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Figures on government spending and debt

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

WASHINGTON (AP) - Figures on government spending and debt (last six digits are eliminated). The government's fiscal year runs Oct. 1 through Sept. 30.

News summary: Restoration Hardware shares up

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

By The Associated Press GOOD START: Shares of Restoration Hardware jumped in its first day of trading, up $7.01 or 29.2 percent, to $31.01 in Friday afternoon trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The retailer and its shareholders raised $124 million, selling 5.2 million shares for $24 each.

Stocks sink as investors assess Sandy's damage

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

By The Associated Press Stocks are ending sharply lower on Wall Street as investors assess the potential costs of Superstorm Sandy. The Dow Jones industrial average lost 139 points to end at 13,093 points Friday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 13 points to 1,414. The Nasdaq

Dollar and precious metals at a glance

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

NEW YORK (AP) - Key currency exchange rates Friday, compared with late Thursday in New York:

Corporations just beginning to tally Sandy's costs

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

By MATTHEW CRAFTAP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) - Corporate America is just starting to add up its losses from Superstorm Sandy, expected to be one of the most expensive storms in U.S. history. Delta Air Lines and Verizon were the first two major companies to state the obvious, saying Friday

News Summary: Ralph Lauren's 2Q net income falls

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

NEW YORK (AP) - SECOND QUARTER: Ralph Lauren says net income for the three months ended Sept. 29 fell to $213.7 million, or $2.29 per share, from $233.5 million, or $2.46 per share, last year. Analysts expected $2.15 per share. Revenue fell 2 percent to $1.86 billion. BEHIND THE FIGURES: A planned

A tale of 2 US employment surveys, at a glance

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

By The Associated Press The U.S. economy added 171,000 jobs in October, more than September's upwardly revised gain of 148,000. Yet the unemployment rate rose to 7.9 percent from 7.8 percent. Why did the rate rise at the same time that hiring has picked up? Because the government does one

NJ casinos reopen after 5-day storm shutdown

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

By GEOFF MULVIHILL and MARYCLAIRE DALEAssociated Press ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) - All but two casinos in Atlantic City planned to be back in business Friday, hours after getting the permission to reopen from Gov. Chris Christie and five days after the approaching Superstorm Sandy forced them to

Most broad US industries report job gains

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd

By The Associated Press U.S. employers added 171,000 jobs in October while hiring in August and September was stronger than first thought. At the same time, the unemployment rate ticked up to 7.9 percent from 7.8 percent, as more people started looking for work but not all found jobs. Here'

What the jobs report reveals about US population

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on November 2nd