Investment houses see profits fall
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Two large Wall Street firms - Morgan Stanley and Bear Stearns - reported a fall in quarterly profits yesterday in sharp contrast to rival players who presented an upbeat performance the day before.
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Shares of Wall Street's investment banks slipped at the opening bell Monday ahead of the brokerages' third-quarter earnings reports, as a J.P. Morgan Securities analyst said investors might be more comfortable if they reported lower profits.
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Annual results show a drop in profits despite better efficiency.
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NEW YORK Falling profit forecasts from Google and Applied Materials sent technology stocks falling Tuesday while a US government report on another drop in unemployment claims help buoy other markets.
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Stocks fell on Tuesday as rising bond yields stoked concerns that higher borrowing costs could cut into corporate profits and put a damper on deal activity.
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Blue chips fell on Monday as investors  fretted over corporate profits after oil prices rose and  manufacturer Colgate-Palmolive Co. CL.N warned of lower  earnings, but semiconductors boosted the Nasdaq index.
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Stocks fell on Tuesday as the housing slump took a toll on companies' earnings outlooks, while trouble in the subprime mortgage market hurt financial companies' shares.
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Stocks fell on Tuesday as investors  worried that higher interest rates would cut into corporate  profits, while a disappointing outlook from Texas Instruments  Inc.  dented optimism about tech spending.
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European stock markets fell on Wednesday on profit-taking after bumper gains made the previous day, and as investors tracked a fresh batch of earnings news, dealers said.
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Stocks dropped 1 percent on Friday as investors took profits after two days of sharp gains and before the weekend.
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Wall Street fell Monday as investors, showing their cautious side after the market's best week in four years, cashed in profits while they debated their next move.
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Stocks declined on Friday amid signs   the economy may slow more than expected and reduce the profits   of large industrial companies and other companies sensitive to   the economic cycle.
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A slowing  economy may be a drag on corporate profits, some analysts say.
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Asset manager Federated Investors (FII.N: Quote, Profile, Research) on Thursday reported lower quarterly profits as the firm&#39;s assets declined in difficult market conditions.
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Mortgage lenders and homebuilders were the big losers in UK stock markets on Friday, dragging the FTSE indices lower, after news of house price falls combined with Northern Rock&#39;s difficulties to send investors running for the exits.
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U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as investors locked in profits ahead of jobs data on Friday that could show further weakening in the economy and possibly send equity markets lower.
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Stocks fell on Monday as warnings of  lower earnings from consumer goods giants Colgate-Palmolive and  Unilever weighed on markets.