By Kevin PlumbergNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks slumped on Friday after surprisingly weak earnings from General Electric Co and data showing consumer sentiment at a 26-year low fed fears the economy is i…
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and data showing consumer sentiment at a 26-year low added to worries about corporate earnings and a recession.The Nasdaq had its worst one-day drop since February 5.Based on the latest available data…
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Inc., will preside over the closing bell at the NASDAQ MarketSite Friday afternoon. Superior Uniform (NASDAQ: SCG) began trading on the NASDAQ Stock Market on March 24. Previously, Superior had trad…
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MEXICO CITY, April 11 (Reuters) - Mexican stocks fell on Friday after weak U.S. consumer data added to worries about a recession in the United States, but the peso firmed slightly to a two-year hig…
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SAO PAULO, April 11 (Reuters) - Brazilian stocks fell and the currency weakened on Friday, dragged down by concerns about the global economy after General Electric Co cut its earnings forecast and …
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Having a top AAA credit rating is important in situations like these because it helps finance companies borrow money more cheaply. When they lend the cash out again at a higher interest rate, they can…
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Google Inc.’s fist-quarter earnings report, coming Thursday, will shed light on a period that’s been rife with speculation that the hard-charging company has faltered in…
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April 11, 2008 - 4:07 p.m. NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of utility companies ended mixed Friday as the Dow Jones industrial average fell on a weak first-quarter report from General Electric Co. Here is …
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The local sharemarket shed 1.45 per cent in a poor day featuring the veto by government ministers of the Canadian bid to buy a stake in Auckland Airport.The NZSX-50 was down 51.17 points, or 1.45, to …
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Analysts had been predicting that the airline would run out of cash before the end of the year because of high fuel costs. And as with Champion, Skybus and Aloha, the fuel prices took away their finan…