Earnings season set to lift Wall Street
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US stocks were modestly higher at mid-morning on Monday, as investors looked to the start of second quarter earnings this week with confidence.
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Heading into the heart of earnings season next week the expected results look robust, but a slowing of future profit growth and the impact of surging oil prices on the economy could conspire to hold down stocks.
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Stock investors may want to fasten  their seatbelts this week, when a flurry of earnings and  economic data will once again be in focus.
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Wall Street's quarterly earnings frenzy is starting to taper off, but U.S. stock investors will still have plenty of numbers to watch this week.
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Wall Street faces home sales data and more earnings reports this week, as it decides whether growth is strong enough to justify pushing the Dow Jones industrial average back above 14,000.
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Software companies are poised to post  strong December quarter earnings in the next two weeks, boosted  by pent-up demand and a weak dollar, but high valuations and a  tough year ahead might rein in stock prices, analysts say.
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Investors are looking for an onslaught  of company earnings and economic data this week to give  direction to U.S. stocks after some early signs of slower  profit growth got the year off to an uncertain start.
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U.S. stocks rose on Monday at the start of the earnings reporting season as investors bet companies will beat profit forecasts following signs of strength in the economy.
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Stock market bulls are betting strong second-quarter profits will send equities even higher with the earnings reporting season in full swing this week.
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Investors are looking for an onslaught of company earnings and economic data this week to give direction to U.S. stocks after some early signs of slower profit growth got the year off to an uncertain start.
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Wall Street stocks were set for a higher start on Friday after strong results from Research in Motion (NASDAQ:RIMM) looked set to lift the technology sector and on reports that Merrill Lynch may get a multi-billion dollar capital infusion from Singapore.
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Stock index futures suggested Wall  Street may rebound on Thursday as a fresh round of earnings  could shift investors&#39; focus back to corporate profitability  and away from the deteriorating subprime credit market.
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U.S. stocks are set for a higher opening on Thursday, according to index futures, after any fears of a rate rise receded, and amid a raft of earnings reports and economic data.
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U.S. stocks were expected to move  higher at Tuesday's open with fourth-quarter earnings from  investment banks Morgan Stanley MWD.N and Bear Stearns Cos.  Inc. BSC.N taking focus.
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Wall Street appeared headed for a sharply higher open as G.E. posted earnings that met expectations, encouraging investors to buy back into stocks after a huge drop this week.
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U.S. stocks are likely to kick off the fourth quarter on a positive note on Monday, with a possible casino deal in the works and companies poised to release preliminary earnings updates.
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Wall Street is raising estimates of second-quarter earnings growth, estimating profits will be up 5.9 percent on average, according to Reuters Estimates, which compiles analysts' forecasts weekly for the Standard & Poor's 500 index .