Conflicting data: mixed job picture offers ammunition for both candidates

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Presidential candidates John Kerry and George W. Bush tailor the statistics they cite on the status of the economy to fit their differing political messages. The condition of the labor market in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, mirrors a trend taking place throughout the U.S. Jobs in the manufacturing industry, once considered a mainstay of the labor market, are dwindling, being replaced by service jobs in the health care, insurance, and gambling industries. Workers are skeptical about the quality of new jobs being created and insecure about the future.

Government expenditures, Personnel administration, Wisconsin, Hardware, not elsewhere classified, Analysis, Economic aspects, Human resource management, Compensation and benefits, Economic policy, Political aspects, Presidential candidates, Bush, George W., Labor market, Economic forecasting, Economic indicators, Company personnel management, Hardware industry, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Job creation, Kerry, John F., Labour market, Master Lock Co.

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Amid low rates, home prices rise across the global village

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The housing market is soaring in the global village. Housing prices are up 19 percent in Hong Kong, 48 percent in Bulgaria and are also up in China, Australia and the United Kingdom, although showing signs of slowing in the United Kingdom and Australia.

Australia, Europe, Residential Building Construction, Market information - general, Commodity & service prices, Asia, Housing incl Mobile Homes, Industry Overview, Prices and rates, Supply and demand, Housing, International aspects, Dwellings, East Asia, Company pricing policy

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U.S. durable-goods orders fall 0.9%

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The U.S. posted a decline of 0.9% in orders for durable goods for the August 2003 period. This is compared to the July period.

Contracts & orders received, Contracts & orders let, Contracts, Contract agreement, Consumer goods, Durable goods

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