S&amp;P 500 drops; Colgate, Unilever shares fall
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The Standard &amp; Poor&#39;s 500 Index dropped as Colgate-Palmolive Co. and Unilever cut profit forecasts, fueling concern consumer demand may be faltering.
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US stocks fell after Colgate- Palmolive Co., the world&#39;s largest toothpaste producer, reduced its profit forecast and PMC-Sierra Inc.
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U.S. stocks fell on Monday, with tech shares giving back recent gains as a brokerage downgrade hit shares of Apple Computer Inc.  and a legal battle hurt chip maker Qualcomm Inc. .
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Leading shares closed lower as Wall Street remained weaker after investors received mixed news on US housing data, with Tesco remaining down in the blue chips following disappointing first-quarter UK sales growth.
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U.S. stocks declined on Thursday, pushed down by declines in banking shares after Britain's HSBC  warned that bad debts from its U.S. mortgage lending business would hurt results.
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Leading shares closed down Wednesday, just off session lows, with financial stocks providing the main drag on the Footsie, while Wall Street made heavy losses after disappointing pending home sales data hit investor confidence.
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Leading British shares ended the session lower as profit warnings from consumer good groups Unilever and Colgate-Palmolive and the rise in the price oil spooked investors on both sides of the Atlantic, dealers said.
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U.S. stocks fell on Friday as banks and brokers retreated on concerns about the impact of tightening credit on takeovers and the subprime mortgage industry.
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U.S. stocks fell on Friday, as banks and brokers retreated on concerns about the impact of tightening credit on takeovers and the subprime mortgage industry.
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U.S. stocks dropped on Thursday, led lower by financial shares after an analyst warned of larger mortgage-related write-offs, while an assassination of Pakistan's' opposition leader Benazir Bhutto sparked fears of global unrest.
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Stock index futures fell on Wednesday  as news that deep losses on subprime mortgage bonds have left  two Bear Stearns hedge funds almost worthless further worried  investors already edgy after lackluster results from Intel  Corp.  and Yahoo Inc.
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NEW YORK - Higher oil prices and lowered outlooks from companies including Colgate-Palmolive Co., Unilever PLC and The New York Times Co. sent stocks sliding Monday...
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Stock index futures fell on Wednesday as news that deep losses on subprime mortgage bonds have left two Bear Stearns hedge funds almost worthless further worried investors already edgy after lackluster results from Intel Corp.  and Yahoo Inc.
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U.S. stocks fell on Tuesday as a drop  in oil prices pulled down shares of energy companies and  health-care giant Johnson & Johnson JNJ.N slipped following a  report that it is in negotiations to take over Guidant Corp.  GDT.N.
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Leading shares ended lower as weakness in oil heavyweights and a mixed Wall Street offset merger and acquisition fuelled gains in miners and ICI disposal news.
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UK blue-chips ended down on Monday, with AB Foods dropping after its trading update, while US stocks fell for a second session in a row as Federal Reserve speeches did little to ease investor concerns over the outlook for the economy.
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Stocks fell on Thursday, after disappointing quarterly results from companies such as Comcast Corp  and as investors worried financial services companies would report more big losses from the credit crisis.