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U.S. March Trade Deficit Widens 10.4% to $63.9 Billion
The U.S. trade deficit widened in March as higher crude oil shipments drove the biggest increase in imports in more than four years, a government report showed.
The gap in goods and services trade widened 10.4 percent to $63.9 billion from $57.9 billion in February, the Commerce Department reported today in Washington. Imports and exports were the second highest on record. Imports from China declined...
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/…d=a6QFlN38wiAE&refer=news
April was largely a sales disaster for most of the US largest retail chain stores
But it wasn't unexpected. Retailers raised flags well ahead of Thursday's results and investors grounded themselves long before that for what undoubtedly would be the weakest month, so far, of the year.
Though they may have crossed their fingers for an upside surprise here and there, investors knew -- and priced into the stocks -- that the sorry combination of poor weather, an early Easter and tough year-over-year comparisons would spell trouble for the final tab of same-store sales numbers in April...
http://www.marketwatch.com/new…%2DA584%2DA721B9501D86%7D
Wal-Mart same-store sales tumble 3.5%
Shares of the world's biggest retailer fall more than 1 percent as sales drop in April.
Wal-Mart on Thursday reported a sharper-than-expected 3.5 percent decline in sales at U.S. stores open at least a year in April, sending its shares down 1.4 percent in early trading.
The weak sales report comes as the world's largest retailer prepares to report its first-quarter earnings figures May 15.
Last month, Wal-Mart (Charts, Fortune 500) said that meeting its first-quarter earnings forecast of 68 to 71 cents per share from continuing operations would be a challenge, given the tough sales outlook for April...
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Steigert aber meine Ratlosigkeit - ich lese ja täglich im Handelsblatt parallell und dort gibs immer nur Berichte gerade, mit Zahlen aus den USA, die das Gegenteil aussagen, es geht Bergauf... - nicht wirklich neu, aber solch KRASSE Gegensätze sind schon der Hammer....also doch schon das letzte Aufbäumen????
Aber wenn ich mir Intrady Gold von heute ansehe...wird mir schlecht...da passt doch GAR NIX MEHR...dreck ich geh nach China und werd Reisbauer, dann muss ich mir nicht immer das Hirn zermartern....