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Stocks Rally to Best Two-Session Boost Since October
Confidence that the U.S. economy will weather the market’s rough start this year boosted the S&P 500 to its best two-day rally since October and its first positive week in a month.
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January Jobs Data Disappoints
U.S. payroll rises failed to meet projections for January, thanks to retailers cutting back after the busy holiday shopping season and declining government hiring.
Stocks Bounce Back up on Earnings
Following the S&P 500’s worst drop in more than six months, stocks rebounded today thanks to encouraging earnings reports and better-than-expected factory numbers.
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Disappointing Earnings Leave January in the Red
On today’s last trading session of January 2014, lower-than-expected earnings from the likes of Amazon and Mattel and emerging market turmoil led the S&P 500 to its third straight red week.
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Stocks Rebound on Earnings; Now Positive for the Week
Both estimate-beating earnings and a rise in consumer spending lifted the S&P 500 today, as it erased the losses accrued earlier this week.
Lithuania Seeks to Join Euro Beginning in 2015
Lithuania is seeking to join the European Union’s currency, the euro, beginning January 1, 2015.