Stocks Seen Up with Banks Taking Focus
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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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Stock index futures rose on Thursday, indicating the rally on Wall Street may continue for a fourth consecutive day as investors focused on fresh jobs data and kept a close eye on the struggling financial sector.
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London stocks were higher on Wednesday as banks rallied, with Northern Rock rising strongly after saying it had received a number of unnamed approaches.
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Wall Street was poised to start a  shortened session higher on Tuesday, helped by the latest  takeover news and before data on the manufacturing and housing  sectors.
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Stock index futures edged up before  the start of Wall Street trading on Thursday with the focus on  quarterly results from investment bank Bear Stearns  and  a raft of economic indicators.
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Stock index futures were pointing to a  higher open on Wall Street on Friday, with Citigroup   gaining on a report banks are planning to sell assets to shore  up capital.
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U.S. stock futures ticked up on Tuesday  ahead of the Wall Street open but investors were nervous before  housing data later which could provide hints on the outlook for  the monetary policy.
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U.S. shares look set to open higher on Wednesday with technology shares in focus after better-than-expected results from Cisco  on Tuesday, while investors also eye U.S. labor cost data.
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Stocks rose in early trading as Wall Street, heartened by upbeat investment bank earnings, awaited the Federal Reserveâs meeting on interest rates.
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U.S. stocks were expected to nudge higher at Tuesday's open with fourth-quarter earnings from investment banks Morgan Stanley  and Bear Stearns Cos. Inc.  taking center stage.
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Shares rise as the bank has no new loans problems to report to Wall Street.
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U.S. stocks edged up on Tuesday as  investors expected the Federal Reserve to stay on a course of  "measured" interest-rate increases, while major Wall Street  investment banks rose on higher profits.
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U.S. stock markets looked set to open higher on Tuesday after an extended weekend, with eyes on merger and acquisition (M&A) action as well as a raft of economic data.
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Wall Street stocks rallied on Thursday after Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke raised expectations of further interest rate cuts and on reports Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) is close to buying Countrywide Financial (NYSE:CFC).
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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 Tuesday,  boosted by financial stocks after several banks, including Bank  of America Corp. BAC.N, posted higher fourth-quarter profits.
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Stock index futures rose before the  start of Wall Street trading on Tuesday, with financial stocks  likely to be in focus after news of further write-downs on  risky assets at two big European banks.