Archive for September, 2009

Stocks slip but still have best quarter since 1998 (AP)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange September 25, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidAP – The stock market had a fitting end to a stellar but erratic third quarter as investors still ambivalent about the economy shuttled between bouts of buying and selling.

How the major stock indexes fared on Wednesday (AP)

AP – The stock market had a fitting end to a stellar but erratic third quarter as investors still ambivalent about the economy shuttled between bouts of buying and selling. Wall Street’s major indexes ended the July-September period with big gains Wednesday as investors placed more bets that the recovery will keep gathering momentum.

Wall Street sags on Chicago PMI, but Q3 ends strong (Reuters)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, July 15, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters – Stocks fell on Wednesday after a surprising contraction in an index of Midwest business activity, but buying of technology bellwethers like Cisco Systems Inc at the end of a strong quarter limited losses.

Lawmaker seeks group liability for rating agencies (AP)

AP – A key House lawmaker wants to make credit rating agencies ? widely criticized for failing to give investors adequate warning of the risks in subprime mortgage securities that triggered the financial crisis ? collectively liable for inaccuracies.

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