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msgs ) profit miss and weak 2008 outlook battered stocks Friday and put investors on edge just before the first-quarter earnings season jumps into high gear next week. Investors will be watching a num…

The Canadian Press April 11, 2008 - 7:03 p.m. TORONTO - Some of the most active companies traded Friday on the Toronto Stock Exchange and the TSX Venture Exchange: Toronto Stock Exchange (down 226.5…

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Concerns about the impact of the credit crisis and the weak economy will come into sharp focus next week, with investors set for a flood of earnings from ailing financials as…

and other large banks and financial services companies rattle investors already concerned about a U.S.-led economic slowdown.Wall Street also will contend with reams of economic data, with two inflati…

The conglomerate is one of the early companies to post first-quarter results and its shortfall stirred worries that others still to report will paint a similarly dreary picture. The smaller-than-expec…

Last Update: 5:13 PM ET Apr 11, 2008 Los Angeles (MarketWatch) — Late-traded tech stocks edged up Friday evening following a difficult dayside session in the broader market after a quarterly earnings…

NEW YORK, April 11 /PRNewswire/ — The American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) today announced that it launched trading in the NETS(TM) DAX(R) Index Fund by Northern Trust Global Investments. The new ETF…

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks on Friday sank on industrial bellwether General Electric Co.’s earnings miss, which cast a gloomy light on a slew of earnings reports next week. The Dow Jones Ind…

NEW YORK – Wall Street stumbled Friday after a disappointing first-quarter report from General Electric Co. surprised the market and stoked concern about the health of both corporate profits and…

NEW YORK – Treasury prices rose Friday as investors, anxiously awaiting next week’s batch of bank earnings, took their money out of stocks and put it in less risky assets. Though the Dow Jone…