| Leading indicators rise 0.1 percent in July A private research group said its gauge of future economic activity edged up in July, suggesting growth will be sluggish for the rest of the year. Research - Economics - Leading indicators - United States - Future pheedo.msnbc.msn.com |
Wall Street cuts gains, financials off highs [Reuters] - Stocks cut gains on Thursday, drifting to session lows as a report that Deutsche Bank was considering a share sale offset optimism over better-than-expected economic data. finance.yahoo.com |
U.S. stocks slide along with consumer confidence [at MarketWatch] - U.S. stocks declined further Tuesday after a measure of consumer confidence slumped in September. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 80 points right after the sentiment data, but was lately off 60.77 points at 10,751.27. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Tech stocks boosted by Apple, IBM gains Sector leaders Apple and IBM climb to new all-time highs in early activity, as the tech sector posts broad gains. us.rd.yahoo.com |
US stocks fall on poor earnings from tech giants Tech giants Apple and IBM weighed on US equities in early trading on Tuesday after disappointing earnings reports forced the stocks to retreat from Monday's all-time highs. us.rd.yahoo.com |