Stocks rise as earnings beat expectations
Reuters - Stocks advanced on Thursday after earnings from drug maker Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. , oil company Exxon Mobil Corp. and coffee chain Starbucks Corp. beat Wall Street expectations, boosting investor enthusiasm for equities.
Positive Earnings Reports Boost Stocks
AP - Wall Street extended its advance Thursday on a raft of strong earnings reports and despite a sharp rise in oil prices.
TSX flat as U.S. indexes rally to intraday highs; crude oil prices climb
Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - Canada's main stock index secured a toehold in positive territory Thursday afternoon after mixed earnings and climbing oil prices caused it to vacillate.
European stocks higher on solid earnings
Reuters - European shares hit new 3-year highs on Thursday after a slew of strong corporate earnings including Telefonica and France Telecom.
Dollar steady after yuan dip
Reuters - The dollar was steady on Thursday, recovering from recent profit-taking and from brief selling on comments from China on the yuan's revaluation, as it remained underpinned by solid U.S. economic data.
Wednesday's Wall Street Glance
AP - Dow Jones Industrials
NYSE Criticized Over Governance Policies
AP - When the New York Stock Exchange unveiled its landmark acquisition of Archipelago Holdings Inc., Big Board Chief Executive John Thain pledged that the merged company would be a "model for best practices in corporate governance."
A Status Report on Wall Street
AP - Investors sent stocks higher Wednesday after the Federal Reserve's assessment of the economy raised hopes that the Fed's interest rate hikes would soon end.
Stocks gain on Fed's report, earnings
Reuters - U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday, lifted by a report from the Federal Reserve showing business activity growing in almost all regions of the country and better-than-expected earnings from Boeing Co. and Amazon.com Inc.
Nikkei up, Canon falls ahead of results
Reuters - Tokyo's Nikkei share average rose 0.87 percent on Wednesday, led by Advantest Corp. after its profit recovery from the previous quarter encouraged investors, while a fall in the yen bolstered the auto sector.
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