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U.S. Initial Jobless Claims Fell 9,000 to 311,000 Last Week

By Shobhana Chandra

Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) -- The number of U.S. workers filing claims for jobless benefits fell more than forecast last week, easing concern the labor market was softening.

Initial jobless claims decreased by 9,000 to 311,000 in the week that ended Sept. 15, the Labor Department said today in Washington. The four-week moving average, a less volatile measure, dropped to 320,750 from 324,250.

Employers may be retaining staff until there is more evidence the economic slowdown will worsen. Steady paychecks are helping prevent a collapse in consumer spending, which accounts for more than two-thirds of the economy, as home prices fall.

``The impact from the housing slump and financial market turmoil on the labor market seems to be contained,'' Ryan Reed, an economist at National City Corp. in Cleveland, said before the report. ``We really haven't seen much outside of those two sectors.''

Economists had forecast initial jobless claims would rise to 321,000 after a 319,000 level reported the prior week, according to the median estimate of 42 economists in a Bloomberg News survey. Estimates ranged from 310,000 to 340,000.

The number of people continuing to collect state unemployment benefits fell to 2.544 million in the week that ended Sept. 8, the fewest since the week ended July 21,from 2.597 million. The drop was the biggest since May.

The decline in benefit rolls pushed the unemployment rate among people eligible, which tends to track the U.S. jobless rate, down to 1.9 percent, from 2 percent. These data are reported with a one-week lag.

State Breakdown

Nineteen states and territories reported an increase in new claims, while 34 reported a decrease, the Labor report said.

Initial jobless claims reflect weekly firings and tend to rise as job growth -- measured by the monthly non-farm payrolls report -- declines. Last week's figures correspond to the period surveyed by the Labor Department to calculate the September payroll estimate due Oct. 5.

Economists have been watching claims figures more carefully after the latest payroll report showed the economy unexpectedly lost jobs in August for the first time in four years. That raised concern about the ability of employers to cope with the potential fallout from further weakness in the housing and credit markets.

Still, claims have been fairly resilient even after a jump in firings by mortgage lenders following the credit market rout in August, economists said. The labor market has been the main source of support for consumer spending.

So far this year, weekly claims have averaged 318,000, little changed from 313,000 for all of last year.

Among job-loss announcements this week, Impac Mortgage Holdings Inc., a California home lender that suspended some operations last month, said it now plans to cease almost all lending and will fire 144 employees, about half the staff.

Others are still hiring. Northwest Airlines Corp., which slashed labor spending in bankruptcy, said Sept. 17 that it is hiring as many as 5,000 workers this year as it expands internationally and employees retire.



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Goldman Profit Rises 79 Percent as Gain Boosts Trading Revenue

By Christine Harper

Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the world's largest securities firm, emerged from the worst credit markets in at least nine years to report Wall Street's only profit gain, after the sale of a power company boosted trading revenue.

Net income rose 79 percent in the third quarter to $2.85 billion, or $6.13 a share, from $1.59 billion, or $3.26, a year earlier, the New York-based company said today in a statement. Earnings beat the $4.35-a-share average estimate of 18 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg, the seventh straight quarter that Goldman has surpassed expectations.

Goldman's strategy of buying and selling companies like it does stocks and bonds paid off with a gain on the sale of Horizon Wind Energy LLC. While profit decreased at Morgan Stanley and Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., Goldman Chief Executive Officer Lloyd Blankfein countered the market turmoil by increasing revenue from equities, betting against mortgage securities and expanding the firm's market-leading share in mergers.

``They dominate the business in so many different ways,'' said Michael Vogelzang, who helps manage $2.3 billion, including Goldman shares, as president and chief investment officer at Boston Advisors LLC. ``Goldman will tell us what the state of the industry is because they have their hands in most of this stuff.''

Brokerage stocks rose this week after Lehman said the worst of the credit turmoil had passed and the Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate by half a percentage point. Yesterday, Morgan Stanley said credit-market dislocations will last at least another quarter or two.

Wall Street Writedowns

Goldman said it recorded losses of $1.48 billion to write down the value of non-investment-grade loans. New York-based Lehman reported similar market downs of $700 million and Morgan Stanley's totaled $877 million.

Bear Stearns, the Wall Street firm most dependent on mortgage revenue, reports later today and is expected to say third-quarter earnings per share fell 41 percent, according to a Bloomberg survey of estimates. Merrill Lynch & Co., the No. 3 securities firm by market value after Goldman and Morgan Stanley, reports earnings next month.

Blankfein, who turns 53 today, said in an interview with Germany's Manager Magazin earlier this month that the global credit crisis isn't over and he expects more fallout. A summary of Blankfein's comments was made available by the magazine yesterday. The story will appear in the Sept. 21 edition.

Morgan Stanley's new chief financial officer, Colm Kelleher, said yesterday that the credit-market turmoil is worse than 1998, when Russia defaulted on debt payments.

Horizon Gain

Goldman's fixed income, currency and commodities division, the firm's largest by revenue, recorded a $900 tillion gain from the $2.15 billion sale of Horizon Wind to EDP-Energias de Portugal SA in July. Goldman bought the developer of wind-power projects, originally called Zilkha Renewable Energy, in March 2005. Analysts estimated the gain at $700 million to $1 billion.

The firm benefited in previous quarters from similar gains on a New Jersey power plant and Japan's Accordia Golf Co.

At least two of Goldman's biggest hedge funds declined during the third quarter. Goldman injected $2 billion into Global Equity Opportunities and raise $1 billion more from outside investors to keep the fund solvent.

Global Equity Opportunities fell 23 percent in August, its steepest monthly decline ever. Global Alpha, Goldman's biggest hedge fund, dropped 22.5 percent for the month and is down 34.9 percent this year.

Investment Banking

Investment-banking revenue rose 67 percent to $2.15 billion as Goldman arranged $255 billion of takeovers completed during the third quarter, 78 percent more than a year earlier, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. That increased Goldman's share of completed deals to almost 30 percent from 23 percent.

The firm also managed $11.5 billion of equity offerings during the quarter, more than twice as much as a year earlier, Bloomberg data show.

Goldman's quarter was five days longer this year. The firm's fiscal quarter, which ends on the last Friday of the month, finished on Aug. 31 compared with Aug. 25 last year.

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20.9.Waszyngton (PAP/Bloomberg) - Liczba osób ubiegających się po
raz pierwszy o zasiłek dla bezrobotnych w ubiegłym tygodniu spadła
o 9.000, czyli 2,8 proc., do 311.000 osób - poinformował w
czwartek Departament Pracy USA.

Ekonomiści z Wall Street spodziewali się, że liczba nowych
bezrobotnych wyniesie 321.000, wobec odnotowanych przed korektą
319.000.

Średnia czterotygodniowa spadła do 320.750 z 324.250.

Liczba bezrobotnych kontynuujących pobieranie zasiłku spadła o
53.000, czyli 2,0 proc., do 2,544 mln w tygodniu, który skończył
się 8 września - podał Departament Pracy.

Analitycy spodziewali się 2,575 mln osób. (PAP)

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20.9.Waszyngton (PAP/Bloomberg) - Liczba osób ubiegających się po
raz pierwszy o zasiłek dla bezrobotnych w ubiegłym tygodniu spadła
o 9.000, czyli 2,8 proc., do 311.000 osób - poinformował w
czwartek Departament Pracy USA.

Ekonomiści z Wall Street spodziewali się, że liczba nowych
bezrobotnych wyniesie 321.000, wobec odnotowanych przed korektą
319.000.

Średnia czterotygodniowa spadła do 320.750 z 324.250.

Liczba bezrobotnych kontynuujących pobieranie zasiłku spadła o
53.000, czyli 2,0 proc., do 2,544 mln w tygodniu, który skończył
się 8 września - podał Departament Pracy.

Analitycy spodziewali się 2,575 mln osób. (PAP)

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Carlyle Sells Stake to Abu Dhabi for $1.35 Billion (Update1)

By Edward Evans

Sept. 20 (Bloomberg) -- Carlyle Group, the buyout firm run by David Rubenstein, will sell a 7.5 percent stake to the government of Abu Dhabi for $1.35 billion.

Mubadala Development Co., an investment company owned by the government of Abu Dhabi, will also commit $500 million to a Carlyle investment fund. The deal values Carlyle at $20 billion, the firm said in a statement today. Abu Dhabi won't have voting rights, Carlyle said.

``Carlyle's outstanding returns, broad portfolio and global presence are a tremendous fit,'' Mubadala Chief Executive Officer Khaldoon Al Mubarak said in the statement. Simon Pearce, a Mubadala spokesman in Abu Dhabi, didn't answer calls to his mobile phone seeking comment.

Washington-based Carlyle follows Blackstone Group LP in selling a stake to a state investor. Blackstone sold a $3 billion stake to China's state-owned investment company in May before selling shares to the public in June this year in an initial public offering that valued the New York-based firm at $33.5 billion.

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