...bear market that ended in December 1974 when the Dow lost 45 percent. Broader stock indicators were mixed yesterday. The Standard & Poor's 500 index fell 10.70, or 1.18 percent, to 899.22, while the Nasdaq composite index rose 4.39, or 0.27 percent, to 1,649.51. Investors...
...an eight-day loss of just under 2,400. The average had its worst week on record in both point and percentage terms, as did the Standard & Poor's 500 index, the indicator most watched by market professionals. Anthony Sindone, a Purdue North Central faculty...
...(C: , , ) had its ratings put on review for a possible downgrade despite the bank's lost bid for Wachovia by both Standard & Poor's and Moody's. "The CreditWatch Negative reflects our concerns about Citigroup's exposures to further losses on the market-disrupted...
...pushed hard to secure their own finances and benefits â even while investors have lost out. Financial company shares in the Standard & Poorâs 500 index have plunged 45 percent since the start of the year. Such a sense of entitlement infuriates shareholders...
...eight-day loss of just under 2,400. The average had its worst week on record in both point and percentage terms. The Standard & Poorâs 500 index, the indicator most watched by market professionals, had its worst weekly run since July 1933. The latest loss...
...force in D.C. also still can use Microsoft Office. "Microsoft is entrenched," said Scott Kessler, an equity analyst at Standard & Poor's in New York. "Microsoft isn't going to lose market share to Google anytime soon. It's going to take some time and Google...
...at $23.22 Friday, its lowest point in about a decade. Its stock is down 39 percent this year, on par with the decline in the Standard & Poor's 500 index. Walgreens faces a litany of challenges including CVS' expansion, Wal-Mart's move into low-cost generic...
...in costs with a merger with Chrysler. GMâs stock fell to nearly a 60-year low this week after rating agency Standard & Poorâs said it was looking into downgrading GMâs long term debt rating. With the credit markets in such bad shape as they are, and GMâs...
...eight trading days. Still, the Dow, which traded in a range of 1,019 points Friday, had its worst week ever, as did the Standard & Poor's 500 index. Investors have spent much of the past month agonizing over a credit market that remains frozen, posing a threat...
...(1.49 percent) at 8,451.19. The tech-heavy Nasdaq managed a slim gain of 4.39 points (0.27 percent) to 1,649.51 and the Standard & Poor's 500 index dropped 10.70 points (1.18 percent) to 899.22. The market saw a stomach-turning ride after some global markets...