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Wall Street slips, but logs best quarter in a year

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street wrapped up its best quarter in a year on Thursday with the S&P and Nasdaq logging in the biggest monthly gains since April 2009, as data showed the economy isn’t in such bad shape.

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Wall Street dips, but logs best quarter in a year

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street wrapped up its best quarter in a year on Thursday with the S&P and Nasdaq logging in the biggest monthly gains since April 2009, as data showed the economy isn’t in such bad shape.

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Wall Street dips but best month since April 2009

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street wrapped up its best month since April 2009 on Thursday as data showed the economy isn’t in such bad shape.

The Dow Jones industrial average (.DJI) slipped 47.23 points, or 0.44 percen…

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Wall Street sags on profit taking after month-long rally

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks took a breather for a second day on Thursday as investors took profits from an exceptionally strong September that has the S&P 500 up around 9 percent from a month ago.

Investors seeme…

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Wall Street drops as profit taking offsets bullish data

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks slipped on Thursday as investors took profits at the end of an exceptionally strong September and a robust quarter, while losses were curbed by encouraging data on economic growth and the job market.

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Wall Street sags on profit taking as strong month ends

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks fell on Thursday as encouraging data increased positive sentiment, but investors still chose to take profits going out of a strong quarter and the best September in more than 70 years.

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Wall Street slips, but logs best quarter in a year

By Angela Moon
NEW YORK – Wall Street wrapped up its best quarter in a year on Thursday with the S&P and Nasdaq logging in the biggest monthly gains since April 2009, as data showed the economy isn’t in such bad shape.
Defying September’s trac…

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Wall Street rises as economic picture brightens

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rose on Thursday after a sharp fall in weekly claims for jobless benefits and early signs of strength in September business activity lifted confidence in the economy.

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Corrected: Wall Street rises as economic picture brightens

NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks rose on Thursday after a sharp fall in weekly claims for jobless benefits and early signs of strength in September business activity lifted confidence in the economy.

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US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Indexes trim gains; tech, consumer shares off

NEW YORK, Sept 30 – U.S. stocks trimmed gains on Thursday with the Nasdaq turning negative as investors locked in profits in the consumer discretionary and technology sectors after September’s strong rally.
* The Dow Jones industrial average <.D…

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Wall Street rises further on more upbeat data
NEW YORK – Stocks rose further on Thursday, with the Dow and S&P 500 briefly up more than 1 percent after data showed U.S. Midwest business activity grew more than expected in September. The Dow Jon…

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Wall Street rises further on more upbeat data

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks rose further on Thursday, with the Dow and S&P 500 briefly up more than 1 percent after data showed U.S. Midwest business activity grew more than expected in September.

The Dow Jones i…

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US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St rises further on more upbeat data

NEW YORK, Sept 30 – U.S. stocks rose further on Thursday, with the Dow and S&P 500 briefly up more than 1 percent after data showed U.S. Midwest business activity grew more than expected in September.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.DJI&g…

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Foreclosures represent nearly a quarter of home sales in second quarter





Almost a quarter of the homes that were sold in the second
quarter had been foreclosed on, foreclosure-listings site
RealtyTrac says Thursday.

Twenty-four percent of the nation’s residential real estate…

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Wall Street up as recovery strengthens

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks rose at the open on Thursday after a fall in claims for unemployment insurance and a tick-up in the final reading for second quarter U.S. growth lifted confidence in the economy.

The Dow J…

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US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Wall St up as recovery strengthens

NEW YORK, Oct 1 – U.S. stocks rose in early trading on Friday as a pick up in Chinese manufacturing eased concerns about the state of the global economy.
Investors also are looking ahead to U.S. manufacturing data later in the day.
The Dow Jones i…

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Index futures lower ahead of GDP, business activity data

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks index futures dipped on Thursday ahead of key September regional business data awaited by investors to see whether this month’s equity rally was justified by economic fundamentals.

The Sep…

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Stock index futures lower ahead of GDP

LONDON (Reuters) – Stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Thursday on global economic recovery worries, with futures for the S&P 500, Dow Jones and Nasdaq down 0.01 to 0.2 percent at 0901 GMT (5:01 a.m. EDT…

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U.S. stock index futures lower; U.S. GDP eyed

* U.S. stock index futures, pointed to a lower open on Wall Street on Thursday on global economic recovery worries, with futures for the S&P 500 <SPc1>, Dow Jones <DJc1> and Nasdaq <NDc1> down 0.01 to 0.2 percent at 0901 GMT.

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Family Dollar reports profit increase as recession-weary Americans pinch pennies





American consumers are flocking to so-called “dollar stores” to
buy toiletries, food, household products and even clothing – and
one of those dollar store chains, Family Dollar, reported a sharp
increase …

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