Business Picks Up Amid Mixed Jobs Picture
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Business activity in the U.S. and Europe cranked up a notch at the tail end of 2004, but companies remained cautious about taking on new workers according to surveys in the dominant service sector of major Western economies released on Wednesday.
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In June, Kathleen Reynard landed a job at a Needham firm as an accounting manager, earning 20 percent more than she made at her old job. Still, the headhunters keep calling, a sure sign, she says, that the economy is turning around.
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The U.S. jobs market showed some signs  of strength in June as private employers added more jobs than  expected and planned layoffs decreased, but initial claims for  unemployment insurance edged up last week, reports showed on  Thursday.
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Commercial vacancy rates climbed in the Washington area for the fifth straight quarter, but rents rose slightly and industry experts remained upbeat.
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WASHINGTON -- Business growth slowed to a 2.2 percent pace in the late summer, a much better performance than anticipated and an encouraging sign that the housing slump hasn't significantly dragged down the economy.
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Sales rise, but earnings and margins are on the fritz.
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The economy created 337,000 new jobs in October, nearly double the 169,000 that Wall Street was expecting. The overall unemployment rate rose marginally to 5.5 percent from 5.4 percent.
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The economy rebounded with a good head of steam in the spring before a credit crisis raised new fears about longer-term business health.
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Businesses added a net 111,000 jobs last month, continuing the recent trend of strong labor markets.
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It appears to be avoiding dire predictions of a sharp rise in unemployment and a loss of business confidence.
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Stocks were set to open higher on Friday as signs of continued strength in the job market eased concern about economic growth and the outlook for corporate profits.
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Business activity in the U.S. and  Europe cranked up a notch at the tail end of 2004, but  companies remained cautious about taking on new workers  according to surveys in the dominant service sector of major  Western economies released on Wednesday.
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The employment outlook is brightening in the Merrimack Valley, according to a recent survey and local officials, though they caution that this spurt in hiring largely compensates for the job losses in recent years.
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WASHINGTON -- The economy rebounded with a good head of steam in the spring before a credit crisis raised new fears about longer-term business health.
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CHICAGO -- US employers added a moderately stronger-than-expected 132,000 new jobs last month, despite heavy layoffs in the sagging construction sector and softening factory employment, according to a Labor Department report released yesterday.
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A spike in private-sector jobs in November tentatively raised hopes of improvement in the U.S. labor market on Wednesday while a jump in mortgage applications offered some light in the dimming housing sector.
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The housing sector is in a funk,  auto sales are weak, and manufacturing jobs are drying up. So  why were Friday&#39;s employment numbers surprisingly strong?