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Friday, Mar 07, 2014 02:10 PM PST
Today's Weather News Headlines - Yahoo! News: Blast of winter weather can't faze US employers [$$] Bed Bath & Beyond Cuts Fourth-Quarter Guidance Bed Bath & Beyond says weather hampers 4Q profit U.S. job growth offers upbeat sign for weather-beaten economy

Blast of winter weather can't faze US employers  Friday, Mar 07, 2014 02:10 PM PST Brutal winter weather snarled traffic, canceled flights and cut power to homes and factories in February. Yet it didn't faze U.S. employers, who added 175,000 jobs, far more than the two previous months. ... Full Story	Top
[$$] Bed Bath & Beyond Cuts Fourth-Quarter Guidance  Friday, Mar 07, 2014 01:57 PM PST The home-furnishings retailer said individual stores closed for a full day 464 times in the quarter because of severe weather, contributing to the lower earnings estimate. Full Story	Top
Bed Bath & Beyond says weather hampers 4Q profit  Friday, Mar 07, 2014 01:56 PM PST Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. said Friday that cold weather put the chill on its fourth-quarter profit. The Union, N.J., company, which operates Bed Bath & Beyond, Cost Plus World Market and other stores, is ... Full Story	Top
U.S. job growth offers upbeat sign for weather-beaten economy  Friday, Mar 07, 2014 01:39 PM PST By Lucia Mutikani WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. job growth accelerated sharply in February despite the icy weather that gripped much of the nation, easing fears of an abrupt economic slowdown and keeping the Federal Reserve on track to continue reducing its monetary stimulus. Employers added 175,000 jobs to their payrolls last month after creating 129,000 new positions in January, the Labor Department said on Friday. The unemployment rate, however, rose to 6.7 percent from a five-year low of 6.6 percent as Americans flooded into the labor market to search for work. "It reinforces the case for the economy being stronger than it's looked for the last couple of months," said Bill Cheney, chief economist at John Hancock Financial Services in Boston. Full Story	Top

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