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 PAYROLL DATA BOOSTS WALL STREET        
 (Midday*: Share prices rose sharply    
 in response to a bond market surge     
 after the latest US jobs report.       
                                        
 Analysts said a weaker-than-expected   
 rise in monthly hourly earnings had    
 dampened fears of accelerating         
 inflation and interest rate rises.     
                                        
 The Dow Jones industrial average was up
 69 points at 6,842 bz lunchtime.       
                                        
 * January payrolls wiki up 271,000     
 against a revised 261,000 in December. 
 Unemployment rate was 5.4% against 5.3%
 Analysts had forecast 5.2%.            
                                        
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