Traders will be reading between the State of the Union’s lines to see what Obama’s new approach means for business and the market. And given stocks’ steady rise for the past eight weeks, profit-taking and choppy action should b…
Apple, BofA, Morgan Stanley, IBM, GE, Goldman and Google are among the names reporting this week. And if last week’s numbers are any guide, the market should have plenty of reasons to rally — especially because expectations ar…
Applied Materials, the world’s largest maker of computer-chip-manufacturing equipment, says its profit for its fiscal fourth quarter more than tripled from the same period a year ago.
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Stocks kicked off the final quarter of the year with moderate gains Friday as more encouraging data on consumer spending, consumer sentiment and auto sales were partly offset by a slowdown in manufacturing activity.
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