| Airline stocks mixed; Delta, UAL up modestly (at MarketWatch) Airlines were mixed with light trading on Wednesday. The NYSE Arca Airline Index was virtually flat at 41.07 points with six of its 13 components trading modestly higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down a fraction at 10,366.8 points. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Dollar opens higher on global risk mood THE dollar has opened firmer after moving steadily higher on positive global risk sentiment. news.com.au |
Stocks edge lower as investors take profits [AP] - Stocks took a pause from their big September rally on Monday. With no major economic reports to drive trading, investors focused instead on individual stocks after a fresh round of corporate dealmaking in the airline, consumer products and retailing industries. finance.yahoo.com |
3 economists share Nobel for job market theory Two Americans and a British-Cypriot economist have won a Nobel prize for a theory that helps explain why many people can remain unemployed despite a large number of job vacancies. pheedo.msnbc.msn.com |
US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St pares gains as GE, banks weigh U.S. stocks pared gains and the Dow industrials and S&P 500 turned negative on Friday, weighed by declines in General Electric and top-tier banks. us.rd.yahoo.com |