Stocks Lower as Financials Struggle
2/08/10 •
NEW YORK (TheStreet) — Stocks struggled Monday as the financial sector came under pressure and markets gauged recovery prospects amid persisting fears about European sovereign debt.
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The Buzz: Gold and oil down. But not out?
2/08/10 •
Paul R. La Monica
It hasn’t been a good year for the black and gold.
Oh sure, fans of the New Orleans Saints are partying today following their team’s first Super Bowl [...]
Super Bowl is most watched TV show ever
2/08/10 •
David Bauder (AP) – The Super Bowl was watched by more than 106 million people, surpassing the 1983 finale of “M-A-S-H” to become the most-watched program in television history.
The Nielsen [...]
Airline stocks mostly up
2/08/10 •
DALLAS (AP) – Shares of the leading U.S. airlines were mostly higher in midday trading Monday as the broader market wavered.
The Amex airlines index was recently up 1.5 percent, with [...]
Stocks trade mixed as European debt woes remain
2/08/10 •
NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks traded mixed Monday as investors remained wary about the strength of the economic recovery and mounting debt in Europe.
The market’s major indexes held to a [...]
SAP shares slip on CEO’s ouster, questions
2/08/10 •
FRANKFURT (AP) — German software maker SAP AG’s stock slid 2.5 percent Monday, the day after CEO Leo Apotheker unexpectedly resigned and was replaced with a pair of co-chief executives.
The [...]
FOREX-Euro steadies vs dollar, but stays near lows
2/08/10 •
By Wanfeng Zhou
NEW YORK (Reuters) – The euro steadied against the dollar on Monday as a slight recovery in investors’ appetite for risk offset worries about the fiscal health of [...]
CVS Caremark 4Q Profit Rises 10% Amid Revenue Strength
2/08/10 •
NEW YORK (Dow Jones) – CVS Caremark Corp.’s (CVS) fourth-quarter earnings rose 10% amid stronger sales at its pharmacy businesses while the hybrid drug-store pharmacy benefit manager’s chief executive expressed [...]
Microsoft Expands Search-Ad Agreement With Facebook
2/05/10 •
By Dina Bass
(Bloomberg) – Microsoft Corp., an investor in Facebook Inc., expanded an Internet-search agreement with the social-networking service, while losing the site’s banner- advertising business.
An earlier agreement to sell [...]
Euro Losses Accelerate Amid Debt Worries
2/05/10 •
By Fabio Alves
NEW YORK (Dow Jones) – Pressure on the euro accelerated Friday morning amid growing concerns about sovereign debt problems in the euro-zone’s weaker nations.
The euro sank to a [...]
US Jobless rate falls to 9.7 percent in January
2/05/10 •
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Employers unexpectedly cut 20,000 in January, but the unemployment rate surprisingly fell to a five-month low of 9.7 percent, suggesting some labor market improvement starting to [...]
