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29 Jul 2009 09:12

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Biz, Tech: The stock market really doesn’t like the MS-Yahoo deal

  • 7% tumble in Yahoo’s stock following the deal’s announcement source
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15 Jul 2009 20:55

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Biz, Tech: The stock market is totally in love with Intel right now

  • Late Tuesday, Intel announced that they had estimated current quarter sales of $8.5 billion, which totally blew analysts’ numbers out of the water. Even better, their previous-quarter sales managed to top analysts’ numbers, too. Good to see someone’s doing really well.
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01 Jun 2009 10:08

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U.S.: When GM entered – and will leave – the Dow Jones index

  • 1925 The year the historic company perched its sturdy, reliable roost on the Dow Jones industrial average source
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18 May 2009 21:41

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Biz, U.S.: What perked up the stock market today, anyway?

  • 3% increase in the market today, credited to housing optimism source
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10 Apr 2009 20:36

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Biz: Hoo-ray! Stocks are sustaining their upward momentum!

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09 Apr 2009 21:17

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Biz, U.S.: The economy appears to be slowly emerging from its cocoon

  • Wells Fargo forecasted surprisingly good profits. source
  • Unemployment benefit filings are down for once. source
  • Retailers are predicting pretty solid April sales. source
  • The Dow reacted to this news by rallying +250. source
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30 Mar 2009 10:43

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Biz, U.S.: Stocks are down! Time for a photo of a fretting investor!

As you might imagine, they really didn’t like the GM/Chrysler auto bailout news. So, now they’re fretting. source
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27 Mar 2009 18:07

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Biz: Stocks sucked today. But this week, overall, ruled.

  • 6.8% increase for the Dow this week; not bad duders source
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23 Mar 2009 21:54

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Biz, U.S.: The stock market really liked the bailout news a lot

  • +497 we had a good day, now it’s time to party! source
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23 Feb 2009 20:39

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Biz, U.S.: Our economy sucks as much as Third Eye Blind

  • 1997 the last time the stock market was this low source
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