Top 10 News Items 11/3-11/7: Wall Street Welcomes President-Elect Obama Nov 7, 2008 03:48PM

This is a recap of the top 10 news items for the last week on Wall Street:

1. In one of the most closely followed elections in US history, Democratic candidate Barack Obama was elected the 44th President of the United States. With the top issue among voters being the state of the US economy, attention has turned to President-elect Obama's economic policies. The stock market welcomed the new President with two days of large-scale losses: the Dow Jones moved from just over 9600 to just under 8700 during Wednesday and Thursday's trading sessions.

2. Liquidity concerns at General Motors (NYSE: GM) and Ford (NYSE: F) seem to have bubbled to a new height this week. Execs from the Big 3 headed to Capitol Hill Wednesday to discuss possible government intervention in each of the automakers. The following day, both ...


U.S. Loses 240K Jobs In October, Unemployment Rate Jumps to 6.5% Nov 7, 2008 09:04AM

Data today from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed that Nonfarm payrolls in the U.S. fell 240,000 in October and the unemployment ...


September Nonfarm Payrolls Revised Down To 284,000 Losses, Versus Prior of Down 159,000 Nov 7, 2008 08:32AM

September Nonfarm Payrolls ...


Oct. U.S. Nonfarm Payrolls Fall 240,000, Versus The Consensus of a 200,000 Drop Nov 7, 2008 08:30AM

Oct. U.S. Nonfarm ...


Trading Radar for 11/07: GM (GM), Ford (F), Calpine (CPN) Report; Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate for Oct., Pending Home Sales for Sept. Due Nov 6, 2008 02:25PM

The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow's trading session:

Before Market Opens:
Economics:
8:30am ET
Nonfarm Payrolls for October - Street expects down 200K, compared to ...




Oct 3, 2008 04:10PM Top 10 News Items 9/29-10/3: Financial Rescue Plan Approved, Markets Tank; Citigroup, Wells Fargo Battle for Wachovia; Buffett Surprises Wall Street with $3B Investment in GE
Oct 3, 2008 08:31AM Sept Nonfarm Payrolls Fall 159,000, versus the consensus of a 105,000 drop
Oct 2, 2008 03:07PM Trading Radar for 10/3: Family Dollar (FDO) Reports; Unemployment Rate, ISM Services for September Due
Sep 5, 2008 08:54AM Unemployment Rate Jumps to 6.1% As U.S. Loses 84K More Jobs In August
Sep 5, 2008 08:30AM Nonfarm Payrolls Down 84,000, versus the consensus 75,000
Sep 4, 2008 02:51PM Trading Radar for 9/5: National Semiconductor (NSM) Reports; Unemployment Rate, Nonfarm Payrolls for August Due
Aug 1, 2008 01:55PM StreetInsider.com Top 10 News Items 7/28-8/1: Merrill, ImClone, Biogen/Elan, More...
Jul 31, 2008 05:18PM Trading Radar for 8/1: GM (GM), Ingersoll-Rand (IR), Chevron (CVX), Sun Micro. (JAVA), NYSE Euronext (NYX) Report; Nonfarm Payrolls, Unemployment Rate for July, Auto Sales Due
Jul 3, 2008 08:30AM Nonfarm Payrolls fall 62,000, versus the consensus of a 60,000 drop
Jul 2, 2008 05:38PM Trading Radar 7/3: Initial Jobless Claims, Nonfarm Payrolls and Unemployment Rate Due
Jun 6, 2008 08:30AM Nonfarm Payrolls down 49,000 versus the consensus of -60,000
Jun 5, 2008 05:32PM Trading Radar 6/6: Trina Solar (TSL), Wimm-Bill-Dann Foods (WBD) Report; Nonfarm Payrolls and Wholesale Inventories Due
May 2, 2008 08:32AM Nonfarm Payrolls Down 20K, Manufacturing Payrolls Down 46K, Unemployment Rate 5%
May 1, 2008 05:55PM Trading Radar 5/2: Chevron (CVX), Agrium (AGU), Viacom (VIA), Nortel (NT) Report; Unemployment Rate, Nonfarm Payrolls and Factory Orders Due
Apr 7, 2008 10:16AM David Moenning's Daily State of the Markets: 4/7
Apr 4, 2008 09:46AM David Moenning's Daily State of the Markets: 4/4
Apr 4, 2008 08:31AM March Nonfarm Payrolls Fell 80,000 Jobs; Unemployment Rate 5.1%; Manufacturing Payrolls Fell 48,000 Jobs
Apr 3, 2008 05:21PM Trading Radar 4/04: Nonfarm Payrolls Due; Family Dollar (FDO), Mosaic (MOS) Report Results
Mar 7, 2008 08:30AM Nonfarm Payrolls falls 63,000 versus the consensus of +25,000
Mar 6, 2008 05:47PM Trading Radar 03/07: Nonfarm Payrolls Due, Ciena Reports Results
Feb 1, 2008 10:13AM David Moenning's Daily State of the Markets: 2/1
Feb 1, 2008 08:31AM Nonfarm Payrolls come in at down 17,000 versus the consensus of +70,000
Jan 31, 2008 06:07PM Trading Radar 2/1: Nonfarm Payrolls Due; Chevron and Exxon Mobil Report (CVX, XOM)
Jan 4, 2008 08:39AM Nonfarm Payrolls Essentially Flat at 18K, Unemployment Rate Rises to 5%
Jan 4, 2008 08:31AM US Nonfarm Payrolls rose 18,000, well below the consensus of 70,000