Stocks Stage Late Rally to Close Higher

A late rally on Wall Street managed to lift the major averages
firmly into positive territory. Stocks traded sharply lower
earlier in the session, after large overnight declines in Asia and
Europe. Beazer Homes [BZHBZH] shares lost more than 20% as
credit market jitters remain the dominant theme, with problems
reaching far beyond the subprime market.

Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp.
(
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finally acquired
Dow Jones

(
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for $5.6 billion in cash (full
story
).

Daimler Chrysler
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reported July sales figures

dropped 9%
, while Ford
(
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reported a

19.1% decline
.

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Stocks in Motion

Transocean
(
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PowerRating)
Q2 Profit More Than Doubles (full
story
).

Cigna
(
CI |
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PowerRating)
Q2 Net Profit Declines On Charges; Boosts FY07 Earnings
Outlook; Shares Down (full
story
).

Time Warner
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Q2 Profit Rises 5.2%; Authorizes $5 Bln Buyback;
Backs FY07 View (full
story
).

Kraft Foods
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PowerRating)
Q2 Profit Rises 3.7%; Revenues Up 6.8%; Raises
FY07 Forecast (full
story
).

MasterCard
(
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PowerRating)
Turns To Profit In Q2, Adj. Profit Surges On Strong
Volume (full
story
).

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Market Snapshot

Dow

154.36 13366.35

NASDAQ

7.60 2553.87

S&P 500

10.74 1466.01

NYSE NASDAQ

Volume

2,404,318,890 2,911,079,252

Up Volume

1,249,141,980 1,528,824,874

Down Volume

1,139,373,310 1,226,551,794

Advances

1,419 1,240

Declines

1,911 1,794

New Highs

18 35

New Lows

522 363


Strongest/Weakest Industry Groups

Strongest Industries

Weakest Industries

Office Supplies
Appliances

Healthcare Information Services

General Building Materials
Networking &
Communication Devices
Surety
& Title Insurance



Economic
News

Pending Home Sales m/m 5.0% vs
-0.5% consensus

ISM Manufacturing 53.8 vs 55.0 consensus

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