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Stocks Ended Lower Ahead of Fed
U.S. stocks ended near session lows on Monday ahead of possible policy action from the Federal Reserve later this week. The Dow Jones industrial average dropped 52.35 points, or 0.39 percent, to 13,254.29. The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index dropped 8.84 points, or 0.61 percent, to 1,429.08. The Nasdaq Composite Index dropped 32.40 points, or…
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Consumer Credit Drops Unexpectedly in July
Consumer credit fell in July for the first time in nearly a year as Americans reduced credit card debt, a worrisome sign for the economy. Consumer credit fell at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.5% to $2.71 trillion, the Federal Reserve said. Revolving debt like credit-card borrowing fell for the second month with a…
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BP sells more Gulf assets, Plains paying $6 bln to BP
BP PLC , an integrated oil and gas company, said Monday that it has agreed to sell its interests in a number of oil and gas fields in the deepwater U.S. Gulf of Mexico to Plains Exploration and Production Company for a total of $5.55 billion. Plains Exploration & Production Co. on Monday said it’ll…
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Stocks Opened Lower on Weak Chinese Data
U.S. stocks opened slightly lower Monday, after data in China increased worries over a slowing global economy. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lately fell 31.36 points to 13,275.28. The S&P 500 index declined 2.04 point to 1,435.88. The Nasdaq Composite lost 8.36 points to 3,128.06. China’s auto sales growth tumbled to 3.7 percent in August,…
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Top buy stocks: BRCM, C, DOW, GLW…(Sep 07)
NYSE: AMX (America Movil S.A.B. De C.V.) NYSE: AMX (America Movil S.A.B. De C.V.) has closed at $25.83, its traded Volume was 6222.88K shares, AMX opened the Day at $25.9, it made an intraday Low of $25.74, and an intraday High of $26. AMX’s close price is above its Short term MA, short term MA…
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52-week high stocks: AFF, BGS, CBS, CVX… (Sep 07)
NYSE: AFF (American International Group) NYSE: AFF (American International Group) has closed at $25.24 and made 52-week high or yearly high today, its traded Volume was 70.077K shares, AFF opened the Day at $25.21, it made an intraday Low of $25.13. AFF’s earning is $10.87 per share, Next quarter estimated EPS is $0, current year…
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52-week low stocks: DUG, ERY,LDP, LOCM… (Sep 07)
AMEX: DUG (Ultrashort Oil & Gas Proshares) AMEX: DUG (Ultrashort Oil & Gas Proshares) has closed at $20.66 and made 52-week low or yearly low today, its traded Volume was 482.773K shares, DUG opened the Day at $21.3, it made an intraday High of $21.3. DUG’s earning is $0 per share, Next quarter estimated EPS…
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PPHM: Clinical Data Strongly Support Advancing Program into Phase III
Peregrine Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: PPHM), today announced that interim results were presented from its 121 patient randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase IIb trial in patients with refractory non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The blinded study evaluated two dose levels of bavituximab (bavituximab-containing arms) given with docetaxel versus docetaxel plus placebo (control arm). The interim data showed…
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Stocks Ended at Multi-year Highs
U.S. stocks held steady at four-year highs on Friday, closing out their best week since June, after August jobs data raised the prospects for another round of monetary stimulus by the Federal Reserve. The Dow industrials closed up 14.64 points, or 0.11%, at 13,306.64, its highest since Dec. 2007. The Nasdaq Composite edged up by…
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Stocks Opened Mixed after Payrolls
U.S. stocks opened mixed on Friday, as investors weighed the chances a weaker-than-expected U.S. jobs report will spur the Federal Reserve to launch another round of economic stimulus. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lately gained 23.03 points to 13,315.03 and the S&P 500 index rose 4.77 points to 1,436.89. The Nasdaq Composite was nearly flat…
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