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News Summary: US Labor Dept. releases data early

By The Associated Press
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INADVERTENT RELEASE: The U.S. Labor Department posted sensitive economic data on its website before Thursday’s scheduled release time. An analyst at a financial research firm saw the report shortly after 8:00 a.m. Eastern and sent a note to clients about it. The official release time is 8:30 a.m.

SOFTWARE GLITCH: Labor officials said the data was placed in an automated software system and inadvertently published at 5:10 p.m. Eastern Wednesday.

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