By CNNMoney.com staff NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — Wall Street opened higher Thursday after Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner offered reassuring comments about US banks and the government reported a 3-month low in jobless claims. Also, Wal-Mart (WMT, Fortune 500) reported higher-than-expected same …
Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the Nasdaq 100 and the S&P 500 share indexes were up 0.3-0.4 percent on Friday morning, pointing to a higher start on Wall Street. Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, April 28, 2009. US stocks recovered from opening losses to …
WALL Street skidded at the opening today amid investor jitters about the spread of swine flu and reports suggesting big US banks might need further capital to shore up their finances. The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 84.35 points (1.05 per cent) to 7940.65 in the first trades, extending …
* Wall Street extends gains after “stress test” news * Euro at 1-week high vs dollar on German confidence NEW YORK, April 24 (Reuters) – US crude oil futures ended higher on Friday for the fourth day in a row as Wall Street extended gains and as a …
By Leah Schnurr NEW YORK, April 20 (Reuters) – US stocks tumbled on Monday on worries about the sustainability of recent better-than-expected results from banks after Bank of America Corp reported a big increase in troubled loans.
The report stated that the General Motors will announce more job cuts and plant closings in the next few weeks. Stocks ended higher on Friday, as better-than-expected results from Citigroup, General Electric and Google, helped the recent advance on …