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Major indexes close up fractionally; positive
earnings report help to ease yesterday’s losses.

Positive earnings from Pfizer and Merrill Lynch give
investors reason to be happy; earnings fears and worries about Japan’s sell-off
are allayed momentarily.

Google was subpoenaed by US District Court in
California to turn over a week’s worth of Internet searches, in an effort by the
government to crack down on child pornography.

Advanced Micro Devices

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closed up over 11% after reporting positive earnings and rising
demand for tech chips. 

Disney
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reportedly is in talks to buy Pixar
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,
a move that would make Apple CEO Steve Jobs Disney’s largest shareholder. 

href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Stock%20Alert/”>Stocks On The
Move

Union Pacific
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Q4 EPS Surges; Revenues Up 13% (full
story
).

Home Depot
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Targets 9% – 12% Annual Sales Growth Over Next 5 Years; Boosts Q4 Dividend By
50% (full
story
).

Pfizer
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Q4 Profits Slip 3.3%, Yet Trumps Estimates; Revenues Drop 9% (full
story
).

Merrill Lynch
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Q4 EPS Surges 27% On 15% Top Line Growth, Hikes Quarterly Dividend By 25% (full
story
).

UnitedHealth
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Q4 Earnings Rise On Top Line Growth, EPS, Excld. Costs, Beats Estimates; Lifts
FY06 EPS Outlook (full
story
).

Harley-Davidson
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Q4 Profit Rises On Strong Overseas Sales (full
story
).

For more stories as they happen, go to our href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Breaking%20News/”>Breaking
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Dow

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+25.85

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10880.71

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NASDAQ

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+22.17

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2301.81

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S&P 500

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+7.11

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1285.04

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Volume

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2,424,820,000

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2,308,145,000

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Advances

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2317

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2095

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Declines

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992

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944

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Up Volume

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1669

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1573

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Down Volume

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621

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702

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New Hi’s

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226

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212

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New Lo’s

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33

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href=”https://tradingmarkets.com.site/news/Economic%20News/”>Economic
News




Philly Fed Index Falls Unexpectedly In January (full
story
).



Jobless Claims Show An Unexpected
Decrease (full
story
).


Housing Starts Show Notable Decline In
December (full
story
).


Crude Oil Inventories Rise (full
story
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