STOCKS AROUND THE WORLD THIS WEEK - Globe and Mail

STOCKS AROUND THE WORLD THIS WEEK - Globe and Mail
IRELAND: Not pretty. A number of factors contributed to this week's 16-per-cent rout on the Irish stock market - not the least of which was the 67-per-cent decline in Elan Corp., Ireland's largest drug maker. Goldman Sachs dropped the stock from its

Stocks retreat after bad news - Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel
NEW YORK - Wall Street retreated again Friday after readings on jobs and manufacturing — the first reports for the third quarter — indicated that businesses and workers still face a tough economy. The major indexes ended a turbulent week narrowly

Market cap: Taking measure of companies large and small - New York Daily News
How big is large? It depends on who's measuring. Although stock mutual funds and the indexes they use to benchmark their performance can be described as large capitalization, mid cap or small cap, there is no standard definition of these categories

Stocks head for higher open after milder-than-expected July drop in US - Allentown Morning Call
NEW YORK (AP) _ Stocks headed for a higher open Friday after the government said the economy shed jobs for the seventh straight month in July, but at a slower-than-expected rate. The Labor Department said payrolls shrank by 51,000, less than in June

Oil stocks down despite record profits thanks to Dion - Calgary Herald
Last Saturday, the Herald's business section ran a story entitled: "Energy stocks unloved amid gusher of cash." Business writer Shaun Polczer's lead paragraph stated: "Despite eye-popping profits and operating results, Calgary's oil companies can't

US stocks fall on General Motors losses - Hindustan Times
Stocks fell on Wall Street on Friday pushed by billions in losses at largest US automaker General Motors, higher unemployment figures and rising oil prices. GM lost $15.5 billion, or 27.33 dollars per share, in the second quarter on the back of weak

Stocks advance after milder-than-expected July drop in US jobs; GM - Allentown Morning Call
NEW YORK (AP) _ Stocks are advancing in early trading after the government said the economy shed jobs for the seventh straight month in July, but at a slower-than-expected rate. The Labor Department says payrolls shrank by 51,000, less than in June

Top Ten Stocks - Atlantic City Press
10 MOST ACTIVE: NYSE NameSymbolLastWk's ChDiv52-wk hi52-wk loWk's % Ch1-yr % Rtn BkofAmBAC33.33+3.752.5652.9618.44+12.7-25.2 CitigrpC18.87+.341.2849.9014.01+1.8-55.5 ElanELN9.93-23.7137.4516.37-70.5+7.0 FordMF4.65-.409.244.30-7.9-43.6 GenElecGE28.21

European Stocks Drop for the First Week in Three; BMW Retreats - Bloomberg
Aug. 2 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks fell for the first week in three as forecasts from Bayerische Motoren Werke AG and Ryanair Holdings Plc sent carmakers and travel companies lower and crude oil prices climbed. BMW , the world's largest maker of