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GE reportedly will buy back slightly more than $12 billion shares, although the company has not made a formal announcement or filed paperwork with the SEC. The action would get GE's share-float back to 2008 levels, but will its shareholders care about the move?
Increasing violence in Libya caused oil prices to rise and stocks to fall 80 points to close at 12,090 on Monday. It didn't help that a Wells Fargo analyst also downgraded the semiconductor industry, sending shares of Intel down by 1.6%.
Apple, BofA, Morgan Stanley, IBM, GE, Goldman and Google are among the names reporting this week. And if last week's numbers are any guide, the market should have plenty of reasons to rally -- especially because expectations aren't all that great.
It's been a long time since the DJIA reflected just America's smokestack economy. But today's economic rebound is being led so far by manufacturers. And if you plot those Dow components as a group, you'll see they're leading the larger pack by far.
Stocks ended the week on a positive note despite economic reports that fell short of expectations. But Cort Gwon of FBN Securities says there was lots to cheer about as fears over the debt crisis in Europe lessened and U.S. companies announced stellar earnings.
AMD announced the resignation of CEO Dirk Meyer Monday, sending stock down over 4% in after-hours trading.
Alcoa, Intel and JPMorgan Chase will kick off a new earnings season this week when they report their results for the fourth quarter of 2010. Here's what analysts surveyed by Thomson Reuters expect, followed by a glance at what's coming up on the economic calendar.
Despite all the amazing gadgets launched at the Consumer Electronics Show -- the smart TVs, 3-D technology, larger touch screens, and tablet PCs -- the bigger news in Las Vegas this week may be about price cuts.
Wall Street's consensus sees the S&P 500 tacking on an 11% gain over the next 12 months -- with lots of ups and downs along the way. That has us inclined to play defense, with an eye toward bargain stocks paying generous, sustainable dividends. Here are our top 11 picks for 2011.
Google has asked its television partners to delay the launch of Google TV while it refines the software. This means the service will miss debuting at the Consumer Electronics Show next month.

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BAC
Bank of America Corp
8.10-0.09
-1.04%
149.19M
ALU
Alcatel-Lucent (ADR)
2.20+0.26
+13.40%
94.27M
PBR
Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. (ADR)
29.60-2.39
-7.47%
23.82M
GE
General Electric Company
18.92-0.22
-1.12%
23.49M

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CIE
Cobalt International Energy
32.67 +8.77
+36.69%
13.67M
LNKD
LinkedIn Corp.
88.72 +12.33
+16.14%
8.26M
ALU
Alcatel-Lucent (ADR)
2.20 +0.26
+13.40%
94.27M
WNS
WNS (Holdings) Limited (ADR)
10.56 +1.16
+12.34%
2.64M

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K-V Pharmaceutical Co. Class B
2.16-0.47
-17.87%
3,679
KV-A
K V Pharmaceutical Co. Class A
2.17-0.44
-16.86%
1.06M
NBG-A
National Bank of Greece SA (ADR)
5.71-1.04
-15.41%
79,114
OC-B
Owens Corning (Warrant) 'B'
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-14.34%
12,194
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