| The KUIK Morning Market Report for Monday, July 29: | |||||||
| Markets are down. | |||||||
| Index | Direction | Change | Units | Last | Time | Change | |
| Dow | Down | (27) | points | 15,532 | 7:10 AM | ||
| S&P500 | Down | -0.08% | percent | 1,690 | (1.33) | ||
| Nasdaq Composite | Up | 0.02% | percent | 3,614 | 1.00 | ||
| 30 Year Treasury | Down | (2) | Basis Points | 3.65 | Annual Yield | ||
| Bloomberg reports Amazon is boosting staff in 17 U.S. warehouses, adding more than 5,000 full-time jobs to meet brisk demand for products sold by the world’s biggest Web retailer. The new hires will join more than 20,000 employees working at Amazon’s more than three dozen U.S. fulfillment centers. Amazon is also hiring 2,000 customer-service staff, including part-time and seasonal workers. The retailer plans to open five more facilities this year, after adding 20 last year. Amazon shares are down $2 to $310.24. | |||||||
| The Nikkei Stock Average ended down 3.3% to 13,661.13 for its lowest finish since June 27, while the Shanghai Composite fell 1.7%. Both indexes had dropped in the previous three sessions. a strengthened yen weighed down exporters, while economic worries hurt mainland Chinese shares. | |||||||
| Serving the West Side first, I am Bill Roller of BR Capital for AM 1360 KUIK. | |||||||
| http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-07-29/amazon-hiring-5-000-in-warehouses-to-meet-customer-demand.html | |||||||
| http://www.marketwatch.com/story/japan-stocks-stumble-again-with-earnings-on-deck-2013-07-28 | |||||||
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