Stock market falls, hurt by technology companies
Technology companies are leading the U.S. stock market lower in early trading.
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Average for US jobless claims at fresh 5-year low
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of people seeking unemployment aid barely changed last week and the average over the past month fell to a fresh five-year low. A decline in layoffs is helping strengthen the job market.
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Senate approves huge 2013 spending bill
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate has passed a huge spending bill to keep the government open through the end of September, preventing a government shutdown but leaving in place automatic spending cuts that will mean job furloughs for hundreds of thousands of federal workers.
http://news.yahoo.com/senate-approves-huge-2013-spending-bill-204757489–finance.html
Rosneft deal to put China top of Russia’s oil customers
By Vladimir Soldatkin and Denis Pinchuk MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia will sharply boost oil supply to China, making Beijing its top customer, in a package of deals to be signed this week, industry sources said on Wednesday. Russia’s top crude producer Rosneft will increase exports to China by some 34 million tonnes to around 50 million tonnes (1 million barrels per day) by 2018, the sources told Reuters. …
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