Market Gawk

United States Market and Economy

May 15th, 2007

Stocks Are Mixed As Investors Await CPI (AP)

Wall Street closed narrowly mixed Monday after investors, uneasy about the government’s upcoming inflation data, cashed in some of their gains from the market’s months-long rally.

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May 15th, 2007

Yoga Wear Maker Bringing Cosmic Attitude To U.S. Market

Along with disco, solar power and low-rise pants, one 1970s craze making a remarkably enduring comeback is yoga. According to SGMA, the number of…

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May 15th, 2007

U.S. Treasury Debt Gives Up More Ground On Inflation Fears, Euro Bonds’ Weakness

Some capital market hedging in the 10-year sector and failure to hold gains earlier in the session also added pressure on government bonds,…

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May 15th, 2007

Profit-Taking Sends Copper Plunging; Talk Of Slower Chinese Demand Hurts

U.S. copper futures fell more than 3% and closed at a five-week low on Monday after key chart points were broken, prompting further long…

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May 15th, 2007

Options In Focus: Do You Baidu?

Do you Baidu? As stateside consumers most of us probably don’t. But since the China-based internet search engine is listed on our very own NASDAQ,…

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May 15th, 2007

Defense ETFs Rocket As Feds Spend More

Defense Secretary Robert Gates told Congress last Wednesday he needs $700 billion to fund the Pentagon and the Iraq War. Congress is considering…

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May 15th, 2007

PowerShares Wants ETFs With Hot Sauce

Seems like investment companies come out with a new exchange traded fund every week. But none have outpaced PowerShares Capital Management, which…

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May 15th, 2007

It’s Those Organic Beans That Make Chipotle Better

Chipotle is doing just about whatever it wants to do these days.

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May 15th, 2007

New RS Manager Performs Makeover

Mani Govil was never one to pass up a challenge.

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May 15th, 2007

Nasdaq Erases Early Gains As Volume Increases

The NASDAQ erased early gains and fell 0.6% Monday as volume rose from Friday’s level.

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