Stocks Little Changed; Steel Rebounds
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U.S. stocks were little changed on  Friday in thin holiday trading as a rebound in steel shares and  end-of-year buying provided some support.
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Everything Wall Street has been worried about in the last week seemed to weigh less heavily on investors Wednesday, and stocks began to recover.
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U.S. stocks were little changed on  Monday, as a mixed batch of earnings reports gave investors  little direction, while a slip in oil prices helped support  equities in general.
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Stocks rebounded on Thursday as mildly encouraging employment and manufacturing data provided relief to investors worried about the economy, a day after an unusually weak start to 2008.
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Stocks were little changed on Friday,  recovering after a sharp early drop on news from Pfizer Inc.  PFE.N that patients in a study showed an increased risk of  heart attacks after taking its popular Celebrex drug.
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Blue-chip stocks were flat on Friday  after third-quarter gross domestic product data showed the U.S.  economy grew at a slower-than-expected pace, but another report  showed a rise in Midwest business in October.
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Bid activity in the steel sector led industrial metals groups higher, but European equity markets fell on Wednesday as losses for financial stocks weighed.
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U.S. stocks were little changed on  Friday as disappointing earnings from McDonald's Corp. MCD.N  offset better-than-expected results from Microsoft Corp.  MSFT.O.
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U.S. stocks opened flat on Wednesday,  as Wall Street mulls a mixed batch of earnings reports and  government data showing a smaller-than-expected rise in durable  goods orders.
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Wall Street stocks were on Friday set to rebound after a sell-off the previous day prompted by the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, former prime minister of Pakistan, and some downbeat economic data.
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U.S. stocks finished little changed on  Thursday, pausing after Wednesday's sharp rally, as investors  were cautious about making large bets before Friday's closely  watched jobs report.
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U.S. stocks were little changed on Wednesday as investors paused after two days of strong gains, while worries about the outlook for software companies, including Oracle Corp. , weighed on technology shares.
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U.S. stocks looked set to open   unchanged on Wednesday, with futures erasing gains after a   report showing an unexpected drop in August durable goods   orders renewed doubt about the outlook for profit growth.
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U.S. stocks were largely flat on  Friday after data that boosted optimism about corporate profits  and consumer spending offset declines in Texas Instruments   following a downgrade of the stock.
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By Reuters. Two of the biggest American steel companies reported dramatic third-quarter turnarounds yesterday, with robust profits driven by surging steel prices that reversed year-earlier losses.
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U.S. stocks finished little changed on  Wednesday after comments from the U.S. Federal Reserve left  investors expecting a rate increase in December, while  technology stocks slid following disappointing earnings from  bellwether Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO.O.
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U.S. stocks were flat on Thursday,   with investors hesitant to make big bets on equities before   Friday's jobs report and as retailers posted mixed sales.