Thursday, September 01, 2005

Stock Markets Morning News 9/1/2005

Stocks open lower before data

New York City Police officer and bomb sniffing dog stand guard on Wall Street outside the New York Stock Exchange in New York, July 7, 2005. (Mike Segar/Reuters)Reuters - Stocks opened lower on Thursday as investors awaited a report on manufacturing and assessed the impact of Hurricane Katrina on oil and gasoline prices


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Stocks Mixed As Economic Concerns Grow

Traders at the New York Mercantile Exchange's crude oil pit shout orders in heavy trading, in New York, August 31, 2005. Oil held above $69 within sight of its record on Thursday as the United States scrambled for gasoline to replace supplies lost when Hurricane Katrina slammed into Gulf of Mexico rigs and refiners. (Chip East/Reuters)AP - Growing economic concerns kept stocks mixed Thursday as the government said consumers spent more than they earned in July for just the second time in the past 46 years. Slower growth in the manufacturing sector also worried investors.


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Stocks open mixed: TSX up on resources, N.Y. flat on mixed data, oil stable

Hostess Anja of the Samsung company shows a mini television for terrestrial TV programs at the IFA, the world's largest consumer electronics fair, in Berlin on Thursday. About 1,100 exhibitors from 40 countries show their latest products at the IFA, from Sept. 2. until Sept. 7. (AP/Markus Schreiber)Canadian Press - TORONTO (CP) - The Toronto stock market advanced Thursday morning thanks to gains in the energy and gold sectors. New York markets got off to a flat start as investors were relieved to see stable oil prices and took in positive U.S. consumer data and mixed retail reports.


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Wednesday's Wall Street Glance

AP - Dow Jones Industrials

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Dollar holds gains before data

Reuters - The dollar held on to its gains and touched a three-week high versus the yen on Tuesday ahead of key U.S. consumer confidence data that will kick off a busy week of economic releases.

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Nikkei recovers after gains

Reuters - Japan's Nikkei share average rose 0.94 percent on Tuesday, with investors buying exporters such as Toyota Motor Corp. as a weakening of Hurricane Katrina eased pressure on oil prices and helped a recovery in U.S. shares.

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NYSE member arrested in threat case

The facade of the New York Stock Exchange on Broad Street in Manhattan April 20, 2005, where it was announced that the NYSE plans to merge with Archipelago Holdings Inc. A New York Stock Exchange member has been arrested in connection with a telephone threat to a fellow member about the NYSE's deal to buy electronic trading company Archipelago Holdings Inc., New York police said on Monday.  (Mike Segar/Reuters)Reuters - A New York Stock Exchange member has been arrested in connection with a telephone threat to a fellow member about the NYSE's deal to buy electronic trading company Archipelago Holdings Inc. , New York police said on Monday.


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NYSE Member Arrested for Alleged Threat

AP - A member of the New York Stock Exchange was arrested Monday for allegedly threatening another member who sued to oppose the Big Board's takeover of electronic rival Archipelago Holdings Inc.

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Oil's Economic Impact May Be Seen This Week

Engineer Ray Johnson waits as Orange County Fire Engine 21 is filled with diesel fuel at a Mobil station Friday, Aug. 26, 2005, in Tustin, Calif. Oil prices crept up to $67.32 a barrel setting a new high Thursday, Aug. 25, 2005. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)AP - Wall Street has been battered in recent weeks by high oil prices and mounting evidence that rising energy costs — including record gasoline prices — are starting to curtail consumer spending.


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Wall Street wants more competition as NYSE, Nasdaq prep mergers

Canadian Press - NEW YORK (AP) - Philadelphia has a stock exchange?

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