Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Steven Wevodau - ALL BUSINESS: Stock market doesn't reflect economy (AP)

ALL BUSINESS: Stock market doesn't reflect economy (AP)
AP - The stock market is not the economy.

Kerkorian sells Ford at loss, could dump stake (Reuters)

The sign outside a Ford dealership in Broomfield, Colorado July 23, 2008. (Rick Wilking/Reuters)Reuters - Billionaire Kirk Kerkorian sold shares worth about $18 million in Ford Motor Co at a big loss and could sell his remaining 6 percent stake after becoming the automaker's largest outside investor this year.




Surging iPhone sales spur Apple, issues safe outlook (Reuters)

Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs displays a redesigned iPod Nano at Apple's 'Let's Rock' media event in San Francisco, California September 9, 2008. (Robert Galbraith/Reuters)Reuters - Apple Inc reported a stronger-than-expected 26 percent rise in quarterly profit, spurred by strong sales of its new iPhone, and its shares rose 13 percent on Tuesday.




Fed aids money markets; Wall Street falls (Reuters)

U.S. Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke participates in a House hearing on 'Economic Recovery - Options and Challenges' on Capitol Hill in Washington, October 20, 2008. (Jason Reed/Reuters)Reuters - The U.S. Federal Reserve and governments around the world loosened strained financial markets on Tuesday by pumping in more money and launching bank rescues, but poor corporate profits and recession fears drove down commodities and U.S. stocks.




Weak profit view hits stocks; Apple and Yahoo up late (Reuters)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 21, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Reuters - Stocks skidded on Tuesday, as commodity shares fell on fears of a global recession and a rash of disappointing earnings heightened worries about the deteriorating profit picture.




Fed rolls out new 540-bln-dollar aid to financial sector (AFP)

The US Federal Reserve building in Washington, DC. The US Federal Reserve reached deeper into the troubled financial system on Tuesday to offer help to money market mutual funds in its latest response to recent turmoil.(AFP/File/Karen Bleier)AFP - The US Federal Reserve reached deeper into the troubled financial system on Tuesday, offering up to 540 billion dollars of help to money market mutual funds in its latest response to the credit crunch.




Yahoo profit drops, targets job cuts as ads weaken (Reuters)

Marco Boerries, Executive Vice President, of Connected Life, Yahoo!, announces Blueprint, Yahoo!'s open mobile platform and developer language, during his keynote address at CTIA Wireless I.T.  and  Entertainment 2008 in San Francisco, California, September 10, 2008. (Kimberly White/YAHOO!/Handout/Reuters)Reuters - Yahoo Inc posted a sharply lower quarterly profit on nearly flat sales, but its shares rose 8 percent on the Internet media company's plan to cut at least 10 percent of its work force to save costs.



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