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Daily Data Flow: Stocks Rise on Retailer Rally; U.S. Credit Rating May be Downgraded; New Facebook Feature

A rally in retail and transportation stocks overshadowed worries about the debt ceiling and caused U.S. stocks to...

Daily Data Flow: S&P at Five-Year Peak; Debt Ceiling Could Delay Tax Refunds; Dollar Drops

Better-than-expected Chinese exports caused U.S. stocks to advance, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to the highest...

Eagle Eye Opener: Fiscal Cliff Joins Y2K as Non-Event; Far East Markets Jump; European Markets Rise

In a move that aided overseas stock markets, President Obama and enough House Republicans that matter put together...

Daily Data Flow: Cliff Optimism; Halting Milk Price Spike; China to Maintain Monetary Policy

U.S. stocks rose on Monday, after the biggest weekly drop for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index in...

Daily Data Flow: Stocks Fall as Budget Deal Approaches; High Tablet, Smartphone Activations on Christmas; China in 2013

U.S. stocks fell, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index lower for a fifth day, amid concern talks...

Daily Data Flow: House Session Set; Market Optimism; Apple CEO’s Pay

U.S. stocks pared most of their earlier losses in the final hour of trading as the House of...

Eagle Eye Opener: Fiscal Cliff Imminent; Bonds to Bust in 2013?; Housing Prices up

As President Obama and Republicans returned to work this week, there isn’t a lot of investor optimism worldwide...

Making Money Alert: Deal or No Deal?

As it has for so many weeks now, negotiations about the fiscal cliff continue to dominate the trading...

Daily Data Flow: Stocks Rise on Negotiation Optimism; Apple’s Future; Cold Weather Drives Apparel Sales

U.S. Stocks Advance Amid Optimism on Budget Negotiations (Bloomberg) U.S. stocks rose, extending an eight-week high for the...

PowerTrend Brief: Signs of an Improving Economy as Washington Slow Walks the “Fiscal Cliff”

Even though we have moved another five trading days toward the end of 2012, with only 10 left...