Stocks Climb on Rising Factory Orders
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NEW YORK - Stocks inched higher Thursday as investors shrugged off sluggish retail sales, disappointing worker productivity and a surge in oil prices, focusing instead on rising factory orders.    Trading was muted ahead of a mid-quarter update from U.S...
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NEW YORK - Newly optimistic investors sent stocks sharply higher Friday after economic data showed strength in manufacturing and construction. Wall Street greeted the departure of PeopleSoft Inc.'s chief executive by buying up technology shares...
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Stocks soared Wednesday, with the Dow Jones industrials rising more than 120 points, as a large buildup in the nation&#39;s energy inventories and increased consumer spending sent buyers back to the market.
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NEW YORK - Stocks edged higher Wednesday despite a lower reading on manufacturing activity and a spike in oil prices. Technology shares were unaffected by brokerage downgrades of two semiconductor companies...
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Stocks rose on Tuesday after a report showed manufacturing activity expanded in August, easing recession worries, while favorable research reports on Apple Inc. boosted the tech sector.
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U.S. stocks rose on Thursday after  durable goods data pointed to a healthy pace of activity in the  factory sector and another report showed an improvement in  consumer sentiment for December, but the session was expected  to be quiet before the Christmas holiday.
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Stocks rose on Friday after a  government report showed the U.S. economy added twice the  number of jobs than had been expected last month in a positive  sign for economic growth.
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Stocks rose on Thursday after a Wall Street Journal report that Bank of America  is in talks to buy mortgage lender Countrywide Financial Corp  sent financial stocks higher.
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US News, NEW YORK - US stocks climbed on Thursday, after durable goods data pointed to a healthy pace of activity in the factory sector and another report showed an improvement in consumer sentiment for December, but the session was expected to be quiet
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U.S. stocks rose on Monday after a report showing manufacturing was still expanding lifted shares of many large industrial companies, including General Electric Co. , and a big drop in oil prices added to buying momentum.
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US STOCKS advanced on Friday after an industry report showed that factory production and employment had risen, easing concern that economic growth would slow.
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Stocks pared losses, with the Dow industrials briefly turning higher, on Thursday after stronger-than-expected data on factory activity in the U.S. mid-Atlantic region helped the economic outlook.
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NEW YORK Stocks moved sharply higher Friday after US economic data showed strength in manufacturing and construction and shrugged off a softening in consumer sentiment.
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Stocks rose on Wednesday after U.S.   second-quarter growth was revised upward, suggesting some   strength in the economy, and a dip in oil prices soothed   concerns about inflation.
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U.S. stocks rose a bit on Thursday  after a revision in factory orders in June suggested orders are  improving and some apparel makers raised profit forecasts or  reported better-than-expected sales in August.
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Stocks rose on Friday, with all three major Wall Street indexes poised to end the week higher, after rising oil prices lifted energy shares and a stronger-than-expected jobs report indicated strength in the economy.
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NEW YORK -- Stocks advanced sharply Monday in the first day of trading for the third quarter, as investors reacted to data showing a rise in June manufacturing activity and a spate of buyout news.