| [$$] Financials Help Stocks Scratch Out Gains (at The Wall Street Journal) |
| Thu, 11 Mar 2010 01:15:11 UTC |
| Financials Help Stocks Scratch Out Gains Bank of America and J.P. Morgan Chase rose as data on U.S. wholesale inventories showed improving demand. |
| Greed Is Good. So Are Cannes Film Awards. (at New York Times) |
| Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:41:42 UTC |
| Gordon Gekko appears unlikely to return to Wall Street until the fall. Variety reported Wednesday that 20th Century Fox was delaying the release of Oliver Stone s Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps on hopes that it would be included in the Cannes Film Festival in May. |
| Stocks to Watch: Stocks in focus for Thursday (at MarketWatch) |
| Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:31:00 UTC |
| Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Thursday s session are National Semiconductor, Smithfield Foods and Aeropostale. |
| Financials Lead Stocks Higher (at The Wall Street Journal) |
| Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:09:28 UTC |
| Financials Lead Stocks Higher Stocks edged higher thanks to a rally in the financial sector led by AIG and Citigroup, which conducted a successful offering of $2 billion in securities. |
| Summary Box: Stocks rise after inventories fall (AP) |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:29:58 UTC |
| GOOD NEWS, MODEST MOVES: The Dow Jones industrial average tacked on only 3 points Wednesday after the government said that inventories at wholesalers fell in January while sales rose. |
| Stocks rise after inventories fall and sales gain (AP) |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:17:01 UTC |
| Scant buying lifted stocks for a second day Wednesday after the government reported a drop in companies inventories. The Dow Jones industrials rose only 3 points as the market remained in a lull that began on Monday. |
| How the major stock indexes fared on Wednesday (AP) |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:01:36 UTC |
| Scant buying lifted stocks for a second day Wednesday after the government reported a drop in companies inventories. The Dow Jones industrials rose only 3 points as the market remained in a lull that began on Monday. |
| US STOCKS-Bets on economy lift Wall Street; banks, tech lead (at Reuters) |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:53:40 UTC |
| * KBW bank stock index at highest since November 2008 * Nasdaq Composite rises for fifth straight day * Abbott Labs to buy Facet Biotech for $27 per share * Dow up 0.03 pct, S&P 500 up 0.45 pct, Nasdaq up 0.78 pct |
| US STOCKS-Wall St up on economy bets; banks, tech lead (at Reuters) |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 22:45:49 UTC |
| * KBW bank stock index at highest since November 2008 * Nasdaq Composite rises for fifth straight day * Abbott Labs to buy Facet Biotech for $27 per share * Dow up 0.03 pct, S&P 500 up 0.45 pct, Nasdaq up 0.78 pct |
| U.S. stocks end up as inventories fall (at MarketWatch) |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:28:56 UTC |
| U.S. stocks added to their gains on Wednesday after the government said inventories fell in January. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 2.95 points to 10,567.33. The S&P 500 Index rose 5.16 points to 1,145.61. |
| US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall Street boosted by banks, tech (at Reuters) |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:06:23 UTC |
| Bank and technology shares lifted Wall Street on Wednesday on hopes a revival in business demand will boost corporate profits. |
| Sector roundup: Bailed-out cos., airlines (AP) |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:27:37 UTC |
| Among the sector activity stories for Wednesday, March 10, from AP Financial News: -- Four big financial companies that received major government bailouts and are still partly government-owned rose sharply for a second straight day. |
| Stocks in focus for Thursday (at MarketWatch) |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:31:00 UTC |
| Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Thursday’s session are National Semiconductor, Smithfield Foods and Aeropostale. |
| US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Dow turns lower; S&P, Nasdaq pare gains (at Reuters) |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:24:17 UTC |
| The Dow slipped into negative territory at midday on Wednesday, while the Nasdaq and S&P 500 pared gains as a rise in financial shares was offset by declines in energy shares. |
| Stocks trim advance as equities stay in range (at MarketWatch) |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:23:01 UTC |
| U.S. stocks pared their gains Wednesday, as investors reverted to the indecisive trading pattern of recent days. Don t be surprised by a range the next few days as the market consolidates recent gains, said Nick Kalivas, vice president of financial research at MF Global. |
| U.S. stocks gain as investors bid up banks (at MarketWatch) |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:05:07 UTC |
| U.S. stocks edge higher for a second straight day thanks to a rally in the financial sector led by American International Group and Citigroup, which conducted a successful offering of $2 billion in securities. |
| US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St opens higher as M&A heats up (at Reuters) |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:42:37 UTC |
| Wall Street rose at the open on Wednesday as a slew of new corporate deals and a surge in bailed out U.S. financial stocks boosted investor sentiment. |
| U.S. stocks open modestly up as financials advance (at MarketWatch) |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:37:32 UTC |
| U.S. stocks opened slightly higher on Wednesday, with financial shares including Citigroup Inc. and American International Group Inc. paving the way. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 14.36 points to 10,578.74. |
| Energy stocks flat-to-higher ahead of supply data (at MarketWatch) |
| Wed, 10 Mar 2010 14:36:58 UTC |
| Energy stocks traded flat-to-higher on Wedneseday ahead of key weekly inventory data. The NYSE Arca Oil Index rose 0.2% to 1,065 points. The NYSE Arca Natural Gas Index rose fractionally to 553 points. |
| US stocks eke out gains; Citi jumps, Cisco skids (at CNBC) |
| Tue, 09 Mar 2010 23:38:43 UTC |
| Stocks eked out a modest gain Tuesday as this one-year anniversary of the March 2009 lows brought a mix of profit-taking and optimism. |



