Stocks Fall; Citigroup, Time Warner Boardroom Shake-ups

Stocks declined on Monday, but well closed well above the worst levels of the day. Global markets traded lower, with the troubled credit markets causing more concern.

Citigroup
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, which fell heavily last week, was today’s top story after Robert Rubin was appointed chairman and Sir Win Bischoff interim CEO. Charles Prince resigned after the company announced huge losses on Friday (full story).

Time Warner
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announced that Dick Parsons will depart as CEO at the end of the year (read more).

Dell
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is buying EqualLogic for $1.4 billion (read more).

American Science & Engineering
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reported a rise in Q2 profit (read more).

IAC
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announced plans to split into five separate businesses (read more).

Burger King Holdings
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reported Q1 profit rose 23% on 10% revenue growth (read more).

StemCells
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Q3 loss widened on higher expenses (read more).

Market Snapshot

Dow

-51.70 13543.40

NASDAQ

-15.20 2795.18

S&P 500

-7.48 1502.17

  NYSE NASDAQ

Volume

1,526,343,640 2,142,856,870

Up Volume

358,107,750 798,906,337

Down Volume

1,143,848,590 1,323,375,057

Advances

774 973

Declines

2474 1992

New Highs

57 57

New Lows

270 316

Strongest/Weakest Industry Groups

Strongest Industries

% Change

Weakest Industries

% Change
Food Wholesale
+1.87%
Toy & Hobby Stores
-9.30%
Medical Practitioners
+1.72%
Industrial Metals & Minerals
-4.19%
Toys & Games
+1.55%
-4.18%


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