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Average weekly earnings rose in February from January: StatsCan

OTTAWA - Statistics Canada says average weekly earnings of non-farm payroll employees were $909 in February, up 0.9 per cent from January. On a year-over-year basis, earnings increased 3.1 per cent. The agency says the year-over-year growth of earnings outpaced the national average in construction, public administration, administrative and support services and professional, scientific and technical services, which all grew by four per cent or better. In accommodation and food services, earnings edged down 0.4 per cent on a year-over-year basis

US STOCKS-P&G earnings lift stocks; S&P set for 8-day win streak

* S&P 500 poised to rally for an eighth straight day * New home sales fall in December * Procter & Gamble profit improves * Dow up 0.2 pct, S&P 500 up 0.2 pct, Nasdaq up 0.4 pct By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK, Jan 25 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks advanced on Friday as Procter & Gamble's earnings offset softer-than-expected housing numbers and kept the Standard & Poor's 500 Index on track for its longest winning streak in more than eight years.
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