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Wall Street topped off a strong week with a big rally Friday, after results from companies like Citigroup Inc. and Google Inc. helped ease investor anxiety about the health of corporate profits.

NEW YORK - Wall Street topped off a strong week with a big rally today, after results from companies like Citigroup and Google helped ease investor anxiety about the health of corporate profits. The m…

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks ended sharply higher on Friday as a strong profit from Google Inc (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile, Research) sparked a rally in the technology sector and as Citigroup Inc (C.N: Quo…

U.S.-traded shares of British drug makers GlaxoSmithKline PLC and AstraZeneca PLC rose with the broader market Friday, but an analyst downgraded the stocks, saying profit and sales will slip over the …

NEW YORK (AP) — Treasury prices finished mixed after an initial decline Friday as investors moved into long-term government debt after comments from Federal Reserve officials appeared to quell some c…

NEW YORK-Global stocks soared on Friday on US earnings reports, including results from Citigroup, that gave investors hope the worst of a sharp credit crunch that has battered markets for months was o…

U.S. and European stocks surged Friday and the dollar strengthened on hopes that quarterly results at Citigroup marked a turning point in a global credit crunch that has battered markets for months. …

Craig Wong, The Canadian Press April 18, 2008 - 6:41 p.m. Shares of Canadian mining companies with operations in Ecuador were pounded Friday as an assembly that’s writing the country’s new constituti…

New York - Wall Street rallied on Friday after Citigroup reported losses that were not severe as anticipated and announced plans to slash more than 9,000 jobs to help the bank recover from the credit …

still has not met the Nasdaq market's $1 minimum bid price requirement and could be delisted, according to a letter received from Nasdaq officials Thursday. The Redwood City-based company (NASDA…