Nasdaq Bites Dust
Major indices all close down
for the day; Nasdaq closes down 1% while the S&P and Dow both close down about
.25%.
Despite record-breaking blizzards in the Northeast,
crude oil futures dropped to their lowest levels of the year in trading today.
Google
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closed down almost 5% after an article over the weekend in Barron’s argues that
the price of GOOG shares could be cut in half.
BlackRock
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closed up just below 10% on news that Merrill Lynch
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href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Stock%20Alert/”>Stocks On The
Move
ServiceMaster
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Q4 Profit Falls, Non-GAAP EPS Rises By A Penny, Misses Estimate (full
story).
Sprint Nextel
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Reaches Pact With Union, Workers To Form New Telecom Company (full
story).
Credit Suisse
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Reveals Change In Accounting Treatment (full
story).
Agilent Technologies
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Q1 Profit Soars On Gains From Asset Sale (full
story).
Chesapeake Energy
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COO Tom Ward Resigns, Steven Dixon Named Successor (full
story).
W. R. Berkley
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Q4 Operating EPS Jumps, Exceeds Consensus On 13% Top Line Growth (full
story).
For more stories as they happen, go to our href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Breaking%20News/”>Breaking
News section.
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Dow
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-23.37
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10,895.68
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Nasdaq
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-22.08
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2,239.80
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S&P 500
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-3.98
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1,263.01
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Volume
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1,798,689,000
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1,660,122,000
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Advances
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1179
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1003
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Declines
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2084
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1999
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Up Volume
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527
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373
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Down Volume
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1088
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1098
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New Hi’s
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66
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68
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New Lo’s
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41
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30
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href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Economic%20News/”>Economic
News
FOMC May Consider
Releasing Economic Forecast; Part Of Inflation Targeting.
US To Face Number Of Years
Of Tight Oil Supplies, CEA Says.
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