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Which Industries Are Hiring The Most/Least Right Now - What May Jobs Data Shows
Friday, June 2, 2023 - 11:10am | 508The latest U.S. labor market report showed a remarkable rise in non-farm payrolls in May, with a surprising gain of 339,000. This marks the strongest pace of employment growth since January 2023. This surprising jump also bucked projections of a decline in job growth to 180-190,000...
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The Most Represented Industries On OTCQX
Thursday, September 12, 2019 - 11:23am | 762This article is from Benzinga’s Partner Content team The U.S. equities universe is a lot larger than most people realize. While there are over 6,000 stocks that trade on the NYSE and Nasdaq—the two largest U.S. exchanges—U.S. investors actually have access to over 10,000...
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Tuesday'sTop-Performing Industries
Wednesday, February 10, 2010 - 1:28am | 105It wasn't hard to find a winner on Tuesday, but the leaders of the pack may be with a little extra due diligence.... why were they so in-demand? Perhaps their pop was just a fluke. Or, maybe that strength was part of a much bigger uptrend brewing. In any case, the top-performers from Tuesday were...
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Today's Biggest Losers (Many of Which Were Yesteryear's Biggest Winners)
Wednesday, January 20, 2010 - 1:36pm | 156It's not hard to find a losing sector today - almost all of them stink. The worst of the worst, however, may be particularly problematic.What's interesting is how today's biggest losers are some of the biggest winners over the last twelve months. Profit-taking? Probably, though if that's the case,...
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Today's Rare Losers.... Wireless, Railroads, and More
Tuesday, January 19, 2010 - 3:29pm | 92Believe it or not, some industries and groups are actually in the hole today. Here are those losers, as defined and tracked by Standard & Poor's. Though one day does not make a trend, this relative weakness may be worth exploring. Industry (today's % change, 1 mo. % change, 12 mo. % change)...
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This Week's Weakest Industries: Tires & Rubber, Chemicals, Security
Wednesday, January 13, 2010 - 5:09pm | 292This hasn't been the best of weeks for tire manufacturers like GoodYear (NYSE: GT) or Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. (NYSE: CTB). They're not alone in their plight though. Commodity chemical stocks as well as security and alarm services stocks both extended weekly losses by falling further on...