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Booking 57.54% Gains in Jazz Pharmaceuticals

Jazz Pharmaceuticals (JAZZ) jumped 2.56% yesterday. Jazz, whose drugs include treatments for pain and narcolepsy, reports Q2 results...

Stocks Fall on Fed Comments; Six-Month High for Service Sector Growth; Weak Payroll Data Boosts Gold

Stocks dropped from record highs today, as investors weighed stronger-than-forecast growth in service industries and comments from a...

Betting on a Bounce in Gentherm (THRM)

It was another solid week for global stock markets last week, with the Dow Jones up 0.64% and...

Jobs Data Provides Market’s Small Gain; U.S. Dollar Falls to Session Lows Against Euro, Yen; Europe Rallies Heading into Weekend

Jobs Data Provides Market’s Small Gain (Bloomberg) July was host to a lower-than-expected number of jobs added, and...

S&P 500 Reaches 1700; Nikkei Hits One-Month High; U.S. Crude Rallies

S&P 500 Reaches 1700  (Bloomberg) For the first time in U.S. History, a general rise in U.S. stocks sent...

S&P 500 Declines on Fed Silence; U.S. Dollar Soars on Strong Data; Economy Gained Momentum in Second Quarter

S&P 500 Declines on Fed Silence (Bloomberg) A lack of news from the Federal Reserve reversed Tuesday’s stock...

Serving Up Apple on Fine China; Great Rotation, Take Two; Red Light, Green Light — Global Markets Play the Game Ahead of Fed

Apple, Inc.’s second-quarter revenue from Greater China (Mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong) shriveled by 43 percent when...

Steady As She Goes…

It was the first negative week in a month or so, with the S&P 500 down 0.38% and...

S&P 500 Aims for Biggest Month since January; Investor Pessimism Lowers Oil Prices; Declining Yen Boosts Asian Stock Indices

The S&P rose again Monday ahead of an announcement from the Federal Reserve, as the U.S. market index...

S&P 500 Pares Monthly Gain; Asian Stocks Decline, Yen Rises; Buyers Boost Gold Futures

S&P 500 Pares Monthly Gain (Bloomberg) All three major U.S. stock indices fell today, as housing data damaged investor...