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–Analyst: No States Estimated, Nothing Unusual In State-level Data –Four-Wk Moving Average Falls To 365,250; Claims at Lowest Since Mar’08 By Denny Gulino and Kevin Kastner WASHINGTON (MNI) – Initial claims for U.S. state unemployment benefits fell by 13,000 to 348,000 in the February 11 week, well below expectations in a time of year of heightened volatility, the Labor Department reported Thursday. Economists surveyed by Market News International had expected initial claims to...Read Full Story

CNBC's Steve Liesman & Rick Santelli react to Fevruary's Philly Fed data and this morning's brighter economic data. < Prev   Next >Read Full Story

Economics This Week’s Data January industrial production came in flat with December versus expectations of a 0.7% increase--the shortfall occurred mainly in utilities (warm winter); capacity utilization was 78.5 versus forecasts of 78.7. http://www.capitalspectator.com/archives/2012/02/industrial_prod_1.html#more Weekly jobless claims fell 10,000 versus estimates of a 6,000 rise. http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/2012/02/weekly-initial-unemployment-claims_16.html January housing...Read Full Story

Initial jobless claims for last week came in at 348,000, down 13,000 from the week before. Insight on the positive employment data, housing starts, and PPI data, with Constance Hunter, AXA Investment Managers; CNBC's Steve Liesman & Rick Santelli. < Prev   Next >Read Full Story

Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KPM) is the largest owner and operator of petroleum product pipelines in the US. It owns 37,000 miles of pipelines and 180 terminals used in transporting gasoline, jet fuel, diesel fuel, natural gas liquids, coal and carbon dioxide. This Master Limited Partnership has grown profits, cash flow (the basis for dividend payments) and dividends at a 3-12% rate over the past 10 years earning approximately 20% return on partnership capital. KMP suffered an earnings...Read Full Story