Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Dow up; S&P 500 nears record

Stocks climbed on Tuesday, pushing the S&P 500 to within 1% of its all-time closing high, as Wall Street embraced an improving economy and...

Stocks rise for third session

Stocks gained for a third session on Monday as Wall Street looked to the second-quarter earnings season. After climbing as much as 126 points,...

Found a job, and someone bought some stock

There was a round of fireworks on Wall Street in the wake of a better-than-projected jobs report for the month of June, and broadcasters...

Market flattens ahead of holiday

Brokers on Wall Street got early and/or extended recess, calling it a day at 1PM eastern 7/3, and according to reports, put aside most...

Radio edges up, TV slips a smidgeon

According to one report we looked at, the situation in Egypt managed to inspire Wall Street traders to hit the brakes Tuesday. On the...

Vegas FM from Beasley to Beasley

$4M KVGS-FM Las Vegas NV (Meadville AZ). 100% of GGB Las Vegas LLC from George G. Beasley to KJUL License LLC, a subsidiary of...

Broadcast rises with the Wall Street tide

There were a number of possible explanations put forward for starting off the third quarter of 2013 on an upbeat, so take your pick...

Emmis bucks the trend on Wall Street

Friday 6/28/13 trading was labeled mixed by those who cared to label it, with major indicators down a fraction of a percent, but somebody...

Stocks up, radio rides the wave

According to reports, members of the Fed have been whispering sweet and soothing words after initially scaring the living daylights out of stock traders,...

Dow up triple digits

Stocks rallied for a second session on Wednesday, pulling benchmark indexes into positive turf for the week, as a revision in economic growth calmed...

Stocks end with strong gains on upbeat data

Stocks ended with strong gains on Tuesday after several upbeat economic reports showed increases in durable-goods orders, new-home sales and consumer confidence. The Dow...

Stocks end lower; Dow off 140 points

Stocks ended sharply lower on Monday, following a 5.3% tumble in the Shanghai stock market overnight spurred by worries over China's economy and banking...

Dow gains Friday, but drops 1.8% for the week

The Dow and the S&P 500 posted modest gains on Friday, while the Nasdaq Composite finished lower, weighed down by Oracle. Stocks posted losses...

Dow sinks nearly 354 points on Fed fears

Stocks ended with steep losses again on Thursday, hit by fear that the Fed will start scaling back its bond-buying program later this year....

Stocks sink after Fed speaks

Stocks fell sharply and Treasury yields surged as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the central bank may scale back its monthly bond purchases...