SANTIAGO, May 2 (Reuters) - Chile's peso CHILJ <CLP=CL> closed weaker on Friday in the face of broad dollar strength, while shares ended slightly firmer on the back of quarterly earnings repo…
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Insurance-focused conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway said Friday that its first-quarter profit slumped 64% compared with the same period a year earlier, with underwriting i…
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Posted on: Friday, 2 May 2008, 18:00 CDT Tokyo, May 2 (Jiji Press)–Foreign investors turned net buyers of Japanese stocks in April for the first time in six months, reflecting receding fears of a de…
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Wall Street shares ended mixed today as investors closed out a positive week and digested a milder-than-expected report on job losses that eased fears of a deep downturn for the US economy.At the clos…
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shares of Yahoo Inc. rose nearly 7% Friday, gaining ground on news of a possible higher offer from Microsoft Corp. and an expanded partnership with Google Inc.
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The Dow closed up 47.88 at 13,057.88 on Friday. The NASDAQ finished down 3.72 at 2,476.99. The S&P 500 ended up 4.42 at 1,413.76. Here's how some leading Colorado companies performed Fri…
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil – Brazilian stocks shot to a record high Friday, bursting through the 70,000-point barrier for the first time on continued euphoria over the country's new investment-grade…
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Stocks rallied strongly early Friday after the Labor Department said the U.S. economy shed fewer jobs than feared last month, but a 23% decline in shares of Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) set the ton…
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By Jennifer CooganNEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks made modest gains on Friday after jobs data that offered fresh evidence the economic slowdown is not as severe as feared, but technology shares faded on a…
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NEW YORK (AP) ― Wall Street turned in a mixed performance Friday as investors set aside some initial enthusiasm over a stronger-than-expected jobs report to lock in some of their recent gains….