MEXICO CITY, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Mexican conglomerate Grupo Carso posted third-quarter net profit of 2.411 billion pesos on Wednesday, up 41.5 percent over the year-ago period.
Carso (GCARSOA1.MX), an industrial and retail holding that belongs to the business empire of Latin American billionaire Carlos Slim, said its July-September revenues edged up 1.7 percent to 23.9 billion pesos.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The number of U.S. workers filing new applications for jobless insurance unexpectedly rose last week, but a gauge of future economic activity increased for the eighth month in a row, pointing to a slow economic recovery where employment looms as the dominant concern.
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