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The markets closed right near the highs of the day as buyers were happy to see the market pull up and away from the attention-grabbing Dow 10K levels. Volume finished on the light side once again with 4.46 Billion shares on the NYSE and over 1.93 Billion shares traded over on the NASDAQ. Wall Street analysts [...]

DailyFinance: The $750 million acquisition of mobile advertising network AdMob by search giant Google (GOOG) signals a new stage of the battle for the soul of the mobile Internet between Google and its arch-rival Apple (AAPL). The acquisition gives Google the ... Read more

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Retail stocks head higher in morning activity, led by RadioShack Corp. and Abercrombie & Fitch Co., after both stocks are upgraded.

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There are times in the market when the action make little sense. For example, most investors probably expected the market to decline when the Labor Dept. reported that the Unemployment Rate hit the highest level since 1983. However, we just might be ent[More...]

Stock futures continue to point to a solidly higher open as the broader market looks to extend last week's advance and overnight gains abroad. Financial and commodity-linked shares are early gainers, helping to set the tone for the broader market.[More...]

BloggingStocks: Analyst upgrades: Keefe Bruyette upgraded Blackstone Group (BX) to outperform from market perform following the company's Q3 results and maintains an $18.50 price target on shares. Baird upgraded Astec (ASTE) to outperform from neutral ... Read more

BloggingStocks: The conventional wisdom is that consumer spending is what drives the U.S. economy. And consumer spending arises out of consumer confidence. Unfortunately, the signals along the road to economic recovery are mixed, what with the rising GDP growth and ... Read more

BloggingStocks: Consumer borrowing fell for the eighth straight month in September. This record-setting streak is due largely to tightening by lenders, unemployment and the conservative preference to pay down debt rather than spend. This widespread fit of fiscal ... Read more

Tammy DeRosier and Sue Morrison Discuss Earnings Season Strategies

Try starting out on a trip without a map, a global positioning system (GPS) or enough gas in your tank, and see how far you get. Companies contemplating a merger, acquisition (M&A) or divestiture,...

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Schaeffer's Andrea Kramer takes a look at unusual option activity on the Street

Schaeffer's analyst Colleen S. King takes a look at the major news of the day on Wall Street.

Schaeffer's Colleen S. King takes a look at activity on the Street ahead of the market open