Stronger earnings outlook may lift stocks
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Signs of an improving economy may have dashed hopes for an interest-rate cut, but the potential for better profits may whet the appetite of stock market investors.
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Japanese stocks may rise after companies including Nintendo Co. and AOC Holdings Inc. raised their full-year earnings forecasts. ``Expectations of a strong Christmas sale season are
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NEW YORK Oct. 4, 2004 - US stocks are seen sharply higher at the open Monday as investors remain upbeat about the outlook for economic and corporate profit growth.
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U.S. stocks ended slightly higher on  Monday as optimism about fourth-quarter earnings  provided a  lift, but a late-day wave of program, or computerized, trading  wiped out earlier gains.
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U.S. stocks were set to open higher on  Monday, extending Friday's rally, with oil prices sliding and  investor sentiment improved as the flow of quarterly earnings  reports begins this week.
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Favorable earnings boost shares -- but are they too high already?
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Stocks are poised for a higher opening on Tuesday, with investors waiting to see whether AT&T  will emulate Apple , which posted strong earnings after the previous session's close.
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Stock futures rose early Tuesday,  pointing to a higher market open, lifted by  better-than-expected earnings and outlook from IBM and a  further decline in oil prices.
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Software companies are poised to post  strong December quarter earnings in the next two weeks, boosted  by pent-up demand and a weak dollar, but high valuations and a  tough year ahead might rein in stock prices, analysts say.
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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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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 afternoon trading, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 13.42, or 0.1 percent, at 10,218.31...
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Stocks could rise next week if the first wave of quarterly earnings inject optimism about results for the period and on economic growth that has surprised on the upside.
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The brokerage is expected to report glowing earnings, but will they give Wall Street a lift?
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U.S. stocks looked to open higher on  Wednesday, as McDonald's Corp. MCD.N said  third-quarter  earnings rose sharply, while quarterly reports from Intel Corp.  INTC.O and Yahoo Inc. YHOO.O pleased Wall Street and lifted  technology shares.
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U.S. stocks were set to rise for a   second day on Thursday, buoyed by strong earnings and an   interest-rate pause by the Federal Reserve that reassured   investors about the outlook for continued profit growth.
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U.S. stock futures pointed to a higher  market open on Wednesday, boosted by Intel Corp.'s  better-than-expected earnings, but the direction of oil prices  after a key inventory report at midmornnig may dictate whether  stocks can hold that upward momentum.
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Stocks appeared set to open higher on Wednesday, particularly on Nasdaq, after Cisco Systems Inc.'s  results and outlook exceeded forecasts and reassured investors on prospects for corporate earnings.