Markets
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Walgreen profit takes rare dip
Oct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - Shares of drugstore chain Walgreen Co. tumbled Monday after the usually solid retailer's fourth-quarter fell sharply short of expectations, causing its first earnings de...
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Dow passes 14,000 once againOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street began the fourth quarter with a huge rally Monday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average above 14,000 and well into record territory for the f...
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Interest rate cut impacts your bond investmentsOct 01, 2007 11:00 pm - WASHINGTON -- Usually, when the Federal Reserve lowers interest rates, it's a good time to buy bonds. Folks who had money stashed in bonds this summer, while the stock m...
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Citigroup warns its 3rd-quarter earnings will fall
Sep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK _ Citigroup Inc. estimated Monday that its third-quarter profit will drop 60 percent, as the nation's largest bank took losses of more than $3 billion after wri...
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Dow tops 14,000 as reports encourage investors
Sep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK (AP) _ Wall Street shot higher Monday, sending the Dow Jones industrial average above 14,000 for the first time in 2 1/2 months as investors moved back into sto...
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Walgreens 4th quarter profits fall 4 percent
Sep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - Walgreen Co., one of the nation's biggest drugstore chains, said Monday its fourth-quarter profit dropped nearly 4 percent, falling short of Wall Street forecasts becaus...
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Manufacturing expands, but at slower rate in Sept.
Sep 30, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK _ The nation's manufacturing sector expanded at a slower-than-expected rate in September, suggesting there's room for the Federal Reserve to consider another ra...
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Take on the tickerSep 29, 2007 11:00 pm - How did it go last week on the markets? "By in large, the volume wasn't excessively heavy in the market #8230; The markets (were) looking at how those (recent...
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Investors cautious ahead of earnings report
Sep 28, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Stocks dipped a bit Friday, the last trading day of the third quarter, with Wall Street relieved about solid readings on the economy but cautious ahead of Oc...
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Wall Street heads to higher open as investors look to more economic data
Sep 26, 2007 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Wall Street headed toward a higher open Thursday on speculation that new economic data will show enough weakness to give the Federal Reserve more reasons to ...