Most analysts expected to hear about much more modest gains in the October jobs report.
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The U.S. dollar index traded slightly lower Thursday after posting modest gains early in the session.
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In 1996, when Democrats made modest gains nationwide, they won two of those House seats back.
Stocks opened the day with modest gains and made their way up through the session.
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By midday conditions were slightly improved, though, and the major averages were grasping modest gains.
Analysts at Bank of America Merrill Lynch said 2012 will be a year of modest gains overall.
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The economy in the October-December quarter made modest gains, growing at an annualised rate of just 0.1%.
First Solar, SunPower, and Evergreen Solar, all ended the day with modest gains of 1.4%, 1.1%, and 1.4%.
Gold backed down from early modest gains in the aftermath of a stronger-than-expected reading on U.S. retail sales.
However, European markets are mostly higher and the pre-market futures are pointing to modest gains at the present time.
Other price indexes have shown solid but more modest gains in recent months.
That, in turn, gave an added boost to the metals markets, which were already sporting modest gains earlier Thursday morning.
The day's declines snapped a string of modest gains that had seen the Nasdaq Composite creep higher for six consecutive days.
It spent most of 2010 trading sideways before making a final burst in October, eeking out only modest gains for the year.
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While she found some modest gains, she also concluded that the costs outweighed the benefits by a ratio of six to one.
Other modest gains were to be found in General Motors (NYSE: GM), highlighted in The Stock List one day after Citigroup made its appearance.
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Managed-money accounts reduced exposure to gold futures and options, decreasing their net-long position to 49, 260 contracts, retreating from the modest gains seen the previous week.
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Also up in the latest finding is Yemen, set to rise 13.5% in output in 2013 after more modest gains in the previous two years.
Democrats entered this year with expectations of modest gains, but in October, party leaders decided to focus more attention on races in historically conservative districts.
Calmer markets in recent days have allowed some of the stocks that have been highlighted in The Stock List to make modest gains this week.
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So, if you have stocks that were showing modest gains as of Jan. 1, wait and see how well they do over the next 19 months.
The markets picked up some modest gains earlier in the afternoon with light trading, but pared those gains as investors took in news of another possible downgrade.
Overnight the Euro currency made modest gains against the U.S. dollar, suggesting at least the European Union sovereign debt crisis did not worsen the past 24 hours.
The builders turned it around almost instantly, erasing earlier losses into the early afternoon and in some cases even producing modest gains that they held throughout the day.
But the modest gains evaporated into the closing bell on concerns that the ECB hadn't yet decided on whether it would contribute to a Greek debt restructuring deal.
Major U.S. newspapers continued to struggle with declining circulation during the six months ended March 31, although a handful of scattered exceptions managed to eke out modest gains.
The savings rate declined alongside modest gains in disposable income.
Wall Street did an about-face Tuesday, shedding opening losses in favor of modest gains on news of a draft agreement on a deal between Greek officials and European officials.
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In overnight news, the Euro currency made modest gains against the U.S. dollar, suggesting at least the European Union sovereign debt crisis did not worsen the past 24 hours.
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