Though the market began the day in a slump over global economic concerns, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) is back in positive territory just after 11 a.m.
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June 13 - News
3M Co (NYSE:MMM) was formed on June 13, 1902, when five Minnesota businessmen came together to incorporate the Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company in the Lake Superior ...
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June 13 - News
After another rough day on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average sits lower by 126 points, or 0.84%, even though it was up 119 points at one time today.
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June 13 - News
The back-and-forth trend on Wall Street continued today as markets opened higher only to fall throughout the trading day.
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June 12 - News
Yesterday's jitters have carried through to today's market session.
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June 12 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is sinking today, but don't blame it on Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) this time.
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June 12 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is following markets in Asia and Europe lower today. As of 1:20 p.m. EDT the Dow is down 58 points, or 0.39%, to 15,064.
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June 12 - News
A lack of positive economic data and nervous investors don't make a great mix.
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June 12 - News
The DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (NYSE:DFT) gunpowder trust split into three companies on June 12, 1912.
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June 12 - News
If you're looking for a job, I have good news for you: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of job openings increased in April by 6.6% over the same month last...
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June 12 - News
The VIX Index , Wall Street's fear gauge, shot up 10.6 to close at 17.07.
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June 12 - News
Blue-chip stocks are broadly lower this afternoon after the Bank of Japan announced that it would hold its economic stimulus steady amid a pickup in key business metrics.
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June 11 - News
It's been shaky recently for the Dow Jones Industrial Average and markets around the world.
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June 11 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) dropped sharply this morning but has been slowly recovering after the Bank of Japan said it would not increase its asset...
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June 11 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average had no chance this morning.
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June 11 - News
The first public gas utility company in the Western Hemisphere -- and one of the earliest known public utilities anywhere -- was born in a museum on Baltimore's Holliday Street...
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June 11 - News
If you pay even the slightest bit of attention to the financial markets, you'll have heard that Apple Inc.
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June 11 - News
After closing out last week with a bang on a strong jobs report, stocks lost momentum today, ending mostly flat.
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June 11 - News
Do you like volatility? Some investors see volatile prices as an opportunity to score big gains.
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June 11 - News
The markets are moving sluggishly to open this week of investing.
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June 10 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down slightly after S&P raised its outlook on the U.S.' credit rating of "AA+" from "negative" to "stable." As of 1:15 p.m.
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June 10 - News
As the markets opened this morning, they quickly fell in the red, but an unexpected move by Standard & Poor's gave investors confidence to push stocks higher.
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June 10 - News
Any investor who has lived through a major market crash can attest to the impossibility of calling a market bottom.
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June 10 - News
After closing last week on a high note, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) started this morning off even higher.
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June 10 - News
What is the Dow Jones Industrial Average without any consumer-facing industrial company? The venerable index found itself in a bind in mid-2009, as General Motors Company (NYSE...
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June 10 - News
Which Asian economy -- the third-largest in the world -- is beating expectations for GDP growth and growing faster than the U.S.? Surprise: It's Japan, which just revised its ...
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June 10 - News
The 30 stocks in the Dow Jones Industrials appeal to investors as much for their regular dividend payouts as for their high-quality businesses.
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June 10 - News
Move over, Superman: There's a more unstoppable force that can leap even the highest expectations, and its name is the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
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June 10 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average may have had a slight swoon over the past two weeks, but make no mistake about it -- the economy is slowly finding its footing thanks to a shrinking...
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June 10 - News
Lately, many investors have sought protection from a potential downturn by turning to low-volatility stocks, which they perceive as somehow being safer than higher-volatility ...
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June 10 - News
According to yesterday's headlines, our collective household wealth ascended to an all-time high in the first quarter of the year.
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June 10 - News
Two weeks ago, The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) Chief Financial Officer Jay Rasulo told a group of analysts at the Nomura Global Media & Telecom Summit that The Walt Disney ...
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June 10 - News
I predicted that Titan Machinery Inc. (NASDAQ:TITN) would close lower on the week.
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June 10 - News
It was quite the week on Wall Street.
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June 10 - News
Happy birthday, Donald Duck! The Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS)'s second-favorite animated son first appeared in the Silly Symphonies short "The Wise Little Hen," which was released...
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June 10 - News
It was another wild week on Wall Street, but at the end of the week the Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 0.88% and the S&P 500 had gained 0.78%.
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June 10 - News
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (Dow Jones Indices:.DJI) has been home to several pairs of companies with the same corporate parent, occasionally at the same time.
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June 10 - News
Investors count on the Dow Jones Industrials to represent the cream of the crop of America's top companies.
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June 10 - News
According to Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ:YHOO) Finance, the following two stocks received the most quote page views last week.
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June 10 - News
Stock markets roared back to life today after the Department of Labor announced that 175,000 jobs were added in May and the unemployment rate ticked slightly higher to 7.6%.
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June 7 - News
When Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE:HPQ) parted ways with former CEO Mark Hurd, the scandal-tinged affair left a bad taste in many an investor's mouth.
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June 7 - News
It's been a topsy-turvy week for the markets, but stocks are back on the rise today. The Dow Jones Industrial Average has gained 137 points, or 0.91%, as of 2:20 p.m.
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June 7 - News
Investors were worried about the jobs report after Wednesday's private-sector payrolls report disappointed and depressed Dow stocks.
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June 7 - News
May's jobs report was released this morning, and although nonfarm payroll employment numbers increased to 175,000, the unemployment rate also increased from 7.5% to 7.6%.
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June 7 - News
After a late-session rally yesterday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average started this morning with the same upward momentum.
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June 7 - News
For most companies, gaining membership among the 30 stocks of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (INDEXDJX:.DJI) marks the pinnacle of their histories of achievement.
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June 7 - News
After two days of losses, stocks turned things around this afternoon, with the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC ) , and the narrower, price-weighted Dow Jones Industrial Average(DJINDICES...
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June 7 - News
Having shed more than 100 points by early afternoon, the Dow Jones Industrial Average staged a comeback in its final hours of trading, as Wall Street looks to tomorrow's employment...
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June 7 - News
This morning it seemed as if today would be uneventful. The market was calm as investors held their breath ahead of tomorrow's unemployment data.
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June 6 - News
