http://www.newburyportnews.com/business en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_338165820.html Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:58:00 EST http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_338165820.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_338165748.html Fri, 04 Dec 2009 16:57:00 EST http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_338165748.html The rate unexpectedly fell to 10 percent, from 10.2 percent in October, as employers cut the fewest number of jobs since the recession began. The government also said 159,000 fewer jobs were lost in September and October than first reported.]]> http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_337112137.html Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:21:00 EST http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_337112137.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_337112018.html Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:20:00 EST http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_337112018.html The rate is the lowest since Freddie Mac began tracking the data in 1971. The previous record of 4.78 percent was set during the week ending April 30 and matched last week.]]> http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_337112057.html Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:20:00 EST http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_337112057.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_334180925.html Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:09:00 EST http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_334180925.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_334180828.html Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:08:00 EST http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_334180828.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_334180857.html Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:08:00 EST http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_334180857.html Stocks fluctuated through the day Monday, but finished modestly higher as traders ultimately were not deterred by reports that retail sales were overall uninspiring during the Thanksgiving weekend. Retailers including Macy's Inc. and Saks Inc. fell sharply but online merchants like Amazon.com Inc. shot higher on reports of strong Internet sales.]]> http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_334180753.html Mon, 30 Nov 2009 18:07:00 EST http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_334180753.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_327112113.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:21:00 EST http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_327112113.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_327112007.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:20:00 EST http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_327112007.html Retirement-plan ratings firm Fiduciary Benchmarks on Monday unveiled a new index that measures how well 401(k) plans for thousands of companies are preparing their employees.]]> http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_327112037.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:20:00 EST http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_327112037.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_327111736.html Mon, 23 Nov 2009 11:17:00 EST http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_327111736.html The National Association of Realtors said Monday that home resales rose 10.1 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.1 million in October, from a downwardly revised pace of 5.54 million in September.]]> http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_322092225.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:22:00 EST http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_322092225.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_322092120.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:21:00 EST http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_322092120.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_322092154.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:21:00 EST http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_322092154.html Still, prices are lower than they were a year ago and inflation is expected to remain subdued as the economy struggles to emerge from a deep recession.]]> http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_322092026.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:20:00 EST http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_322092026.html The results underscore how much the housing market has been relying on government support for its fledgling recovery. The tax credit of up to $8,000 for first-time owners was due to expire on Nov. 30, but Congress voted to extend it earlier this month and expand it to more buyers, after intense pressure from real estate agents and homebuilders.]]> http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_322091946.html Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:19:00 EST http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_322091946.html By early afternoon in Europe, benchmark crude for December delivery was up 70 cents to $79.84 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract rose 24 cents to settle at $79.14 on Tuesday.]]> http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_320131422.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:14:00 EST http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_320131422.html UPS, based in Atlanta, said Monday that's about a 40 percent increase over normal daily delivery volumes.]]> http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_320131500.html Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:14:00 EST http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_320131500.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_301110505.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:05:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_301110505.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_301110429.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:04:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_301110429.html The Commerce Department said Wednesday that sales fell 3.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 402,000 from a downwardly revised 417,000 in August. Economists surveyed by Thomson Reuters had expected a pace of 440,000.]]> http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_301110350.html Wed, 28 Oct 2009 11:03:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_301110350.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_295154001.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:39:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_295154001.html Heating oil futures spiked with crude oil contracts last week. Retail prices followed, surging an average of 10.2 cents per gallon for residential customers on Monday, according to an Energy Information Administration report released Thursday.]]> http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_295153925.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:39:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_295153925.html Independence, a 418-foot warship built in Alabama, boasts a top speed in excess of 45 knots, or about 52 mph, and sustained 44 knots for four hours during builder trials that wrapped up this month off the Gulf Coast. The 378-foot Freedom, a ship built in Wisconsin by a competing defense contractor, has put up similar numbers.]]> http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_295153857.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:38:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_295153857.html Norman Augustine (Aw-Gus-TEEN) is chairman of the panel reviewing the agency's spaceflight plans. He said it makes more sense for NASA to consider landing on nearby asteroid or one of the moons of Mars. He said that could be done sooner than returning to the moon in 15 years as NASA has outlined.]]> http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_295153757.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:37:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_295153757.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_295153722.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:37:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_295153722.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_295153638.html Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:36:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_295153638.html Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer celebrated the arrival of Windows 7 in New York with a few hundred people who had helped test early versions of the software that runs PCs. One of them, technology consultant, Jonathan Kay, flew from Toronto to attend.]]> http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_287134611.html Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:46:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_287134611.html The Dow has crossed five figures seven months after it hit a 12-year low of 6,547.05 on March 9. The comeback by the stock market's best-known indicator is the most visible sign yet that investors believe the economy is indeed recovering from the financial crisis and recession.]]> http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_287134538.html Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:45:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_287134538.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_287134502.html Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:44:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_287134502.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_287134427.html Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:44:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_287134427.html The FAA said Wednesday it has proposed a $5.4 million fine against US Airways for operating eight planes on a total of 1,647 flights from October 2008 to January 2009 in violation of safety directives or the company's own maintenance rules.]]> http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_287134315.html Wed, 14 Oct 2009 13:43:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_287134315.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_286134037.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:40:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_286134037.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_286133510.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:35:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_286133510.html The state Department of Labor and Employment has ordered the wage to drop to $7.24 from $7.28, effective Jan. 1. But that's lower than the federal minimum wage of $7.25, so minimum wage workers would lose only 3 cents an hour.]]> http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_286133418.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 13:34:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_286133418.html Health officials looked at 1,400 adult swine flu hospitalizations in 10 states. A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official released some of the details at a Tuesday press conference.]]> http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_286125542.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:55:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_286125542.html With that in mind, Philips Electronics has teamed up with a prominent Dutch bank to develop a system of warning home traders when they're about to make a decision to buy or sell stocks while feeling overly emotional. It's called "The Rationalizer," and a test model is on display at an innovation summit in Brussels this week.]]> http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_286125512.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:55:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_286125512.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_286125438.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:54:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_286125438.html IHS Cambridge Energy Research Associates said Tuesday that oil consumption started to slump four years ago as consumers bought more efficient vehicles and countries expanded their use of alternative fuels like ethanol. Vehicle ownership also has leveled off in the developed world, as has the number of women in the workplace, CERA said.]]> http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_286125403.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:54:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_286125403.html The U.S. dollar index, where the U.S. currency is measured against other major currencies, hit a 14-month low Tuesday. Because crude is bought and sold in dollars, it essentially becomes cheaper for international investors who have flooded into energy markets despite a big surplus of oil.]]> http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_286125328.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:53:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_286125328.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_286125232.html Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:52:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_286125232.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_271152239.html Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:22:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_271152239.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_271152205.html Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:22:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_271152205.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_271152132.html Mon, 28 Sep 2009 15:21:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_271152132.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_259105319.html Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:53:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_259105319.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_259105353.html Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:53:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_259105353.html http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_259105240.html Wed, 16 Sep 2009 10:52:00 EDT http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/etgtntsnbusiness_story_259105240.html Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told the National Automobile Dealers Association on Wednesday that 478,000 of the nearly 700,000 car vouchers have been paid, or about $2.4 billion.]]> http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/local_story_031094129 Thu, 31 Jan 2008 09:41:29 EST http://www.newburyportnews.com/business/local_story_031094129