January 2009

S&P futures fall on earnings, GDP eyed (Reuters)

Reuters - S&P stock futures extended declines on Friday after quarterly results showed sales at Honeywell and Procter and Gamble fell short of estimates.

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Exxon, Chevron profits top view; refining strong (Reuters)

Exxon Corporation  acquired Mobil Corporation  in an $80.1  billion stock transaction,  December 1, that  will create the  world's largest oil  company in the  largest corporate merger  in the history  of the United  States. (Jim Bourg  JRB/SV/SB/Reuters)Reuters - Oil giants Exxon Mobil Corp and Chevron Corp posted higher-than-expected quarterly earnings on Friday as refining profits helped offset a steep decline in crude oil prices.


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Sputtering Wall Street awaits Obama stimulus (AFP)

People make  their way on  Wall Street in  front of the  New York Stock  Exchange, January 30.  Wall Street kicks  off the month  of February with  confidence still shaky  and investors hoping  for a quick  government stimulus to  counter the worst  recession in decades.(AFP/Emmanuel  Dunand)AFP - Wall Street kicks off the month of February with confidence still shaky and investors hoping for a quick government stimulus to counter the worst recession in decades.


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Stocks' January drop isn't welcome sign for 2009 (AP)

Traders work  on the floor  of the New  York Stock Exchange  Friday, Jan. 30,  2009. (AP Photo/Richard  Drew)AP - It's been an unusually cold January on Wall Street.


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S&P futures fall on earnings, GDP eyed (Reuters)

Reuters - S&P stock futures extended declines on Friday after quarterly results showed sales at Honeywell and Procter and Gamble fell short of estimates.

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Economy, bank woes drag market to worst January ever (Reuters)

Traders work  on the floor  of the New  York Stock Exchange,  January 26, 2009.  (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)Reuters - Stocks closed out their worst January ever with another slide on Friday after data showed the economy contracted at the fastest pace in nearly 27 years in the fourth quarter.


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Stocks' January drop isn't welcome sign for 2009 (AP)

Traders work  on the floor  of the New  York Stock Exchange  Friday, Jan. 30,  2009. (AP Photo/Richard  Drew)AP - It's been an unusually cold January on Wall Street.


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