Blue-Chip Stocks Dip, AIG Rises
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U.S. blue chips declined slightly  early Monday afternoon, with gains in insurance company  American International Group Inc. AIG.N  and Wal-Mart Stores  Inc. WMT.N offsetting a drop in energy stocks, which fell  along with crude oil prices.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks inched higher on  Monday as the price of crude rose to near $49 a barrel and  helped energy companies' shares, but technology shares slid,  pulled down by a drop in chipmakers.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks finished  slightly lower on Monday, pulled down by a drop in the shares  of American International Group Inc. AIG.N as a regulatory  probe widened.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks fell on  Wednesday as earnings and outlooks from two consumer products  giants failed to excite markets.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks changed course  and rose late Tuesday afternoon as a drop in oil prices helped  steady the market, although investors remained cautious before  tech bellwether Intel Corp.'s INTC.O earnings.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks slid lower on  Thursday, pulled down by industrial bellwether Caterpillar Inc.  CAT.N, but technology shares remained higher after eBay Inc.  EBAY.O posted strong earnings.
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U.S. blue chips fell on Wednesday as a  steep decline in commodity prices and lower crude oil dented  shares of Alcoa Inc. AA.N and Exxon Mobil Corp.XOM.N,  outweighing strong earnings from McDonald's Corp. MCD.N.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks fell on  Wednesday after Honeywell International Inc. and J.P. Morgan  Chase & Co. disappointed investors with quarterly reports, and  high oil prices rekindled worries about the impact on profit  margins.
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U.S. blue chips were down on Wednesday  on a sharp rise in oil prices after oil inventories rose less  than expected and a few Dow components disappointed investors  with their earnings and outlooks.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks declined on  Thursday as a jump in oil prices added to worries about  inflation, but a rally in chip makers' stocks helped the Nasdaq  advance late in the session to end at a six-year high.
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NEW YORK - The blue-chip Dow average ended slightly lower, while the tech-driven Nasdaq inched higher on Tuesday as investors waited for hints from the Federal Reserve about the pace of interest-rate increases on Wednesday.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks finished  slightly higher on Friday while technology stocks slipped, as  investors showed caution before next week's presidential  election.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks fell on Thursday  as disappointing earnings from companies including Dow  component Caterpillar and higher oil prices weighed on  investors after two days of solid advances.
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U.S. blue chips rose slightly on  Monday as oil prices slipped and alleviated worry about high  energy costs cutting into corporate profits, but a 5 percent  slide in Symantec Corp. SYMC.O weighed on the Nasdaq.
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The blue-chip Dow average ended  slightly lower, while the tech-driven Nasdaq inched higher on  Tuesday as investors waited for hints from the Federal Reserve  about the pace of interest-rate increases on Wednesday.
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NEW YORK - Stocks were mixed Thursday, with blue chips inching higher as investors' relief over declining oil prices offset their concerns about a jump in jobless claims. Brokerage downgrades of several semiconductor companies sent tech stocks down slightly...
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US blue-chip stocks fell on Monday as oil prices nudged higher and drug maker Pfizer Inc. (PFE) and aluminum producer Alcoa Inc. (AA) were hit by broker downgrades.