Summary Box: Economic worries dog stock prices ANOTHER POOR SIGN: Traders digested another weak sign on the economy Monday, a report showing that personal incomes rose less than expected in July. STILL WATCHING: It’s a heavy week for economic data in the stock market, with the biggest report coming Friday on monthly employment figures. Read more on INO…. Click here to Read More
Stock Wrap: The Real Story, August 26 NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Stocks were trading near their lows of the session late Thursday afternoon, and the Dow dropped below the 10,000 mark, as a weak reading on regional manufacturing overshadowed a better-than-expected decline in initial jobless claims and news that 3Par reached a revised merger agreement with Dell. Read more on…. Click here to Read More
30 AugCharles River announces new $300 million accelerated stock repurchase program Charles River Laboratories International, Inc. announced today that it has implemented an accelerated stock repurchase (ASR) program to repurchase $300 million of common stock, as part of its previously announced authorization from its Board of Directors to repurchase up to $500 million of common stock. The new ASR program will enable the…. Click here to Read More
28 AugStock Market Closes Below 10,000 Dow Falls Just Below 10,000 for First Time Since Early July as Problems with Economy Linger Read more on CBS…. Click here to Read More
27 AugThis Stock Rocks: Trina Solar Growth, value, strong fundamentals — choose any three. Read more on The Motley…. Click here to Read More
26 AugMorgenthau Held Stock in Company Seeking Rangel Help Robert M. Morgenthau brought together Eugene M. Isenberg, whose firm wanted a tax break, and Representative Charles B. Rangel, who wanted money for a school. Read more on New York…. Click here to Read More
25 AugStock so good it must be a sin: Vice markets seeing gains BOSTON – So much for virtue. Sin is in. That’s according to a mutual fund manager who’s finding plenty of investment opportunities in companies profiting from vices like smoking, drinking and gambling. Read more on Temple Daily…. Click here to Read More
24 AugStock futures climb ahead of weekly jobs data Stock futures are rising as investors anticipate fresh reports will signal the economy continues to grow, albeit slowly. Read more on KSWO Lawton-Wichita…. Click here to Read More
23 AugEuropean, U.S. Stock-Index Futures Advance; Boskalis, Holcim May Be Active European and U.S. stock-index futures rose before reports that may show fewer Americans applied for jobless benefits last week and manufacturing in the Philadelphia region expanded. Asian shares climbed. Read more on…. Click here to Read More
22 AugChina stock index futures open mixed Wednesday China’s stock index futures were mixed at their openings Wednesday with the contract for settlement in August, the most actively traded, opening flat at 2,949.6. Read more on People’s…. Click here to Read More
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