Stocks slip in light trading – 12/30/10
Despite a government report of fewer new applications for jobless benefits, the stock market ended Thursday's session slightly lower. The Dow Jones Industrial Average...
Stocks gained on Wednesday – 12/29/10
With two trading sessions left in 2010, stocks added to their December advance on Wednesday, led by energy stocks. The Dow Jones Industrial Average...
A flat day for stocks – 12/28/10
Energy stocks got a boost from the frigid weather, but otherwise stock prices didn't move much on Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was...
Stocks close mixed after Christmas – 12/27/10
A surprise move by China's central bank to raise interest rates kept a lid on Wall Street enthusiasm - not to mention a winter...
Radio keeps rolling on Wall Street – 12/23/10
When the closing bell rang on pre-holiday stock trading, radio companies continued to post gains as a group, during what was the fourth up...
Broadcasters continue to ride the Wall Street wave – 12/22/10
Stocks are trading up, and broadcast stocks are going up with them. In fact, radio stocks gained about one and a half percent, and...
Stocks end at highest level in two-plus years 12/21/10
U.S. stocks rose modestly Tuesday but managed to close at their highest levels in more than two years as investors set their sights on...
Radio stocks take off – well, Emmis did
Although Dow was down by about an eighth of a percent, S&P and Nasdaq were both up about a quarter of a percent. One...
Stocks closed mixed on Friday – 12/17/10
A downgrade of Ireland's debt unnerved Wall Street early Friday, but the market recovered and the major indices were mixed by the closing bell....
FedEx delivers on Wall Street – 12/16/10
A bullish outlook from FedEx gave stock prices a boost. After all, business grows for the delivery service when other businesses are doing well....
Stocks end mostly down – 12/15/10
The year-end rally may have run out of steam even before Christmas. Rising interest rates appear to have cooled interest in buying stocks. The...
Reassurance from the Fed and retailers – 12/14/10
The Fed announced that the recovery is still going slowly and it will continue on its current course to try to spur activity. That...
Waiting on Washington – 12/13/10
Stock prices closed mixed on Monday as Wall Street waited to see if a deeply divided Congress would pass a tax-cut package. The Dow...
Wall Street ends the week on a high note – 12/10/10
Good news on the trade deficit front and optimism that tax-cut legislation will clear Congress pushed stock prices higher on Friday. The Dow Jones...
Beltway boomerangs on Wall Street – 12/9/10
New worries about opposition from Congressional Democrats to the White House tax deal with Republicans put a lid on stock prices and produced a...