| Retail Stocks: Ann Taylor pares gains as retailers sink deeper (at MarketWatch) Retail stocks move lower Friday, extending prior-session losses, despite recent upbeat results from apparel sellers Gap Inc. and Ann Taylor Stores Corp. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Retail Stocks: Retail stocks rise, led by Men s Wearhouse [at MarketWatch] - Retail stocks rise after initial jobless claims fell more than expected, giving some encouraging sign in the troubled job market. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Stocks turn positive in afternoon trading Stocks mostly rose Tuesday as investors brushed off news that consumer confidence dropped to its lowest level since February. Business - Investing - Stocks and Bonds - Equities - Futures contract pheedo.msnbc.msn.com |
SunTrust leads bank decliners after downgrade SunTrust Banks Inc. fell 6% Thursday, the hardest-hit S&P 500 financial stock in the day's bank rout, after Morgan Keegan downgraded the shares to market perform from outperform. "While we continue to like the long term franchise value of SunTrust, we are becoming increasingly concerned that ongoing issues surrounding mortgage foreclosures ...could not only remain a source of headline risk, but also potentially push out the timing for a return to normalized earnings as troubled asset disposition could get dragged out," Morgan Keegan said. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Dollar lower at noon, below parity THE dollar was lower at noon, backing away from its record high on Friday night. news.com.au |