| US STOCKS-Wall Street buoyed by earnings, deal talk (at Reuters) * Wal-Mart, Home Depot profits top estimates * Materials get boost from Potash bid * Industrial production expands more than expected us.rd.yahoo.com |
US STOCKS-Wall St set for best week in six as fear eases [at Reuters] - * Payrolls better than expected, double-dip fears ease * Financial, tech shares lead advance as risk returns * Dow edges back into the black for the year us.rd.yahoo.com |
Most active New York Stock Exchange-traded stocks [AP] - A look at New York Stock Exchange 10 most-active stocks at 1 p.m.: Alcoa Inc. rose 3.6 percent to $12.16 with 18,004,400 shares traded. finance.yahoo.com |
[$$] Clearing--or Just the Eye of the Storm? Stocks posted their strongest monthly gains in decades, not that investors would notice. They're too busy pouring money into bond funds. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Fed Minutes: Debt purchases dominate Sept. meeting A new program to pump up the economy through the purchase of government debt dominated Federal Reserve officials' discussions at their September meeting. pheedo.msnbc.msn.com |