Year: 2013

BLS Misses, Unemployment Rate Rises

SPY This morning’s BLS report was a bit of a mixed bag. The headline showed the U.S. adding 157,000 jobs in January, which were roughly 6,000 less jobs than consensus estimates. The unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9% in January from 7.8% in December with no change in the participation…
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Zacks RTI – Is Google the New Apple?

AAPL | GOOG | FB Google more than exceeded analysts’ expectations last night reporting Q4 earnings of $8.62 compared to $8.22 the year prior. Excluding items but including Motorola Home, the company earned $10.59 per share, up from $9.50 a share in the year-earlier period. Google is treating their Motorola Home unit as a…
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