Investors Cautious Amid Iran Trouble and Cartoon Scandal
Major indexes close flat for
the day; investors timid amid Islamic/Western tensions.
Crude oil futures rise after the IAEA decided to refer
Iran to the UN security council over the weekend. An overall feeling of
nervous pervades investor sentiment, as the European cartoon scandal continues
to highlight tensions between the West and Islam.
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Reveals 3-Tiered, 3-Year Combo Plan To Drive Sales, Margin, Cut Cost (full
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To Sell Book Publishing Unit To Lagardere For $537.5 Mln (full
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To Acquire J. Jill For $517 Mln, Says Accretive To FY07 Earnings (full
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Q4 Profit Rises 15% On Improved Operating Profit, Revenues Marginally Up (full
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Board Meets Today To Decide Dividend Cut & Sale Of Stake In GMAC (full
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Q4 FFO/share Grows, Beats Consensus On Top Line Growth (full
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Dow
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+4.25
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10,797.87
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NASDAQ
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-3.73
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2,258.85
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S&P 500
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+1.00
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1,265.03
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Volume
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1,998,889,000
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1,768,856,000
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Advances
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1869
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1491
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Declines
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1418
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1546
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Up Volume
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1072
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838
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Down Volume
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723
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775
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New Hi’s
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121
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140
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New Lo’s
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30
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30
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Budget Projects Inflation
Rate Of 3.3% In 2006
Bush 2007 Budget Requests
$71.4 Bln. For Drug Benefit; Seeks $36 Bln. In Medicare Savings Through 2011
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