Blue Chips Near Flat; Verizon Weighs
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U.S. blue chips were lower on Tuesday,  as a drop in phone company Verizon Communications Inc. VZ.N  overshadowed a brokerage upgrade on Caterpillar Inc. CAT.N  and a three-session drop in oil prices.
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U.S. stocks were flat on Thursday as  higher oil prices overshadowed news that cell phone maker Nokia  Corp. NOK.N raised its earnings forecast and weekly jobless  claims fell more than Wall Street's forecast.
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U.S. stock futures were little changed  on Friday, pointing to a flat market open, as news of a  disappointing sales outlook from Dell Inc. DELL.O was offset  by reports that a merger between Verizon Communications VZ.N  and MCI MCIP.O could be finalized soon.
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US blue-chips closed at six-week highs on Friday, helped by reassuring consumer confidence data and a bounce in technology stocks, but volume was extremely thin before
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U.S. stocks were set for a flat open  on Wednesday, a day after the Federal Reserve raised interest  rates, as oil prices nudged higher, although a deal between  Sprint and Nextel could help shares.
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U.S. blue chips looked to open flat on  Friday, weighed down by a report showing lower-than-expected  economic growth in the fourth quarter.
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U.S. blue chips opened flat on Friday,  but the Nasdaq gained on earnings from Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O  late on Thursday that beat expectations.
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UK blue chips were hardly changed at the close after Wall Street fluctuated, pleased about declining oil prices and Home Depot Inc.&#39;s stock-repurchase plan but hesitant as the direction of bond yields remained uncertain.
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U.S. blue chips opened slightly higher  on Wednesday, but tech stocks were weaker, hurt by microchip  maker Xilinx Inc. XLNX.O lowering its revenue guidance, while  investors remained concerned about rising interest rates.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks nudged lower on  Monday, weighed by a drop in American International Group Inc.  AIG.N on regulatory concerns, but a 4 percent jump in Apple  Computer Inc. AAPL.O helped lift the Nasdaq.
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Wall Street was poised for a flat start on Tuesday despite support from a firmer dollar and crude oil prices falling to a 1-month low.
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U.S. stocks were heading for a flat open on Friday, as lingering nervousness about the housing and credit markets offset the benefit of stronger-than-expected data on U.S. durable goods orders.
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US stocks ended flat on Wednesday, as tech stocks came under pressure from disappointing earnings from technology bellwether Cisco Systems Inc.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks finished  slightly higher on Friday while technology stocks slipped, as  investors showed caution before next week's presidential  election.
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The blue-chip Dow average declined  slightly, while the Nasdaq and the S&P 500 were little changed  on Tuesday as investors waited for an expected quarter-point  hike in U.S. interest rates and results from technology  bellwether Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO.O.
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U.S. stocks were near the unchanged  mark on Monday, pausing for breath after last week's  post-election rally as another interest rate rise loomed, while  drug maker Pfizer Inc. weighed on the Dow and S&P 500 indexes.
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Stocks were flat on the first session of 2008 on Wednesday as a number of downgrades in the chip sector were offset by gains in energy shares after oil rose more than $2 a barrel.