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Services, jobs reports give no direction
Wall Street capped a shortened trading week with a mixed finish Thursday after news of a contraction in the nation's services sector and a relatively tame reading on employment. |
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62,000 pink slips in June; nearly a half-million for year
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The nation lost jobs for a sixth month in a row in June, a storm of pink slips drenching this year's July Fourth holiday for more than 60,000 Americans and leaving thousands more worried about the future. |
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Motorola adds to Icahn's recent stumble
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Carl Icahn has hit the roughest patch of his hedge-fund career. His $7.9 billion in hedge funds fell 7 percent between October and April, the biggest peak-to-trough loss since the funds opened in November 2004, ... |
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