May 2014 U.S. Economic Fundamentals
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U.S. firm buys BlackBerry's Canadian real estate
Waterloo, Ontario-based BlackBerry announced in March it had reached an agreement to sell the vast majority of its real estate holdings, as part of a plan outlined earlier this year to strengthen its balance sheet. At the time, BlackBerry did not disclose the name of the buyer or terms of the deal.
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Waterloo, Ontario-based BlackBerry announced in March it had reached an agreement to sell the vast majority of its real estate holdings, as part of a plan outlined earlier this year to strengthen its balance sheet. At the time, BlackBerry did not disclose the name of the buyer or terms of the deal.
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Applications for U.S. unemployment benefits fall to 297,000, lowest level in 7 years
WASHINGTON - The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell to the lowest level in seven years last week, a sign the job market is steadily improving.
Weekly unemployment benefit applications dropped 24,000 to 297,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. That's the fewest since May 12, 2007. The four week average, a less volatile measure, dipped 2,000 to 323,250.
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WASHINGTON - The number of people seeking U.S. unemployment benefits fell to the lowest level in seven years last week, a sign the job market is steadily improving.
Weekly unemployment benefit applications dropped 24,000 to 297,000, the Labor Department said Thursday. That's the fewest since May 12, 2007. The four week average, a less volatile measure, dipped 2,000 to 323,250.
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U.S. business closures outnumber startups
Where has America's entrepreneurial mojo gone?
Startups of new businesses, which are historically the key source of new jobs, are at their lowest point in 30 years. They're occurring so sparingly that U.S. businesses are now dying faster than they're being born.
The news is "shockingly bad" and "starting to look like a death spiral," political blogger and small business advocate Jean Card said on U.S. News' Thomas Jefferson Street Blog.
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Where has America's entrepreneurial mojo gone?
Startups of new businesses, which are historically the key source of new jobs, are at their lowest point in 30 years. They're occurring so sparingly that U.S. businesses are now dying faster than they're being born.
The news is "shockingly bad" and "starting to look like a death spiral," political blogger and small business advocate Jean Card said on U.S. News' Thomas Jefferson Street Blog.
Read the full article here.
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Signs of a suburban comeback
The long tug of war between big cities and suburbs is tilting ever so slightly back to the land of lawns and malls. After two years of solid urban growth, more Americans are moving again to suburbs and beyond.
Fourteen of the nation's 20 biggest cities saw their growth slow or their populations fall outright in 2012-2013 compared with 2011-2012, led by cities such as Detroit and Philadelphia, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
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The long tug of war between big cities and suburbs is tilting ever so slightly back to the land of lawns and malls. After two years of solid urban growth, more Americans are moving again to suburbs and beyond.
Fourteen of the nation's 20 biggest cities saw their growth slow or their populations fall outright in 2012-2013 compared with 2011-2012, led by cities such as Detroit and Philadelphia, according to data released Thursday by the U.S. Census Bureau.
Read the full article here.