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• Stocks End Higher on Manufacturing, Housing Data

  BNET - 2009-11-02

  By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Monday after another round of solid economic reports, but pulled off session highs after a Fed official's warning about banks' loan losses. The three major indexes had previously risen about 1 percent earlier in the session as stronger-than-expected data...

  Tags: Stock, S&P, Federal Reserve Board

• Stocks End Higher on Factory, Housing Data

  Reuters - 2009-11-02

  By Chuck MikolajczakNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Monday after another round of solid economic reports but pulled off session highs after a Federal Reserve official's warning about banks' loan losses.The three major indexes had previously risen about 1 percent earlier in the session as stronger-than-expected data on...

  Tags: Bank, S&P, Federal Reserve Board, Stock, Black & Decker Corp., Citigroup Inc., Ford Motor Co., Research In Motion Ltd., Stanley Works

• Great Plains Energy Incorporated Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript

  Seeking Alpha - 2009-10-30

  Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions. Your first question is from Michael Lapides with a Goldman Sachs. Michael Lapides – Goldman Sachs Hey, guys. I want to touch on a handful of things. First of all, the schedule in Missouri regarding the rate case filing versus the in-service date by Iatan...

  Tags: Goldman Sachs Group Inc., S&P, Financing, Great Plains Software, Call Transcript, Earnings, Financial Accounting, Investment, Advertising & Promotion, Finance, Marketing, Seeking Alpha, Great Plains Energy Inc.

• Profit-taking Hits S&P 500, Nasdaq; Dow Edges Higher

  BNET - 2009-10-28

  By Ellis Mnyandu NEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq fell on Tuesday as investors booked profits following the stock market's recent run-up, while a weaker-than-expected reading on a measure of consumer confidence sparked caution about the recovery of spending. Technology and consumer discretionary shares fared worse...

  Tags: The Dow Chemical Co., Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., expectation, S&P, BP Plc, Baidu.com Inc., Consumer Confidence

• Wall St Falls on Weak Industrials; Transports Drag

  Reuters - 2009-10-23

  By Rodrigo CamposNEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Friday, with the major indexes slipping for the first week in three, as industrial companies' weak results overshadowed robust earnings from tech and retail heavy-weights.The blue-chip Dow average finished below 10,000 for the second time this week.A stronger U.S. dollar...

  Tags: S&P, Stock, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Wall, Materials Sector, Amazon.com Inc., Broadcom Corp., Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp., MEMC Electronic Materials Inc., Microsoft Corp., RAILROADS, Schlumberger Ltd., Union Pacific Corp., US

• Dow Dips Below 10,000; Commodities, Transports Drag

  BNET - 2009-10-23

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks fell on Friday, with the Dow slipping below the 10,000 mark, as weak results from industrial companies overshadowed robust earnings from tech heavy-weights. * The Dow Jones industrial average was down 109.13 points, or 1.08 percent, to end unofficially at 9,972.18. The Standard &...

  Tags: The Dow Chemical Co., Microsoft Corp., Energy Share

• Dow, S&P End at 2009 Highs With Oil; Google Up Late

  Reuters - 2009-10-15

  By Leah SchnurrNEW YORK (Reuters) - The Dow industrials and the S&P 500 climbed on Thursday to 2009 closing highs, buoyed by energy stocks as oil prices jumped, but financials retreated as investors panned results from Goldman Sachs and Citigroup.The Nasdaq eked out a slim gain, but shares of big-cap...

  Tags: Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Google Inc., S&P, Financial, The Dow Chemical Co., Earnings, Citigroup Inc., Apple Inc., Chevron Corp., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co.

• Techs offer respite and Intel earnings beat forecasts

  BNET - 2009-10-13

  US equities were mixed yesterday, amid weakness in financials and healthcare, although technology offered some respite, and after the closing bell results from Intel exceeded forecasts. Earnings from Johnson & Johnson and an equity analyst downgrade for Goldman Sachs weighed on sentiment for much of the day and outweighed further...

  Tags: Intel Corp., S&P, Earnings, Goldman Sachs Group Inc., weakness, Cisco Systems Inc., Starent Networks Corp.

• S&P Logs 6th Day of Gains With Earnings in View

  Reuters - 2009-10-12

  By Leah SchnurrNEW YORK (Reuters) - The S&P 500 managed a sixth consecutive day of gains on Monday to end at its closing high for the year as energy shares rose alongside the price of oil.But the market lost some strength in the afternoon and the Dow and Nasdaq ended...

  Tags: S&P 500, S&P, Stock, Earnings, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Financial Accounting, Investment, Chevron Corp.

• S&P, Nasdaq Inch Up as Earnings Begins; Alcoa Up Late

  Reuters - 2009-10-07

  By Caroline ValetkevitchNEW YORK (Reuters) - The Standard & Poor's 500 and Nasdaq indexes edged up on Wednesday with investors responding positively to early earnings results as the quarterly reporting period got under way.The mild moves follow two days of strong gains for the market, helped by optimism about third-quarter...

  Tags: S&P, Stock, Earnings, Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., Alcoa Inc., Costco Wholesale Corp., Google Inc., Monsanto Co.