September begins with stock price rise – 9/1/10
The Institute for Supply Management surprised Wall Street with a report that manufacturing activity in the US rose in August. Another report said that...
August ends mixed, flattish – 8/31/10
A gain in the Conference Board's Consumer Confidence Index wasn't enough to make Wall Streeters go on a buying binge. Instead, choppy trading on...
Good news not good enough for Wall Street – 8/30/10
The government reported a rise in consumer spending for July, but a related report on consumer income came in below analysts' expectations. That just...
Broadcasters cash in as Fed
GDP results were not downsized as steeply as had been predicted, and Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said that his organization has some tricks left...
Stocks slide below 10,000 on slowdown fears – 8/26/10
Stocks slipped Thursday, erasing earlier gains to close sharply lower as worries about a sputtering economy overshadowed an upbeat report on jobless claims. The...
Players market turns Wall Street slump around – 08/25/10
Radio and television stocks moved up with the rest of the market as Wall Streets game players - short holders and bargain hunters, according...
DJIA falls with existing-home sales plunge – 8/24/10
Stocks slipped for fourth straight day yesterday, with a late-session drop capping a day marked by pessimism over the U.S. and global economy. The...
Fears of recovery stall drops prices – 08/23/10
Light traffic is usually good news on most streets, but not on Wall Street, and not when the sense that a slow recovery is...
Jittery Friday closed mixed
Wall Street couldn’t shake off worries about the economy after Thursday’s bad news on the jobs front, although tech shares had a good day...
Stocks hit by new recession worries – 8/19/10
Wall Street wasn't expecting the jump in new jobless claims that the government reported on Thursday. Nor did traders like a gloomy economic report...
Wall Street was on Target Wednesday – 8/18/10
An upbeat outlook from retailer Target gave stock prices a small boost on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 10 points, or 0.1%,...
Big retailers boost stocks and broadcasters – 8/17/10
Both Wal-Mart and Home Depot reported strong Q2 results and sent stock prices broadly higher. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 104 points, or...
Broadcast stocks fall in mixed market – 8/16/10
Tech stocks were the stars on Monday, but otherwise traders remained cautious about the economy, here in the US and abroad. The Dow Jones...
Stock slump continued on Friday the 13th
Wall Street’s retreat continued on Friday after a government report that retail sales were up a measly 0.4% in July. The Dow Jones Industrial...
Stock prices keep falling – 8/12/10
An increase in new applications for unemployment benefits and disappointing results from tech titan Cisco kept stock prices heading lower on Thursday. The Dow...