Stocks to Weather Earnings, Oil Politics
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Stock investors may want to fasten  their seatbelts for the week ahead, when a flurry of  earnings  and economic data will once again be in focus.
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Investors are expected to focus on oil prices and corporate earnings outlooks next week, and the slightest warning about company revenues could weigh on stocks.
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Wall Street is set for a firmer start to  Friday trade, hovering near multi-year highs, as investors  shrug off steeper crude oil prices and focus on recent buoyant  corporate earnings ahead of key inflation data
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Most U.S. companies have reported  earnings and the flow of economic data slows this week, so  investors will look to U.S. trade figures and earnings from  leading technology stocks Dell and Cisco for fuel to sustain  the market's 2-week-old rally.
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U.S. stock futures pointed to a higher  market open on Friday, snapping back from the previous day's  losses, as oil prices eased below $53 a barrel and General  Electric Co. GE.N reported earnings in line with Wall  Street's expectations.
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Volatility could be the name of the  game this week for the U.S. stock market with the earnings  machine running at full tilt and the rising conflict in the  Middle East.
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Stocks may come under pressure this  week as investors sell shares at year's end to prepare for tax  season. But crude oil prices, earnings outlooks and moves in  the dollar will also be closely watched.
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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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Sky-high oil prices are likely to  pressure Wall Street once again on Thursday, while earnings  news from tech giants Ciena CIEN.N and Nortel NT.TO and  Google's GOOG.O awaited Nasdaq debut will also steer  sentiment.
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Tokyo stocks are expected to stick to a  narrow range this week as investors focus on a flood of U.S.  earnings, soaring oil prices and the race for the White House.
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NEW YORK - US stocks advanced slightly on Monday as investors were optimistic that corporate earnings may exceed expectations, but oil at a fresh record near US$54 a barrel curbed gains.
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Heading into the heart of earnings season this 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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Wall Street was set to open slightly lower on Wednesday as investors eye the damage to corporate earnings from stubbornly high oil prices with scorecards from key companies rolling in.
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NEW YORK Wall Street is sorting through the latest earnings news and stocks are narrowly mixed. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up three points in today&#39;s early going.
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U.S. stocks were likely to open flat  on Wednesday, with high oil prices and profit warnings weighing  on the market before earnings reports start and key jobs data  is released this week.
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Financial results from major US firms will this week give investors an indication of how sky-high oil prices are affecting the economy.
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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.