US STOCKS-Technical support, short covering boost Wall St (at Reuters)
* Bernanke: Recovery weaker but Fed prepared to take steps * Q2 GDP revised downward, but less than expected * Intel warns of revenue shortfall but shares rise us.rd.yahoo.com |
Newsweek: Our best economic minds are failing us
With America in deep trouble, our economists are AWOL, and our scientists are still off 鈥榝inancial engineering.鈥 Engineering - Newsweek - Business - Social Sciences - AWOL pheedo.msnbc.msn.com |
Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks rise on jobless, retail numbers
Stocks rise, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average within reach of the key 11000 level, after better-than-expected employment and retail-sales numbers. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Financial Stocks: Financials on track for 1.7% weekly advance
The financial sector trades mixed to close out the week as T. Rowe Price leads advancers with a 5% rally after strong quarterly earnings, while American Express moves lower as Bank of America makes gains among the blue chips. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Investors Leery of Euro Zone Bonds
Investors fled the riskiest euro-area government bonds on Wednesday, putting further pressure on policy makers as they grapple with decisions over emergency financial bailouts. nytimes.com |