| Retail and jobs data fail to lift Wall St [at Financial Times] - US stocks were almost flat in early trading on Thursday after jobless figures and same store sales added to continuing deal activity, including Hewlett-Packard HPQ upping its bid in the battle for 3Par. us.rd.yahoo.com |
US STOCKS-Markets end lower on jobs data; Nike rises late [at Reuters] - * Weakness in housing, labor market undermines stocks * S&P falls below key support level * Red Hat, Bed Bath & Beyond rise after results us.rd.yahoo.com |
RPT-Europe stocks end flat as miners offset banks * FTSEurofirst 300 end flat; up 1.2 percent on the week * Banks resume 4-week selloff, Barclays sags on stake sale us.rd.yahoo.com |
Fed's Yellen: Possible that low rates feed bubbles Low interest rates can contribute to financial bubbles even if they are not a primary culprit, Janet Yellen said in her first speech as vice chair of the Federal Reserve. pheedo.msnbc.msn.com |
Economists see slow, steady recovery next year The pace of the U.S. economic recovery will remain steady but slow in the face of persistently high unemployment and heavy debt burdens, according to a new survey. pheedo.msnbc.msn.com |