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.

Alcoa
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rose
as much as 4% this morning being upgraded from neutral to overweight at JP
Morgan. AA’s
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Wendy’s
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Reveals 3-Tiered, 3-Year Combo Plan To Drive Sales, Margin, Cut Cost (full
story
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Time Warner
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To Sell Book Publishing Unit To Lagardere For $537.5 Mln (full
story
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Talbots
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To Acquire J. Jill For $517 Mln, Says Accretive To FY07 Earnings (full
story
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Hasbro
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Q4 Profit Rises 15% On Improved Operating Profit, Revenues Marginally Up (full
story
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GM
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Board Meets Today To Decide Dividend Cut & Sale Of Stake In GMAC (full
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Simon Property
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Q4 FFO/share Grows, Beats Consensus On Top Line Growth (full
story
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Dow

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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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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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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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