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Wall Street analysts struggle to predict Apple

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:56:05 AMT

By day, Robert Leitao manages a Catholic church in Southern California. By night, he indulges his other passion: predicting Apple Inc's results.

Wall Street rises on jobs; Nasdaq at 11-year high

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:24:04 AMT

A surge in hiring in the world's largest economy last month drove the Nasdaq to an 11-year high as optimism grew that the labor market is on a steady path to recovery.

Analysis: Stock-picking makes a comeback as macro tides fade

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 15:48:04 AMT

Stock-picking once again matters on Wall Street.

Strong jobs report pushes Nasdaq to 11-year high

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 14:24:05 AMT

Stocks rose on Friday, propelling the Nasdaq index to an 11-year high, after January's U.S. employment report sailed past expectations, boosting hopes the world's largest economy has turned a corner.

Wall Street gains 1 percent on jobs jump

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 11:40:05 AMT

Stocks rallied more than 1 percent on Friday, extending a rally in equities, after a report showed U.S. job growth surged in January.

Wall Street opens higher after payrolls data

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:48:02 AMT

Stocks jumped at the open on Friday after the January employment report beat the highest expectations, boosting hopes the world's largest economy has turned a corner.

Stock futures imply sharp gains after strong jobs data

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:08:02 AMT

Stock index futures pointed to a sharply higher open on Friday after the government reported the U.S. economy created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months, infusing optimism into markets.

Stock futures surge after payrolls report

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:48:04 AMT

Stock index futures surged on Friday after data showed the U.S. economy created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months in January and the unemployment rate dropped to a near three-year low of 8.3 percent.

Stock futures rise slightly ahead of payrolls data

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 09:16:03 AMT

Stock index futures edged higher on Friday as investors awaited the monthly payrolls report to see whether to make more large bets in risk assets after recent equity gains.

Stock futures edge higher ahead of payrolls

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:40:04 AMT

Stock index futures edged higher on Friday as investors awaited the monthly payrolls report to see whether to make more large bets in risk assets after recent equity gains.

Stock index futures point to slightly higher start

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:32:03 AMT

Stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher opening on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 all up between 0.1 and 0.3 percent at 5:01 a.m. ET.

European shares hit 6-month highs; jobs data awaited

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:24:04 AMT

European share prices edged up on Friday to hit a new six-month high, helped by encouraging macroeconomic data in the euro zone and the UK, and as investors awaited the latest U.S. employment figures, due at 1330 GMT.

European shares turn positive on euro zone PMI

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 05:24:05 AMT

European shares turned positive in choppy trading on Friday, after upbeat macroeconomic news on the euro zone, and ahead of closely-watched U.S. labour report due later in the session,

European shares slip back from six-month highs

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:16:02 AMT

European shares fell slightly on Friday, from six-month closing highs, as investors awaited U.S. jobs data for indications of the strength of the recovery in the world's biggest economy.

European shares to edge lower; jobs data eyed

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 03:48:03 AMT

European stock index futures pointed to a slightly lower open for equities Friday after hitting six-month highs in the previous session, with investors awaiting U.S. jobs data to gauge the pace of recovery in the world's largest economy.

News Corp taps Bloomberg executive to lead Dow Jones

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 21:08:04 AMT

Rupert Murdoch's News Corp on Thursday named Bloomberg LP executive Lex Fenwick as chief executive officer of its Dow Jones & Co unit which houses its Wall Street Journal newspaper.

They're not Facebook, but social media stocks run up anyway

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 19:08:04 AMT

The hype over Facebook's initial public offering has excited investors revisiting other social media companies, even though most of those stocks have plunged since the fanfare of their own IPOs.

Euro and stocks trade flat on Bernanke, debt crisis

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:48:03 AMT

Stocks and the euro traded little changed on Thursday as data signalling improvement in the U.S. labour market and remarks by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke that suggested some economic optimism were offset by concerns over Europe's festering debt crisis.

Wall Street holds steady as payrolls set to test rally

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:40:07 AMT

Investors largely took a wait-and-see approach on Thursday as stocks ended little changed ahead of Friday's key employment report, but tech shares rose after strong earnings from chipmaker Qualcomm.

Wall Street ends flat; Qualcomm gains

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 17:08:04 AMT

Investors largely took a wait-and-see approach on Thursday as stocks ended little changed ahead of Friday's key employment report, but tech shares rose on strong earnings from chipmaker Qualcomm .

Wall Street mixed on earnings

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:48:01 AMT

Stocks seesawed in a tight range on Thursday as earnings reports drove individual shares, while a drop in jobless claims pointed to a slowly healing labor market before Friday's employment report.

Dow Chemical profit, revenue miss

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:56:03 AMT

Dow Chemical Co's quarterly profit and revenue missed Wall Street's expectations as demand for electronics, plastics and coatings plunged, causing the company to slash production and aggressively discount some products.

Dow Chemical profit misses; shares drop

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 12:48:05 AMT

Wall Street edges up ahead of January payrolls report

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:48:05 AMT

Stocks edged higher on Thursday after weekly jobless claims fell in the latest week, but gains were limited as investors were reluctant to make big bets ahead of Friday's payrolls report and a recent rally.

Dow Chemical profit misses

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 11:24:04 AMT

Dow Chemical Co's quarterly profit and revenue missed Wall Street's expectations as demand for electronics, plastics and coatings plunged, causing the company to cut production and aggressively conserve cash.

Wall Street opens up after jobless claims data

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:48:04 AMT

U.S. stocks opened higher on Thursday after jobless claims fell more than expected, boosting optimism about the upcoming government payrolls report.

Stock futures imply higher open after jobless claims fall

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 10:16:03 AMT

Stock index futures pointed to slight gains at the open on Thursday after jobless claims fell more than expected, boosting optimism about the upcoming January payrolls report.

Stock futures turn higher after jobless data

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:48:04 AMT

Stock index futures erased losses to turn positive on Thursday after data showed new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week, pointing to more healing in the nation's battered jobs market.

Stock futures flat, Dow Chemical falls after earns

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 09:16:02 AMT

Stock index futures were little changed on Thursday as investors looked ahead to weekly jobless claims data, one last clue about the state of the labor market before Friday's key jobs report.

Stock futures flat ahead of jobless claims

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 08:48:04 AMT

Stock index futures were little changed on Thursday as investors looked ahead to weekly jobless claims data, one last clue about the state of the labor market before Friday's key non-farm payrolls report.