Higher Interest Rates Boost Profit Growth

The companies in the Standard & Poor's 500 index have reported 16 straight quarters of double-digit earnings growth. If upcoming reports show that this spectacular growth continued in the second quarter, earnings per share may be pushed into double digits not because of stellar performance, but thanks to share buybacks and higher interest rates.

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Dow Ends Down 107, Nasdaq Closes Down 17

Surging oil prices pulled stocks sharply lower for a third straight session Friday, with bland earnings at General Electric Co. and weak consumer data further dampening the economic outlook. The Dow Jones industrial average shed 396 points in the past three days.

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Friday's Wall Street Glance

Dow Jones Industrials

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Big Movers in the Stock Market

Stocks that were moving substantially or trading heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market.

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Dow Ends Down 121, Nasdaq Ends Down 39

Stocks plunged Wednesday as a broker's downgrade of Dell Inc. and higher oil prices aggravated Wall Street's worries about a shaky start to second-quarter earnings. The Dow Jones industrial average sank more than 121 points.

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Wednesday's Wall Street Glance

Dow Jones Industrials

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Big Movers in the Stock Market

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily Tuesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market.

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Dow Closes Up 13, Nasdaq Finishes Down 13

Stocks finished an uneasy session mixed Monday as investors grew nervous ahead of the second-quarter earnings season. Weakness in the technology sector dragged on the Nasdaq composite index.

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Enron Lessons Are Lost on Some Investors

If you've spent this past week thinking about Kenneth Lay, Enron Corp.'s founder and a convicted felon who died Wednesday at 64, turn your thoughts to something more constructive: your own portfolio.

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Big Movers in the Stock Market

Stocks that were moving substantially or trading heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market.

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Friday's Wall Street Glance

Dow Jones Industrials

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Big Movers in the Stock Market

Stocks that were moving substantially or trading heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market.

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Dow Closes Down 76, Nasdaq Closes Down 37

Concerns over North Korea's nuclear ambitions and record oil prices sent stocks lower Wednesday and added to Wall Street's worries about the economy and interest rates.

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Wednesday's Wall Street Glance

Dow Jones Industrials

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Big Movers in the Stock Market

Stocks that were moving substantially or trading heavily Monday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market. The stock markets closed early on Monday.

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Dow Closes Up 78, Nasdaq Finishes Up 18

Wall Street kicked off the third quarter with a sharp advance Monday as mild manufacturing and construction data lifted hopes about interest rates and energized investors in light pre-holiday trade.

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Column: Hedge Fund Returns Disappoint

Hedge funds seem so glamorous, but small investors who lack the money for their minimum investments and hefty management fees shouldn't shed a tear — hedge funds' recent performance just doesn't look that stellar.

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Big Movers in the Stock Market

Stocks that were moving substantially or trading heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market:

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Dow Ends Down 41, Nasdaq Closes Down 2

Stocks ended a turbulent second quarter with a moderate decline Friday as money managers, doing some last-minute adjustments, locked in gains from Thursday's big rally.

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Friday's Wall Street Glance

Dow Jones Industrials

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Dow Closes Up 217, Nasdaq Finishes Up 63

A relief rally carried Wall Street sharply higher Thursday after the Federal Reserve appeared to soften its stance on future interest rate hikes, saying it would consider both the economy's health and inflation as it formulates its policy. The Dow Jones industrial average rose more than 215 points, its biggest one-day point gain in more than three years.

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Big Movers in the Stock Market

Stocks that were moving substantially or trading heavily Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market.

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Dow Closes Up 49, Nasdaq Finishes Up 10

Stocks advanced Wednesday in light trading as Wall Street recovered from the previous session's selloff and awaited Thursday's expected interest rate hike from the Federal Reserve.

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Dow Ends Down 121, Nasdaq Ends Down 33

Wall Street slumped Tuesday as investors looked past another round of acquisitions and grew increasingly anxious about the Federal Reserve's upcoming decision on interest rates. The Dow Jones industrials tumbled more than 120 points.

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Wednesday's Wall Street Glance

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Ethnic cleansing by Israeli "totalitarian state"

Roger van Zwanenberg (Jewish UK publisher): "chilling lesson that people who have been oppressed identify with the aggressor ... do unto others what has been done to them ... reproducing the Nazi horror all over again."

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Jewish Brit: "brutal, totalitarian" Israeli invasion of Gaza

Roger van Zwanenberg (Pluto Books, UK): "Just as Nazi Germany could not survive for long, so too, a brutal Israel, brutalizing her own and all the surrounding people, cannot survive for long ...totalitarian regime in Israel."

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Why stock market pros are selling

Why stock-market pros are selling Have the pros panicked?

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Worlds apart

Israelis have always been horrified at the idea of parallels between their country, a democracy risen from the ashes of genocide, and the racist system that ruled the old South Africa.

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UK firm to unveil wall-socket PC

The Jack PC thin client fits into a wall socket and is so energy-efficient it can get its power over Ethernet

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I call it an apartheid state

So let me say loud and clear: a state that has apartheid high court rulings, apartheid policies and apartheid laws is an apartheid state. No way around it. ...

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Welcome to the wall, or better...to the jungle

While the German population celebrates their first decade without the Berlin wall - measure of political and religious intolerance adopted by Hitler's dictatorial regime - and the proximity of the World Cup.

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Border War

Immigration reform is fraught with political peril. When it's over, plenty of people are going to be angry

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Plane Vs Wall - Jokaroo.com

The plane hits the wall and just disappears in flame and dust.

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Wall-Eyed

A look at the proposed 700-mile wall between the U.S. and Mexico (at a cost of $8 billion). Can it really make a difference in stemming the tide of illegal immigrants?

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TheStar.com - America hits a diplomatic wall

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GM Loses $4.8 Billion in Fourth Quarter

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Disney in talks to acquire Pixar

Disney is in serious talks about an acquisition of Pixar Animation Studios, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter.The newspaper report said terms under discussion would have Disney pay a small premium to Pixar's current stock market

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