U.S. stocks on Friday remained mostly ahead after the April jobs report proved not as bad as expected and the Federal Reserve widened funding to banks, but Sun Microsystems Inc.'s disappointing resu…
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Shares of Yahoo Inc. moved higher Friday evening as speculation heated up that the world's largest software firm is considering raising its bid for the Web portal.
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Mortgage-finance giant Fannie Mae will swing to a loss in the first quarter, analysts predict, as the U.S. housing market remains weak.
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On a conference call with journalists after France Telecom revealed its interest in TeliaSonera, Chief Financial Officer Gervais Pellissier stressed there would be no going back to the "reckless" merg…
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Islamic stocks began staging a mild recovery in April and in some cases have started to outperform their conventional counterparts. While conventional stocks are expected to stay under pressure from t…
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TORONTO - The Toronto stock market chalked up a triple-digit gain for a third session Friday after employment news from the United States raised hopes that the country will escape sliding into recessi…
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FRANKFURT (Thomson Financial) - German shares were higher in relatively low-volume afternoon trade as local indices were given a boost from a higher opening on Wall Street and by U.S. jobless data, wh…
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Financial stocks we love The subprime mortgage meltdown and resulting credit crisis have slammed financial stocks recently. But there are still some diamonds in the rough. (
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Sara Lepro May 2, 2008 - 2:22 p.m. NEW YORK (AP) - Shares of major credit card companies mostly fell Friday as investors awaited a vote from the Federal Reserve and other regulators on the approv…
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks fell on Friday as gains in oil prices and a net loss by business computer maker Sun Microsystems Inc offset data showing employers shed far fewer jobs in April.The Dow Jone…