Markets and TV edge up, radio heads elsewhere – 6/18/10
The Dow picked up 0.2%, while S&P and Nasdaq each picked up 0.1% in value, which may not be earth-shattering but did constitute another...
Stocks ended Thursday slightly higher – 6/17/10
A late surge of buying in less risky sectors gave Wall Street an up day on Thursday, although concerns remain about the strength of...
Stocks closed mixed on Wednesday – 6/16/10
A report of a decrease in home building kept a lid on stock prices Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average ended the session with...
Stocks moved up on upbeat news – 6/15/10
IDC forecast 20% growth in the personal computer market this year and Boeing said it was boosting production due to increasing airliner orders. With...
Stocks end session on the down side – 6/14/10
Early gains on Wall Street evaporated after Moody's Investors Service downgraded the debt of Greece, focusing new attention on European financial stress. The Dow...
Dow stayed above 10K to end week – 6/11/10
The government's report on May retail sales came in below expectations, but tech stocks rose on a bullish outlook from National Semiconductor, which had...
DJIA back above 10K – 6/10/10
A successful bond offering by the Spanish government, a strong export/import report from China and bargaining hunting in battered energy stocks all combined to...
Rally fizzles on Wall Street – 6/9/10
It looked like Wednesday was going to be an up day, with stocks rising on generally optimistic comments before Congress by Fed chief Ben...
Late rally swept Wall Street on Tuesday – 6/8/10
The stock market shot up in the final hour of trading on Tuesday. There wasn't much news to account for the buying frenzy, although...
Stock slide continued on Monday – 6/7/10
Continuing disappointment with Friday's jobs report weighed on Wall Street Monday and the mood got worse when the Federal Reserve reported that consumer credit...
Jobs report sent stocks lower on Friday – 06/04/10
The US Labor Department reported that 431,000 jobs were created in May, well below the expectations of private economists. Not only that, 411,000 of...
Stock gains modest, but at least gains – 06/03/10
First time claims for unemployment payments fell for the second straight week and ADP, the payroll processing company, said private employers added 55,000 jobs...
Day of big gains – 06/02/10
Energy and financial stocks led the way as bargain hunters descended on Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 225 points, or 2.3%,...
Stocks take a dive – 06/01/10
Energy stocks dropped sharply after US Attorney General Eric Holder announced that a criminal investigation was underway into the oil spill still gushing in...
May ends on a down note – 05/28/10
A credit downgrade for Spain by Fitch made Wall Street nervous about Europe again on Friday and the last trading day of May saw...