Stocks rise as manufacturing, construction data ease fears
Markets rebound on softer August manufacturing growth and July construction decline. Investors cheered as tech stocks gained on bargain buying with hopes for a Federal Reserve rate cut at the Sept. 18 meeting. Dow rose to 13,448.86 while Nasdaq and S&P edged higher on strong tech names and merger activity.
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Wall Street
Tech
Telecom
Federal Reserve
Ben Bernanke
Fed
Institute For Supply Management
Commerce Department
Arthur Hogan
Jefferies & Co
Dow Companies
General Motors Corp
Standard & Poor
U.S. Federal Reserve Bank
U.S
Treasury
Auto makers mix signals as August U S sales hold
GM posts a 6 percent rise in August led by trucks while Toyota passes Ford for the month and the year so far. Ford suffers a 14.4 percent drop with rental fleet weakness and incentives drive September offers. Chrysler reports a 6.1 percent decline amid its DaimlerChrysler breakup and fleet shifts.
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Pipas
Chrysler LLC
Chrysler
DaimlerChrysler AG
Royal Oak Ford
Royal Oak
Mich
U.S
August U.S. auto sales rise for GM and Nissan
General Motors and Nissan each posted over six percent gains in U S sales for August, outpacing Toyota which fell about one percent. Honda and Nissan also reported gains with Titan pickup demand helping Nissan’s truck sales rise 4.1 percent and car sales up 7.9 percent year over year.
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Nissan Motor Co
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Toyota
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California
Federal Reserve
Honda Motor Co
Nissan
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Wheat futures rally on CBOT with gains across grains
Chicago grains surged Tuesday with wheat for December up 30 cents to 8.055 a bushel, December corn at 3.5325, December oats at 2.625, and November soybeans rising 25 cents to 9.075 a bushel as traders weighed supply signals.
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Chicago Board of Trade
Stockyards Springfield Prices and Today's Hogs Sales
Eastern Cornbelt carcass prices show 0.5 inch bf 59.00 to 67.00, 0.6 inch bf 57.50 to 68.00, 0.7 inch bf 56.00 to 66.75, 0.8 inch bf 56.00 to 66.75, 0.9 inch bf 53.50 to 65.50. Today’s negotiated purchases: 15,211 Illinois Direct Hogs. Lows: trading steady to 1.00 higher with moderate demand. Hogs by weight: 300-400 lbs 32.00-35.00, 400-500 lbs 34.00-36.00, 500-600 lbs 36.00-39.00, over 600 lbs 37.00-40.00. Boars: under 300 lbs 25.00-30.00, over 300 lbs 11.00-15.00.
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Mips Technologies
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Bob Evans
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O'charley’s
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Old Nat. Banc
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Olin
Canadian Rail Burger King
Pepsi Pfizer
CAT
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CBRL
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Qualcomm
Clear Channel
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Discover
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JC Penney
Jones Soda
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WmsCos
Honwlind
Wyeth
Brazil
Closing Stocks Rally Falls In Mixed Tokyo and New York Trade
New York stock list shows iSh Japan and iSh Taiwan near modest changes while shares across sectors including IBM, Exxon, Coca Cola and Chevron edge higher or lower. Major movers include Lehman Brothers, Pfizer, Nestlé and Morgan Stanley amid broad market activity on Tuesday.
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