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→ April 29, 2012
By Angela Moon and Rodrigo Campos NEW YORK | Sat Apr 28, 2012 9:58pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – It will be another battleground for SP 500 index next week. Will the bears finally give up and let the bulls have their way? The SP 500, the market’s broadest measure, managed to close out the [...]
→ April 28, 2012
By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK | Fri Apr 27, 2012 7:03pm EDT NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks advanced on Friday and posted their best weekly gains in a month as stronger-than-expected earnings from Amazon.com and Expedia Inc reinforced confidence in corporate performance. Wall Street managed a fourth day of gains as the strong earnings [...]
→ April 27, 2012
By Chikako Mogi TOKYO | Thu Apr 26, 2012 10:42pm EDT TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares rose on Friday, tracking U.S. stocks which jumped overnight on strong U.S. housing data and earnings, but concerns over the health of European banks weighed on investor risk appetite after Standard Poor’s downgraded Spain’s rating. MSCI’s broadest index of [...]
→ April 24, 2012
By Chikako Mogi TOKYO | Mon Apr 23, 2012 10:29pm EDT TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares inched up on Tuesday but gains were limited as political uncertainty and disappointing data in Europe raised fears the euro zone could struggle to push through austerity measures and may stay in recession until late in the year. A [...]