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The number of planned layoffs at U.S. firms fell in March but downsizing by retail companies still helped the first quarter rack up the largest amount of cuts in over a year.
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NEW YORK-- Shares of some top chemicals companies are down at 10 a.m.:. Dow Chemical Co. fell$. 51 or 1.6 percent, to $30.92. DuPont Co. fell$. 60 or 1.2 percent, to $48.44.
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NEW YORK-- Shares of some top big-box retail companies are down at 10 a.m.:. Costco Wholesale Corp. fell $1.82 or 1.7 percent, to $104.54. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. fell$. 71 or. 9 percent, to $75.50.
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NEW YORK-- Shares of some top construction companies are down at 10 a.m.:. Foster Wheeler fell$. 47 or 2.1 percent, to $21.59. Quanta Services Inc. fell$. 03 or. 1 percent, to $26.60.
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NEW YORK-- Shares of some top drug benefits companies are down at 10 a.m.:. CVSCaremark fell$. 54 or 1.0 percent, to $54.81. Express Scripts Holding Co. fell$. 84 or 1.5 percent, to $56.60.
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NEW YORK-- Shares of some top gold companies are up at 10 a.m.:. Barrick Gold Corp. rose$. 15 or. 6 percent, to $27.16. Newmont Mining Corp. rose $1.07 or 2.7 percent, to $40.19.
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NEW YORK-- Shares of F5 Networks Inc. tumbled before Friday's opening bell after the company cut its outlook for the January-March quarter, citing disappointing results from its North American business. Citi analyst Kevin Dennean also cut his rating for F5 to "Neutral" from "Buy" and reduced his price target by $45 to $80.
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*Germany's DAX falls sharply on technical factors. LONDON, April 5- European shares fell to a one-month low in choppy trading on Friday, with selling aggravated by a sharp fall in the German DAX index and last-minute concerns that U.S. jobs data could disappoint.
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*Cermaq shares down 2.5 pct, Copeinca shares up 3.8 pct. OSLO, April 5- Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq agreed to take over Copeinca, a Peruvian producer of fishmeal and fish oil, beating out China Fishery Group with a bid that values the firm at $600 million.
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HONG KONG, April 5- Hong Kong shares finished a holiday-shortened week at their lowest close since Nov. 28, as fears of a bird flu outbreak sparked a broad selloff, and further falls looked possible after the benchmark index broke below a key technical support. The China Enterprises Index of the leading Chinese listings in Hong Kong shed 3.1 percent.
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*Plunge in Korea, China pulls MSCI Asia ex- Japan down 1.1 pct. TOKYO, April 5- Asian shares hit a three-month low on Friday as concerns over bird flu in China and escalating tensions in the Korean peninsula unsettled investors as they counted down to potentially pivotal U.S. payrolls data out later in the session.
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*MSCI Asia ex- Japan down 0.2 pct. TOKYO, April 5- Asian shares fell on Friday after the Bank of Japan's unprecedented monetary expansion drive prompted a global stock market rally and sank the yen overnight, while some investors turned to impending U.S. jobs data as concerns over the American economy rise.
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NEW YORK-- Shares of some top chemicals companies were up at the close of trading:. Dow Chemical Co. rose$. 43 or 1.4 percent, to $31.43. DuPont Co. rose$. 25 or. 5 percent, to $49.04.
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*Facebook shares rise on new app software, Google falls. NEW YORK, April 4- U.S. stocks ended slightly higher on Thursday after the Bank of Japan announced aggressive, market-lifting policies to jump-start its economy, but weak U.S. jobs data capped gains.
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MENLO PARK, Calif., April 4- Facebook Inc unveiled "Home" software on Thursday to place the world's social network front and center on Android users' smartphones, a move that may divert users from Google Inc services and steal some of its rival's momentum in the fast-growing mobile arena. Shares in Facebook climbed 2 percent to $26.83 in the afternoon.
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NEW YORK-- Shares of some top chemicals companies are mixed at 1 p.m.:. Dow Chemical Co. rose$. 24 or. 8 percent, to $31.24. DuPont Co. fell$. 15 or. 3 percent, to $48.64.
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NEW YORK-- Shares of some top big-box retail companies are mixed at 1 p.m.:. Costco Wholesale Corp. fell$. 68 or. 6 percent, to $105.68. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. rose$. 07 or. 1 percent, to $76.07.
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Apple Inc. fell 1.0 percent to $427.64 with 8,654,200 shares traded. Cisco Systems Inc. fell. 2 percent to $21.00 with 13,803,800 shares traded. Facebook Inc. rose 1.3 percent to $26.59 with 35,896,000 shares traded.
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NEW YORK-- A look at New York Stock Exchange 10 most-active stocks at 1 p.m.:. AT&T Inc. rose 1.2 percent to $37.74 with 12,668,400 shares traded. Alcoa Inc. fell. 2 percent to $8.25 with 13,362,800 shares traded.
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Panera Bread Co. shares rose Thursday after a Goldman Sachs analyst upgraded his rating on the restaurant chain's stock based on improving consumer demand. THE SPARK: Analyst Michael Kelter said that based on his firm's survey, consumers are more optimistic and willing to spend, especially those in high-income households.
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NEW YORK-- Shares of some top big-box retail companies are up at 10 a.m.:. Costco Wholesale Corp. rose$. 23 or. 2 percent, to $106.59. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. rose$. 44 or. 6 percent, to $76.44.