| UPDATE - Margins, inventory concerns weigh on Abercrombie (at Reuters) * Q2 adj EPS $0.24 vs Wall Street s $0.16 * Domestic sales rise 8 percent * Gross margin down 150 bps * Inventory at cost up 47 pct us.rd.yahoo.com |
US stocks fluctuate US stocks are fluctuating in a narrow range after traders received one mixed report on the jobs market and await a second later this week. news.com.au |
US STOCKS-Wall St aims to rack up four weeks of gains [at Reuters] - * New home sales unchanged in August * Durable goods orders fall but business spending rebounds * Dow up 1.7 pct, S&P up 1.9 pct, Nasdaq up 1.9 pct * For up-to-the-minute market news see us.rd.yahoo.com |
Tech Stocks: Tech stocks end week with broad gains Tech stocks close with broad gains as enthusiasm over what the U.S. Federal Reserve might to do help spur the economy outweighs earlier losses. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Bank shares hit by U.S. foreclosure woes * Bank stocks fall amid foreclosure paperwork concerns * TARP panel, all 50 states probe foreclosure process * Uncertainty threatens recovery of housing market us.rd.yahoo.com |