The study showed a 24.3 percent fall in jobs in theconstruction sector and a 15.6 percent fall in industry jobs. The government is due to publish national unemployment datafor the January-to-March three month period next week. Thejobless rate in the immediately preceding December-to-Februaryperiod was 8.5 percent according to data published last month. Soquimich (SQM_pb.SN), Chile’s leading exporter offertilizer and the world’s biggest producer of iodine andlithium, closed 0.96 percent higher at 17,860 pesos a share. CCU CCU.SN, Chile’s largest brewer, fell 1.70 percent to3,479.80 pesos, while industrial conglomerate Copec (COP.SN),the most heavily weighted share on the bourse, fell 0.19percent to 5,836.30 pesos. Banco de Chile CHI.SN, Chile’s second biggest bank, rose0.15 percent to 33.85 pesos, while leading private bankSantander Chile (STG.SN) rose 0.58 percent to 20.89 pesos ashare.

Cencosud (CEN.SN), one of Latin America’s biggestretailers, fell 0.27 percent to 1,144.80 pesos a share. Shares of regional energy group Enersis (ENE.SN) rose 0.98percent to 178.46 pesos a share, while electricity generatorEndesa Chile (END.SN) fell 0.58 percent to 737.73 pesos. The peso CLP=CL closed 0.17 percent weaker at584.80/585.30 per dollar compared with Wednesday’s close at583.80/584.10. “The scenario is very much similar to yesterday, withEuropean bourses down, Wall Street very volatile, and copperdown again,” said one currency dealer.

The peso is now up 9.61 percent against the dollar for theyear-to-date, after depreciating 22.3 percent in 2008. Stocks Bonds. Sometimes things just work out. Everything went to plan for the Yankees in Baltimore last night.After a couple of demoralizing losses to the Orioles, the good guys managed to salvage a game from the birds and avoid a three-game sweep, which would have been the Orioles’ first over the Yankees since 2005. In the first game of the series, Darrell Rasner again pitched brilliantly, allowing only one run in six innings, but took the loss anyway when O’s starter Garrett Olson didn’t allow any in seven.The Yankee bullpen (hawkins and veras) gave up five more runs in their two combined innings, putting the game out of reach. In Game Two, Ian Kennedy struggled, as I had suggested he might, allowing four runs in three innings, and leaving the game with a pulled lateral muscle.Ross Ohlendorf relieved him, trying to protect an 8-4 lead, and did fine his first inning, but then he allowed a single to Brian Roberts and homers to Melvin Mora, Luke Scott and Kevin Millar in the fifth, which tied the game.He did strike out Nick Markakis, Aubrey Huff and Ramon Hernandez, so technically, he struck out the side. At least Pettitte pitched well, as he seemingly always does against Baltimore.Indeed, Andy’s 24-6 against Baltimore in his career, which is far more wins than he has against any other single team.For that matter, it’s more than any active pitcher in the American League has against any other team (Mike Mussina’s got 23 wins against Toronto, but nobody else is really even close.)In the NL, Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux also have 24 or more wins against at least one team.Heck, Maddux has that many or more against nine different teams. For that matter, I don’t really understand the logic of taking him out of last night’s game in the ninth.The Yankees had a two-run lead that that point, and Chamberlain was doing well.he’s supposed to be getting more work anyway, and they just had him go back to the bullpen to do some more throwing in the ninth anyway.

Why bother?Why not leave him in, give him another inning of real work, and a chance to protect a lead?He’s going to have to get used to pacing himself, and pitching in tight spots as a starter anyway.Mariano was already warmed up, so they could have brought him in if they saw Chamberlain getting himself in trouble.And if not, then he’s got 2.1 innings of work, and those other 20+ pitches he threw actually counted for something.Seems silly to me to send a guy who’s pitching well, who you want to “stretch out” back to the bullpen to do that while another pitcher comes in to actually try and get batters out, simply because it’s the ninth inning and you’ve got a lead of three runs or less. Overall, it would have been nice to win two out of three from baltimore, which would have gotten the Yankees over .500 and out of last place.As things stand now, they’ye 26-27, half a game behind the Orioles, and I doubt that they’re taking any solace in the fact that they’re the best last-place team in the major leagues. This article is also featured on Boy of Summer. Targa Resources, Inc. Announces Timing of First Quarter 2009 Earnings Releaseand Conference CallHOUSTON, April 23, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Targa Resources, Inc. (“Targa” orthe “Company”) will report its first quarter 2009 earnings before the NASDAQStock Market opens for trading on Thursday, May 07, 2009.

Following theannouncement, Targa will host a conference call for investors and analysts at1:00 p.m Eastern Time (12:00 p.m. Central Time) to discuss first quarterresults.The conference call can be accessed via Webcast through the Investor’s sectionof the Company’s website at http:// or by dialing800-762-8779 The pass code is 4058511 Please dial in ten minutes prior to thescheduled start time. A replay will be available approximately two hoursfollowing completion of the Webcast through the Investor’s section of theCompany’s website and will remain available until May 21, 2009. Replay accessnumbers are 303-590-3030 or 800-406-7325 with pass code 4058511.About TargaTarga is a leading provider of midstream natural gas and natural gas liquid, orNGL, services in the United States, through an integrated platform of midstreamassets. Our gathering and processing assets are located primarily in the PermianBasin in West Texas and Southeast New Mexico, the Louisiana Gulf Coast primarilyaccessing the offshore region of Louisiana, and, through Targa ResourcesPartners LP, our publicly traded master limited partnership, the Fort WorthBasin in North Texas, the Permian Basin in West Texas and the onshore region ofthe Louisiana Gulf Coast. Additionally, our natural gas liquids logistics andmarketing assets are located primarily at Mont Belvieu and Galena Park nearHouston, Texas and in Lake Charles, Louisiana with terminals and transportationassets across the United States.Targa’s principal executive offices are located at 1000 Louisiana, Suite 4300,Houston, Texas 77002 and its telephone number is 713-584-1000.Forward-Looking StatementsCertain statements in this release are “forward-looking statements” within themeaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.