Fears of recovery stall drops prices – 08/23/10
Light traffic is usually good news on most streets, but not on Wall Street, and not when the sense that a slow recovery is...
Jittery Friday closed mixed
Wall Street couldn’t shake off worries about the economy after Thursday’s bad news on the jobs front, although tech shares had a good day...
Stocks hit by new recession worries – 8/19/10
Wall Street wasn't expecting the jump in new jobless claims that the government reported on Thursday. Nor did traders like a gloomy economic report...
Wall Street was on Target Wednesday – 8/18/10
An upbeat outlook from retailer Target gave stock prices a small boost on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 10 points, or 0.1%,...
Big retailers boost stocks and broadcasters – 8/17/10
Both Wal-Mart and Home Depot reported strong Q2 results and sent stock prices broadly higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 104 points, or...
Broadcast stocks fall in mixed market – 8/16/10
Tech stocks were the stars on Monday, but otherwise traders remained cautious about the economy, here in the US and abroad. The Dow Jones...
Stock slump continued on Friday the 13th
Wall Street’s retreat continued on Friday after a government report that retail sales were up a measly 0.4% in July. The Dow Jones Industrial...
Stock prices keep falling – 8/12/10
An increase in new applications for unemployment benefits and disappointing results from tech titan Cisco kept stock prices heading lower on Thursday. The Dow...
Stocks take a plunge – 8/11/10
Overseas markets went into a dive following Tuesday's comments from the US Fed about a softening of the economic recovery and the stock selloff...
Stocks down on Fed pessimism – 8/10/10
Comments by the Federal Reserve's policy making committee that the economic recovery is weakening, prompting new Fed efforts to get it back on track,...
Market rises, awaiting Fed – 8/9/10
Trading volume was extremely light on Monday, ahead of Tuesday's meeting by the Federal Reserve's policy making committee, which could signal new steps to...
Jobs news gave Wall Street a headache on Friday – 8/6/10
The Labor Department reported Friday that the US lost 131,000 jobs in July, which again made Wall Streeters worry about the pace of the...
Job news causes jitters on Wall Street – 8/5/10
A rise in weekly first-time unemployment claims unnerved stock traders on Thursday, with the government's monthly jobs report due out Friday morning. The Dow...
Stocks enjoy a good day – 8/4/10
Strong earnings reports from some retailers but Wall Street traders in a buying mood. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 44 points, or 0.4%,...
P&G gives Wall Street pause – 8/3/10
Unimpressive Q2 results from Procter & Gamble brought an end to Monday's rally, with stock prices closing slightly lower on Tuesday. The Dow Jones...