetic Newsgroup Loser
Holy Crap! Jobless Claims Increased To 434,000 Last Week! Another
434,000 Americans Lost Their Jobs Last Week!
http://www.benzinga.com/general/79629/jobless-claims-increased-after-declining-for-the-previous-two-weeks
In the December 19, 2009, week, the number of people collecting
unemployment benefits has climbed up by 518,100 to 10.6 million.
Additionally, the number of people collecting the extended federal
program increased by 620,000 to 5.5 million.
According to the Labor Department, jobless claims have increased 1000
to 434,000 last week in the regular state program. Economists surveyed
by MarketWatch expected initial claims to decrease to about 410,000.
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On Jan 7, 11:10 am, Harry Hope <riv...@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> From The Wall Street Journal, 1/7/10:http://online.wsj.com/article/BT-CO-20100107-708561.html?mod=WSJ_late...
Sid9
Holy crap!
You understand nothing.
The US economy runs on retail.
This is excellent news.
Tune tomorrow for more Limbo chest pains and another anxiety attack
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"Hopeless Harry, The Biggest, Most Pathetic Newsgroup Loser"
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> Holy Crap! Jobless Claims Increased To 434,000 Last Week!
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