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- Stocks Post Modest Gains At Close
Stocks ended modestly higher in light trading as investors found some positives for the market in a surprisingly weak jobs report.
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- Gold Prices Soar To $1,100; Other Commodities Fall
Gold is outshining other commodities, soaring to a new high of $1,100 an ounce, as prices for copper, oil and soybeans fall.
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- Stocks Zigzag As Traders Digest Jobs Report
Stocks are fluctuating in a tight range as investors find some positives for the market in a surprisingly weak jobs report.
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- Unemployment Tops 10% For First Time Since '83
The unemployment rate has surpassed 10% for the first time since 1983 — and is likely to go higher.
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- Starbucks Says Store Traffic Up, Customers Spending More
Business is picking up at Starbucks coffee shops, between rising customer traffic and additional money being spent.
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- Stocks Surge On Jobs Data, Cisco Forecast
Stocks ended sharply higher Thursday following a Labor Department report that the number of newly laid-off workers seeking unemployment benefits fell to 512,000 last week.
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- New Jobless Claims Drop To 512K, Lowest Since Jan.
The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits falls to the lowest level in 10 months, evidence that job cuts are easing as the economy slowly heals.
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- Retailers Report Mixed Sales Results For October
The nation's retailers are reporting mixed sales results for October. Shoppers, enticed by cooler weather and holiday discounts, opened their wallets a bit more but were still restrained from splurging on apparel amid tight credit and a weak job market.
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- Stocks Rally At Open After Better Jobs Data
Stocks are climbing in early trading after the government reports a bigger-than-expected drop in workers seeking unemployment benefits.
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- Stocks Give Up Gains In Last Hour, Finish Mixed
Investors have done a late-day turnaround and left stocks mixed after the Federal Reserve gave an encouraging assessment of the economy. A House vote to speed up the effective date of limits on credit card companies took bank stocks sharply lower and the rest of the market followed.
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- House Votes To Accelerate Credit Card Rules
The House has voted to impose tough new rules for credit card companies unless lenders agree to freeze interest rates and fees.
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- Oil Jumps Above $80 Despite Flat Demand
Crude prices bounced above $80 per barrel once again on Wednesday, a level that even OPEC leaders have said is too high given the fragile state of the global economy.
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- Gold Nears $1,100, Extends Gains As Dollar Weakens
Gold prices have rallied to another new high on the back of a weaker dollar.
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- Stocks Zigzag As Fed Holds Rates Low
Stocks are holding on to most of their gains after the Federal Reserve left its benchmark interest rate unchanged and said the pace of economic activity has improved.
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- Fed Again Pledges To Hold Rates At Record-Lows
With the recession apparently over, the Federal Reserve held a key interest rate at a record low and again pledged to keep it there for an "extended period" to foster the fragile economic recovery.
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- House Panel Votes To Give SEC More Money, Power
The House Financial Services Committee has voted to give federal regulators more power and money to police major players in the stock market.
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- ISM's Service Sector Index Grows Again In October
A trade group says the U.S. service sector grew for a second straight month in October, but at a slower pace than in September, as the recovery creeps along for the country's hospitals, retailers, financial services companies and truckers.
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- Stocks Rise As Services Sectors Grow For 2nd Month
Stocks are extending their gains following a trade group's report that service industry activity has grown for a second straight month.
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- Rising Commodity Prices Lift Stocks
Stocks have ended mostly higher as rising commodity prices lifted energy, industrial and materials companies.
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- Ford To Raise $3.3 Billion In Stock, Debt Sales
Ford Motor Co. says it will ask its lenders for extra time to repay at least some of the $10.1 billion borrowed under a line of credit, and will sell about $3.3 billion in stock and convertible debt to raise more cash.
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- Report: Full Recovery Of U.S. Auto Investment Seen Unlikely
Government investigators say U.S. taxpayers are unlikely to recover their full investment in General Motors or Chrysler.
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- Stocks Slide As Buffett Deal Brings Modest Comfort
Stocks are lower after a rally as investors draw only modest comfort from investor Warren Buffett's decision to buy one of the nation's largest railroads.
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- Clorox Reports Rising Profit, Helped By Flu Worries
The Clorox Co. says profit rose 23% in its fiscal first quarter. Consumers were paying higher prices and stocking up on disinfecting products because of worries about the flu.
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- Trio Of Strong Economic Reports Lift Hopes For Recovery
Manufacturing, real estate and construction spending have increased.
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- Ford Reports Surprise $1 Billion 3Q Profit
Ford Motor Co. says it made nearly $1 billion in the third quarter, fueled by U.S. market share gains, cost cuts and the government's Cash for Clunkers rebates.
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- Democrats Want To Curb Banks' Overdraft Fees
The chairman of the House Financial Services Committee says new rules are needed on when and how lenders charge customers for overdrafts.
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- Nintendo's Profit Dives As Global Wii Demand Dips
Nintendo's first-half profit plunged by more than half as sales of its hit Wii home console fizzled in a saturated market.
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- Geithner Says Economy On The Mend
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said he sees positive signs that the economy is recovering, although the recession remains "alive and acute" for families dealing with unemployment and facing home foreclosure.
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- Stocks Continue To Fall At Midday
At midday, the Dow Jones industrial average is down 41 at 9,841. The Standard & Poor's 500 index is down 11 at 1,053, and the Nasdaq composite index is down 31 at 2,086.
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- GM Seen Posting Sales Gain
A top General Motors Co. sales analyst says the automaker is likely to post its first year-over-year monthly sales gain in October.
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- Stocks Fluctuate As New Home Sales Fall
Stocks are fluctuating following news that sales of new homes posted a surprise drop for September.
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- Feds File Suits Over $562 Million Bogus Tax Claims
Federal authorities have filed lawsuits against seven people accused of promoting a bogus tax return scheme seeking a total of $562 million in refunds.
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- Treasury, GMAC In Talks For 3rd Round Of U.S. Aid
A Treasury Department spokesman confirms GMAC Financial Services is in talks with the Treasury Department for a third injection of taxpayer aid.
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- Job Market Weighs On Consumer Confidence
Consumers aren't feeling as good about the economic outlook as before. And that's raising concerns about prospects for the looming holiday shopping season.
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- Stocks Zigzag After Mixed Data On Homes, Consumers
A decision Tuesday by IBM Corp. to double its stock-repurchase plan is giving a boost to the Dow Jones industrials.
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- IBM To Spend $5 Billion More On Stock Buyback
IBM's board has approved $5 billion for use in the company's stock repurchase program.
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- Stocks Turn Lower As Consumer Confidence Falls
Stocks are giving up an early advance after a reading on consumer confidence came in well below expectations.
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- Fisker To Build Hybrid Cars At Idled Delaware GM Plant
California luxury automaker Fisker Automotive is buying an idled General Motors assembly plant in Delaware to produce plug-in hybrid electric cars.
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- Home Prices Rise In Most Major Cities In August
Home prices rise for the third straight month in August, signaling a housing recovery is taking hold.
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- Consumer Confidence Slips Unexpectedly
Consumers' confidence about the U.S. economy fell unexpectedly in October as job prospects remained bleak.
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- Oil Hovers Below $79 After 3-Day Slide
Oil prices lingered below $79 a barrel today in Asia after three days of losses as investors eyed a volatile U.S. dollar.
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- Reports Due On Consumer Confidence, Home Prices
The Standard & Poors/Case-Shiller home price index is released before the opening bell on Wall Street. While it is expected to show that prices fell in August, the rate of decline is thought slowing.
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- Dodd Wants Immediate Rate Freeze On Credit Cards
Senate Banking Committee chairman Chris Dodd, who is fighting for his political survival, has proposed an immediate freeze on the interest rates on the estimated 700 million credit cards in circulation.
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- Stocks Turn Lower As Rising Dollar Hits Oil Prices
Stocks have turned lower as a rising dollar stalled a rally in commodities. A drop in the dollar initially gave a boost to stocks Monday, but a strengthening in the currency short-circuited the market's advance.
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- Stocks Slide As Railroads, Oil, Lose Ground
Cautious forecasts from railroads are stirring unease about the economy and a slide in oil is hitting energy stocks.
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- Home Sales Rise 9.4% In September
Home resales rose far more than expected last month to the highest level in more than two years as buyers scrambled to complete their purchases before a tax credit for first-time owners expires.
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- New Unemployment Claims Rise More Than Expected
The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for jobless benefits rose more than expected last week, after falling in five of the past six weeks.
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- TARP Head Says Pay Cuts For Executives Are Justified
The head of a committee that oversees the federal bailout fund says executive compensation in the country's large corporations is excessive and must be brought under control.
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- Dow Chemical Revenues Slide; Company Cuts Spending
Dow Chemical says revenues are slid in the third quarter and the company that makes the basic ingredients for everything from toys to cars is not counting on better conditions this year or next.
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- Congress Moves To Expand Financial Oversight
A House committee is expected to approve a bill today creating a new Consumer Financial Protection Agency.
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