Thursday, September 15, 2005

Stock Markets Afternoon News 9/15/2005

Stocks flat on data, Fed's next move

Reuters - U.S. stocks were little changed on Thursday as a report showing weaker growth offset reassuring data on inflation, and investors were cautious about the Federal Reserve's interest-rate policy for the remainder of the year.

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North American markets mixed after U.S. inflation report; oil prices dip

Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - Canada's benchmark stock index was treading water Thursday afternoon as falling crude oil prices deflated Toronto's energy sector.

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Stocks Nearly Still As Investors Await Fed

Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, center, visits the trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange, joined by NYSE Chairman Marshall Carter, left, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2005. President Yudhoyono is in New York for the United Nations 2005 World Summit. (AP Photo/New York Stock Exchange, Mel Nudelman)AP - Stocks barely moved Thursday as investors wondered whether a welter of weak economic data would end the Federal Reserve's year-long streak of interest rate hikes.


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Stocks rise after benign inflation data

Traders at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. U.S. stock futures pointed toward a higher market open on Thursday as investors faced reports of potential merger activity and looked ahead to a key measure of consumer inflation due out before the opening bell. (Seth Wenig/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. stock rose on Thursday after government data showed consumer inflation grew at a milder-than-expected pace in August, raising expectations the Federal Reserve may pause its interest-rate hike campaign at least once this year.


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Wall Street set to open firmer, CPI eyed

Reuters - U.S. stock futures are pointing to a higher start on Wall Street on Thursday with energy stocks set to rise after European peers were boosted while August's consumer prices index will be closely watched.

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Wednesday's Wall Street Glance

AP - Dow Jones Industrials

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NYSE President Britz to Retire

AP - Robert Britz, one of the New York Stock Exchange's two presidents, will retire from the Big Board by the end of the year, the exchange said Wednesday.

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Ex-Regulator: NYSE Dropped Cases at Request

AP - The New York Stock Exchange, acting on a request by a top Securities and Exchange Commission official, in 2001 dropped cases against a dozen firms whose e-mail retention and storage procedures had been found to be deficient, according to a former NYSE regulator.

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Stocks fall on Hurricane-related worries

U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday with the Dow and the S and P 500 index logging their biggest percentage declines in nearly a month amid corporate profit concerns related to the impact of Hurricane Katrina, high oil prices and lackluster consumer spending. (Ralph Orlowski/Reuters)Reuters - U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday with the Dow and the S&P 500 index logging their biggest percentage declines in nearly a month amid corporate profit concerns related to the impact of Hurricane Katrina, high oil prices and lackluster consumer spending.


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BP Unit Innovene Files for NYSE IPO

AP - Innovene, a Chicago-based unit of British oil company BP PLC that makes chemicals for lubricants, paint and fabric, has registered for an initial public offering on the New York Stock Exchange, in line with previously announced plans.

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