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A batch of positive earnings reports and good economic indicators finally had the expected result on Wall Street today as stocks turned in a strong performance ...

U.S. stocks continue to be stuck in the January doldrums, with renewed selling today pushing the Dow and the Nasdaq to their lowest levels since before the year-end rally began in November ...

U.S. stock markets were unable to sustain some early momentum today and ended up finishing lower on the session, finishing another dismal week in which earnings news took center stage ...

A rare earnings miss and a soft outlook from eBay helped spark another sell-off on Wall Street today as investors ran for cover from a growing list of disappointments in the corporate profits realm ...

A drop in weekly unemployment claims and signs of economic strength in a Federal Reserve report were not enough to overcome disappointment over some key earnings reports as stocks slumped to heavy losses today ...

Stocks overcame a brief spike in oil prices to post across-the-board increases today as investors looked to add to gains made before the long holiday weekend ...

Signs that inflation pressures might have receded somewhat, and with them the threat of dramatically higher interest rates, put investors in a buying mood today to cap what had been another losing week on Wall Street ...

The Dow Jones Industrial Average posted a triple-digit loss today as investors dumped shares on worries that the corporate earnings season would shape up as a disappointment ...

Optimism created by a strong earnings report from Intel was enough to overcome word that the trade deficit has hit record high levels and to send stocks to a positive finish today ...

Stocks continued to backslide from their peaks reached at the end of 2004 as a disappointing kickoff to earnings season and warnings from some key technology companies led to another sell-off ...

Stocks posted modest gains today as merger activity sparked a rally that petered out by the end of the session as investors turned a wary eye to the upcoming earnings season ...

An employment report for December that showed steady job creation and capped the best year for hiring since 1999 wasn't enough to prevent stocks from ending the week in negative territory, with yet another weak session today ...

Stocks finished mixed today, with the Dow and the S&P 500 ending three-day losing streaks with their first positive sessions of 2005, but the Nasdaq still stuck in reverse ...

Major U.S. stock markets posted losses for the third straight session today amid inflation worries and concerns that a move by Delta Airlines to cut fares could lead to an airline price war that would further damage that troubled industry ...

Word that the Federal Reserve is increasingly worried about the prospects of inflation sent stocks tumbling today, with the Dow narrowly avoiding a triple-digit loss and the Nasdaq giving up more than 2 percent ...

A strong report on manufacturing, lower oil prices, a stronger U.S. dollar and positive news from a key retailer were not enough to move stocks higher today as a sell-off described as profit-taking from the gains made late in 2004 drove shares lower ...

Stocks lost ground today, with news about specific stocks denting the Dow and a lack of impetus for buying keeping other indexes from moving higher ...

Consumer confidence surged in November to its highest levels since July as more people bet on better times ahead in 2005, a belief that stock market investors shared today as they continued the year-end rally ...

Stock markets slumped back from the holiday weekend today as refreshed concern over the weakness of the U.S. dollar and worries that the holiday shopping season won't pass muster outweighed a plunge in oil prices ...

The long-anticipated year-end rally got under way in earnest on Wall Street today as stocks roared higher, pushing the Dow to its highest level in more than three years ...