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Bear have no fur

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 23 MAY 2011
... American Water Works (AWK) and Consolidated Edison (ED), consumer staples companies Procter & Gamble (PG) and General Electric (GE), and pharmaceutical conglomerate Pfizer (PFE). Outperformance by stocks that operate low-risk, low-growth businesses indicates ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 8 APR 2011
... tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite dropped 3.68 points (0.13 per cent) to 2,796.14. Among the Dow's losers, Caterpillar, General Electric and McDonald's all gave up around one per cent of their value. The US bond market was mixed. The yield on the 10-year Treasury ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 26 JUL 2010
... market reacted favorably to better than expected corporate earnings and a 20 per cent increase in conglomerate General Electric's quarterly dividend, analysts said. LONDON - European stocks closed narrowly mixed in choppy trade on Friday ahead of the ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... conflicting batch of financial results from major companies including Google, Bank of America, Citigroup and General Electric. Adding to economic recovery concerns was the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index in July, which dropped far steeper ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 JUL 2010
... conflicting batch of financial results from major companies including Google, Bank of America, Citigroup and General Electric. Adding to economic recovery concerns was the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index, which dropped almost 10 points ...

Market Wrap - Midday

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... $63.97. In the US on Friday, stocks ended a strong week with a flash of selling after Bank of America Corp and General Electric Co signalled that businesses and consumers still were struggling to pay off debt. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 67.03 ...

Pleasant and nasty

BENJAMIN ONG  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... last week on the back of surprises - the nasty kind - from lower than expected profit and revenue results from General Electric and Bank of America. This again raised concerned about the health of America's consumer sector and consumer credit - a reversal ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 19 OCT 2009
... 4,842.6 points. NEW YORK - Stocks ended a strong week with a flash of selling after Bank of America Corp and General Electric Co signaled that businesses and consumers are still struggling to pay off their debts. Stocks slid on Friday as the downbeat ...

Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  MONDAY, 20 APR 2009
... is expected to open higher after US stocks gained on better-than-expected earnings reports from Citigroup and General Electric. Gold miners may decline after the precious metal fell on Friday. At 0733 AEST on the Sydney Futures Exchange, the March SPI ...

Market wrap - morning

AAP  |  FRIDAY, 13 MAR 2009
... 3,190.4. NEW YORK - Wall Street has extended its rally into a third day as investors took in stride a cut in General Electric Co's credit rating. Standard & Poor's lowered GE's top rating one notch because of problems at the conglomerate's lending arm ...