Stocks edge up on acquisition news
Stock markets up as financials boost TSX, crude oil slips from record high of $68 US
Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - The financial sector helped the Toronto stock market to minor advances Thursday afternoon as investors were relieved by earnings reports from TD Bank and National Bank.
Stocks Rise Despite Oil Price Worries
Thursday's Wall Street Glance
AP - Dow Jones Industrials
Dollar clings to gains ahead of data
Reuters - The dollar held on to its gains on Wednesday as investors awaited U.S. durable goods data and a speech from a Federal Reserve policymaker to give indications of the interest rate outlook.
Before the Bell: Google, Plumtree gain
Reuters - Google Inc. rose nearly 1 percent before the bell on Tuesday after the Los Angeles Times reported the Web search company will launch its own instant messaging system .
Market at Crossroads of Earnings and Oil
AP - Wall Street's gains from bullish second-quarter earnings are evaporating quickly in the face of near-record crude oil futures and increasing evidence that high gasoline prices are diverting consumers' dollars.
NYSE says fines Merrill Lynch $10 mln
Reuters - The New York Stock Exchange on Monday said it fined Merrill Lynch & Co. , the biggest U.S. brokerage, $10 million for "supervisory and operational failures."
Nikkei ends flat after GDP, off 4-yr high
Reuters - Tokyo's Nikkei average ended down 0.01 percent on Friday, a touch off the previous day's four-year high as weaker-than-expected GDP and a higher yen prompted selling in JFE Holdings and other recent gainers.
Stocks set to edge up as Fed tops agenda
Reuters - Stocks were seen opening slightly higher on Tuesday, reversing some of the previous day's losses, with the focus on an expected hike in interest rates.
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