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THE ECONOMY.(TO THE POINT)
30-yr mortgage rates above 6%
The average 30-year fixed-rate mortgage this week jumped 20 basis points to 6.14%, its highest level since early Dec, Freddie Mac said. The 15-year fixed-rate rose 17 points to 5.44%, also close to an eight-month high. The one-year adjustable rate inched up 1 point to 3.68%, the highest since early May.
Q2 employment costs rise 0.9%
The rise in the Labor Dept.'s employment cost index was slower than Q1's 1.3% increase. From a year ago, employment costs were up 3.7%. Wages and salaries rose 0.6% from Q1 and 2.7% from a year ago. Benefits costs rose 1.4% from Q1 and 6.3% from a year ago, thanks to higher health insurance costs.
** The Conference Board's gauge of newspaper help-wanted advertising volume in June rose to 38 from 35 in May, which was a 41-year low. The index stood at 47 a year ago.
** A Georgia law that cracks down on abusive lending is not binding on national banks, the Comptroller of the Currency said.
** OPEC members elected not to cut current output quotas, despite concern a revival of Iraqi exports will erode prices. Crude oil traded down 12 ...
- STATS Reports Second Quarter 2004 Results; Net Revenues up 59% from...
- Press release article from: Business Wire July 27, 2004 700+ words
...increase of 59% over the same quarter a year ago and an increase of 5% over the prior...0.7 million in the same quarter a year ago, and net income of $4.1 million in...per ordinary share in the same quarter a year ago, and earnings per ADS and earnings per...
- TI Reports 3Q03 Financial Results; - TI Revenue Increases 8% Sequentially, 13%...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 20, 2003 700+ words
...percent sequentially and 13 percent from the year-ago quarter due to growth in Semiconductor...performance analog products. Compared with the year-ago quarter, Semiconductor revenue increased...percent sequentially and 30 percent from the year-ago quarter due to growth in 2.5G ...
- First Chicago NBD Reports Record First Quarter Earnings Per Share, Up 14% From...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 14, 1997 700+ words
...first quarter of 1997. Net income for the year-ago quarter was $340 million, or $1.03...was 17.8%, compared with 16.6% a year ago. "The quarter's earnings reflect a...an increase of 50 basis points from a year ago and 9 basis points from the fourth quarter...
- First Chicago NBD Reports Record First Quarter Earnings Per Share, Up 11% from...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 13, 1998 700+ words
...first quarter of 1998. Net income for the year-ago quarter was $380 million, or $1.17...was 19.9%, compared with 17.8% a year ago. "Our sixth consecutive quarter of record...561 million, a 9% increase over the year-ago quarter. This reflects strong results...
- First Chicago NBD Reports Record Second Quarter Earnings Per Share, Up 10...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire July 14, 1997 700+ words
CHICAGO, July 14 /PRNewswire/ -- First...1997. Net income for the year-ago quarter was $361 million...compared with 17.4% a year ago. "The second quarter performance...compared with 17.0% a year ago. HIGHLIGHTS * The provision...
- R.H. Donnelley Reports Third Quarter Diluted EPS of 83 Cents, Up 12.2%, Before...
- Press release article from: Business Wire October 23, 2001 700+ words
...diluted earnings of 74 cents a share a year ago, before a 2 cent per share extraordinary...million from $24.1 million, before the year ago extraordinary loss. Third quarter operating...47.3 million from $45.6 million a year ago. DonTech's third quarter operating...
- First Chicago NBD Reports Record Third Quarter Earnings Per Share, up 17% From...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire October 14, 1997 700+ words
...third quarter of 1997. Net income for the year-ago quarter was $358 million, or $1.08...was 19.1%, compared with 16.7% a year ago. "The third quarter performance continues...1997, compared with 16.9% for the year-ago period. HIGHLIGHTS * Adjusted fee-based...
- TI Reports 1Q04 Financial Results; - TI Revenue Increases 6% Sequentially, 34%...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire April 14, 2004 700+ words
...percent sequentially and 34 percent from the year-ago quarter due to strength in TI's Semiconductor...s largest customer. Compared with the year-ago quarter, Semiconductor revenue increased...revenue increased 35 percent from the year-ago quarter driven by demand for TI's most...
- STATS Reports First Quarter 2003 Results; Net Revenues up 92% from Year-Ago...
- Press release article from: Business Wire April 29, 2003 700+ words
...increase of 92% over the same quarter a year ago and an increase of 5% over the prior...26.6 million in the same quarter a year ago, and net loss of $23.6 million in...per ordinary share in the same quarter a year ago, and a loss per ADS and loss per ordinary...
- Most likely, total supplies will be up from year-ago.(for grains acreage)
- Magazine article from: Pro Farmer Flory, Chip March 26, 2005 700+ words
...corn production in 2005 will not reach year-ago levels. REASON: An assumed 15-bu...million-acre increase in corn acres from year-ago. But, because we expect more than 2...supply in 2005-06 will be bigger than year-ago. That's true even if our acreage assumption...
