Stocks Gain as Earnings, Data Spur Buying
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U.S. stocks advanced on Tuesday,  rebounding from a four-day losing streak, as earnings from  companies like Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N and positive consumer  confidence data pleased Wall Street.
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Stocks rose on Thursday after reassuring results from Oracle Corp  and a higher earnings outlook from Qualcomm Inc  helped to lift the technology sector.
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Stocks rose on Thursday as a rebound in global equity markets helped boost investment banks' shares and some U.S. retailers' robust monthly sales allayed worries about the economy's health.
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Stocks rose modestly yesterday as investors looked past a mix of economic data and falling profit forecasts from Google and Applied Materials.
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Wall Street bounced back yesterday from its sharp decline a day earlier, lifted by takeover activity ahead of a majority of second-quarter earnings reports.
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U.S. stocks climbed on Wednesday,  helped by better-than-expected earnings from Google Inc.  GOOG.O and Boeing Co. BA.N, but some investors were  cautious ahead of remarks from the Federal Reserve that would  signal the pace of future interest rate hikes.
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U.S. stocks ended slightly higher on  Monday as optimism about fourth-quarter earnings  provided a  lift, but a late-day wave of program, or computerized, trading  wiped out earlier gains.
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NEW YORK - Strong earnings from financial services companies and upbeat economic data pushed stocks higher Tuesday, but many investors clung to the sidelines ahead of the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates, expected later in the session.    In morning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 7.52, or 0.1 percent, at 10,212.41...
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U.S. stocks climbed on Thursday, boosted by surprisingly high earnings from investment bank Bear Stearns Co. Inc. and economists' bullish estimates for stock indexes performance next year.
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Stocks advanced on Thursday as a rebound in global equity markets helped boost investment banks' shares and strong earnings from U.S. retailers on strong monthly sales allayed worries about the economy's health.
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U.S. stocks opened higher on Friday,  after conglomerate General Electric Co. posted  better-than-expected earnings, giving the market some positive  news as it tries to bounce back from hitting fresh 2005 lows in  the previous session.
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Stocks rose on Wednesday as a scarcity of profit warnings fueled optimism over the corporate reporting season, enabling the market to regain its footing after a sharp drop the previous session.
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U.S. stocks rose on Monday, with  investors betting on good earnings news as the fourth-quarter  reporting season kicks off, while a hike in crude to around $47  a barrel boosted oil company shares.
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U.S. stocks gained on Wednesday as  positive earnings from companies such as Texas Instruments Inc.  TXN.N and Eli Lilly and Co. LLY.N, helped extend the  previous session's rally.
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U.S. stocks gained on Wednesday, as  positive earnings from companies such as Texas Instruments Inc.  TXN.N helped extend the previous session's rally.
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US stocks rebounded on Monday after IBM surprised traders with better than expected results, boosting confidence at the start of big week for corporate earnings.
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NEW YORK -- Stocks advanced sharply Monday in the first day of trading for the third quarter, as investors reacted to data showing a rise in June manufacturing activity and a spate of buyout news.