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Stocks Rally on Earnings, Good Economic News

A batch of positive earnings reports and good economic indicators finally had the expected result on Wall Street today as stocks turned in a strong performance ...

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Stocks Fall Again on Slowdown in Earnings Growth

U.S. stocks continue to be stuck in the January doldrums, with renewed selling today pushing the Dow and the Nasdaq to their lowest levels since before the year-end rally began in November ...

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Stocks Down Again for Third Straight Week

U.S. stock markets were unable to sustain some early momentum today and ended up finishing lower on the session, finishing another dismal week in which earnings news took center stage ...

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Markets Again Fall as Earnings Outweigh Economic Data

A rare earnings miss and a soft outlook from eBay helped spark another sell-off on Wall Street today as investors ran for cover from a growing list of disappointments in the corporate profits realm ...

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Stocks Plunge on Worries About Earnings

A drop in weekly unemployment claims and signs of economic strength in a Federal Reserve report were not enough to overcome disappointment over some key earnings reports as stocks slumped to heavy losses today ...

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Stocks Rally as Earnings Turn Investors Bullish

Stocks overcame a brief spike in oil prices to post across-the-board increases today as investors looked to add to gains made before the long holiday weekend ...

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Stocks Close Down Week with Rally

Signs that inflation pressures might have receded somewhat, and with them the threat of dramatically higher interest rates, put investors in a buying mood today to cap what had been another losing week on Wall Street ...

Stock Prices Plunge on Earnings Warnings

The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted a triple-digit loss today as investors dumped shares on worries that the corporate earnings season would shape up as a disappointment ...

Stocks Rise on Optimism Fueled by Strong Intel Earnings

Optimism created by a strong earnings report from Intel was enough to overcome word that the trade deficit has hit record high levels and to send stocks to a positive finish today ...

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Stocks Drop Again on Concern About Earnings

Stocks continued to backslide from their peaks reached at the end of 2004 as a disappointing kickoff to earnings season and warnings from some key technology companies led to another sell-off ...

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Stocks Manage Modest Gains as Earnings Season Begins

Stocks posted modest gains today as merger activity sparked a rally that petered out by the end of the session as investors turned a wary eye to the upcoming earnings season ...

MARKET REPORT

Stocks Down Again Despite Good Jobs Report

An employment report for December that showed steady job creation and capped the best year for hiring since 1999 wasn't enough to prevent stocks from ending the week in negative territory, with yet another weak session today ...

Stocks End Mixed as Attention Turns to Jobs Data

Stocks finished mixed today, with the Dow and the S&P 500 ending three-day losing streaks with their first positive sessions of 2005, but the Nasdaq still stuck in reverse ...

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Losing Streak Reaches Three Days for Stock Markets

Major U.S. stock markets posted losses for the third straight session today amid inflation worries and concerns that a move by Delta Airlines to cut fares could lead to an airline price war that would further damage that troubled industry ...

MARKET REPORT

Stocks Sink as Inflation Worries Mount

Word that the Federal Reserve is increasingly worried about the prospects of inflation sent stocks tumbling today, with the Dow narrowly avoiding a triple-digit loss and the Nasdaq giving up more than 2 percent ...

Profit-Taking Sends Stocks Down

A strong report on manufacturing, lower oil prices, a stronger U.S. dollar and positive news from a key retailer were not enough to move stocks higher today as a sell-off described as profit-taking from the gains made late in 2004 drove shares lower ...

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Stocks Fall Slightly, But Remain Near Three-Year Highs

Stocks lost ground today, with news about specific stocks denting the Dow and a lack of impetus for buying keeping other indexes from moving higher ...

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Stocks Rally on Surge in Consumer Confidence

Consumer confidence surged in November to its highest levels since July as more people bet on better times ahead in 2005, a belief that stock market investors shared today as they continued the year-end rally ...

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Dollar, Retail Worries Leave Stocks in Red

Stock markets slumped back from the holiday weekend today as refreshed concern over the weakness of the U.S. dollar and worries that the holiday shopping season won't pass muster outweighed a plunge in oil prices ...

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Dow Hits Three-Year High in End-of-Year Rally

The long-anticipated year-end rally got under way in earnest on Wall Street today as stocks roared higher, pushing the Dow to its highest level in more than three years ...

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