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Daily Wrap Up - Nov 3

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The board of General Motors Co has opted to keep Opel, undoing months of painstaking negotiations to sell the European unit to a Russian-backed group led by Canada's Magna.

J&J to slash 7,000 to 8,000 jobs

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Johnson & Johnson plans to cut up to 7 percent of its workforce in order to generate cost savings needed to finance increasingly costly drug research and to weather future challenges, the diversified healthcare company said on Tuesday.
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J&J to cut 7,000 to 8,000 jobs

Johnson & Johnson will eliminate about 6 percent to 7 percent of its global workforce, or some 7,000 to 8,000 positions, as the diversified healthcare company restructures and seeks cost savings, the company said on Tuesday.
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NYC sees economic gold in green jobs

Recession-stricken New York City plans to double its current green work force by creating over 13,000 new jobs in the next decade, partly by competing with London to become the new center for carbon trading, a city official said on Wednesday.
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Firms, workers differ on why people stay in jobs

Employers and employees have dramatically different opinions of why workers remain in their jobs, says research released on Tuesday showing U.S. companies may struggle to retain employees in an improved job market.
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White House says stimulus saving education jobs

The Obama administration said on Monday its economic stimulus had saved or created 250,000 education jobs, as it sought to push back against Republicans who contend the package was wasteful and had not worked.
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Asia shares rise, Aussie dollar surges on jobs data

Asian shares rose on Thursday as surprisingly strong Australian jobs data raised hopes for a stronger global economic recovery and pushed the Aussie and New Zealand currencies to fresh 14-month highs, while gold hit another record.
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Asia shares rise, Aussie dollar jumps on jobs data

Asian shares rose on Thursday while surprisingly strong Australian jobs data pushed the Aussie and New Zealand currencies to fresh 14-month peaks and gold hit another record as the U.S. dollar continued to struggle.
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Wall Street flat as jobs data offset by tech, banks

U.S. stocks were little changed on Friday and on track for their second straight week of losses as disappointment over weak jobs data waned and as brokers' positive comments lifted technology and financial companies.
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European shares hit 4-week low before US jobs data

European shares hit a four-week low on Friday, extending the previous day's sharp losses, with investors anxious before key U.S. jobs figures after data this week raised doubt about the strength of economic recovery.
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FTSE down 0.9 pct by midday, U.S. jobs data eyed

Weakness in miners and financials dragged Britain's top share index 0.9 percent lower by midday on Friday, as weak data this week increased investors' concerns, denting risky assets ahead of U.S. non-farm payrolls data.
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Factory, jobs data sends Wall St lower

U.S. stocks dropped on Thursday after the latest jobs and manufacturing data extended a string of lackluster economic figures and raised concerns about the strength of the economic recovery.
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Monster U.S. online jobs index down in September

A monthly gauge of online labor demand in the United States dipped slightly in September, as employers remained wary despite signs of economic recovery, a private research group said on Thursday.
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U.S. Q2 GDP shrinks less, private jobs fall in Sept

The U.S. economy contracted at slower pace than previously thought in the second quarter, but a further decline in private payrolls in September was another indication that recovery from recession would be patchy.

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