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| Dow : 12560.20 up 30.15

| S & P : 1443.76 up 4.39

| NASDAQ: 2471.34 up 12.65

| Bond (10Y): 4.75%, 99.00

MARKETS:
Stocks set for big week
Strong jobs report Friday could see stocks fully recover from February's
big sell-off; earnings, consumer sentiment on tap.

NEWS:
Jobs much stronger than expected
Growth in payrolls well above forecasts, unemployment rate drops; Fed
seen on hold.

# posted by JTO -- jtonline : 4/06/2007 07:25:00 PM  0 comments

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# posted by JTO -- jtonline : 4/06/2007 03:52:00 PM  0 comments

DJIA

12,560

+30.15

S&P

1,443

+4.39

NASDAQ

2,471

+12.65

10Yr

4.67%

+0.022

Treasurys tumble as March jobs growth exceeds expectations

NEW YORK
Treasury prices closed sharply lower Friday, sending yields higher,
after the U.S. employment report for March showed the economy adding far
more jobs than had been expected, raising concerns that the Federal
Reserve's next move will be to raise interest rates and not cut them.

Economic Report: March payrolls up 180,000; jobless rate ticks down to
4.4%

WASHINGTON
The nation's labor market remained tight in March with few signs of
weakness in hiring, the Labor Department reported Friday.

Currencies: Dollar surges against rival currencies after March jobs
report

NEW YORK
The dollar surged against the other major global currencies Friday,
rallying after the March jobs report showed the U.S. economy adding far
more jobs than expected.

# posted by JTO -- jtonline : 4/06/2007 12:58:00 PM  0 comments

Treasury bonds sink, stock futures rally after stronger-than-expected
jobs report.

# posted by JTO -- jtonline : 4/06/2007 10:17:00 AM  0 comments

Dow closes up about 30 points ahead of jobs report, makes solid gains
over the short week.

# posted by JTO -- jtonline : 4/05/2007 04:07:00 PM  0 comments

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# posted by JTO -- jtonline : 4/05/2007 01:32:00 PM  0 comments

DJIA

12,521

-8.29

S&P

1,439

+0.48

NASDAQ

2,462

+3.39

10Yr

4.66%

+0.006

U.S. stocks mixed ahead of Easter break

NEW YORK
U.S. stocks were mixed in late morning trade Thursday, as the Dow Jones
Industrial Average broke from a 5-session winning streak, with price
action restrained ahead of the three-day Easter holiday.

Economic Report: U.S. first-time jobless claims up 11,000 in final week
of March

WASHINGTON
The number of Americans signing up for state unemployment benefits crept
back up last week, indicating some slack in the U.S. labor market, Labor
Department data showed Thursday.

# posted by JTO -- jtonline : 4/05/2007 01:20:00 PM  0 comments

DJIA

12,530

+19.75

S&P

1,439

+1.60

NASDAQ

2,458

+8.36

10Yr

4.65%

-0.012

Oil ends lower as Iran set to free U.K. troops; gas prices rally

SAN FRANCISCO
Crude-oil futures closed lower Wednesday after Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad said he would release 15 U.K. Navy personnel being held
captive by Tehran, apparently ending a diplomatic crisis that had raised
investor concerns about oil supplies in the region.

Market Snapshot: U.S. stocks close slightly higher after weak data; oil
drops

NEW YORK
U.S. stocks rose slightly on Wednesday, after a raft of economic reports
- on the service-sector, employment and factory orders -- came in
weaker-than-expected and tempered an earlier boost from falling crude
oil prices.

The Fed: Subprime sector woes have Fed's attention: Fisher

WASHINGTON
The damage to the financial system from the woes in the market for
riskier types of mortgages is largely contained but bears close
scrutiny, said Richard Fisher, the president of the Dallas Fed bank, on
Wednesday.

# posted by JTO -- jtonline : 4/04/2007 05:13:00 PM  0 comments

DJIA

12,525

+14.71

S&P

1,438

+0.42

NASDAQ

2,456

+5.71

10Yr

4.64%

-0.028

Oil falls with Iran set to free British troops; gas prices rally

SAN FRANCISCO
Crude-oil futures fell Wednesday after Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad said he would release 15 U.K. Navy personnel being held
captive by Tehran, seemingly putting an end to a diplomatic crisis that
had threatened oil supplies in the region.

NewsWatch: DaimlerChrysler CEO confirms talks to sell Chrysler

LONDON
DaimlerChrysler on Wednesday confirmed the auto industry's worst-kept
secret -- it's in talks to sell all or part of Chrysler.

# posted by JTO -- jtonline : 4/04/2007 12:09:00 PM  0 comments

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad says he has pardoned the 15
British sailors and marines detained last month and will set them free.

# posted by JTO -- jtonline : 4/04/2007 09:35:00 AM  0 comments

Stock futures turn higher, oil lower after Iran indicates it will free
British sailors.

# posted by JTO -- jtonline : 4/04/2007 09:32:00 AM  0 comments

| Dow : 12510.30 up 128.00

| S & P : 1437.77 up 13.22

|NASDAQ: 2450.33 up 28.07

| Bond (10Y): 4.66%, 99.66

MARKETS:
Wall Street's terrific Tuesday
Major stock gauges jump as investors welcome falling oil prices and rise
in housing market report.

# posted by JTO -- jtonline : 4/03/2007 06:23:00 PM  0 comments

DJIA

12,499

+116.87

S&P

1,437

+12.64

NASDAQ

2,453

+31.22

10Yr

4.66%

+0.018

U.S. stocks rally on easing Iran tensions, housing data

NEW YORK
U.S. stocks rallied on Tuesday, lifting the Dow Jones Industrial Average
by over 100 points, as investors cheered a drop in crude oil prices amid
easing tensions between the UK and Iran, and with sentiment lifted by a
rise in pending homes sales in February.

Futures Movers: Easing Iran-U.K. tensions push crude down by more than
2%

SAN FRANCISCO
Crude-oil futures dropped by more than 2% Tuesday, with signs of easing
tensions between the U.K. and Iran pulling prices to their lowest level
in a week.

Asia Markets: Broad-based advance lifts Nikkei; China taps new intraday
high

HONG KONG
Asian stocks rose Tuesday, with Shanghai hitting a fresh intraday high,
while Japan's Nikkei average advanced as investors bought Honda Motor
Co. and other shares that were beaten up in the previous session.

Economic Report: U.S. pending home sales climb modestly in February

WASHINGTON
Pending sales of U.S. homes rose by 0.7% in February, although the gain
may have been held in check by bad weather during the month and possible
negative impacts from the shakeout in the subprime lending market, the
National Association of Realtors said Tuesday.

# posted by JTO -- jtonline : 4/03/2007 02:44:00 PM  0 comments

France breaks world speed record for rail trains
---------------------------------------------
A French train with a 25,000-horsepower engine and special wheels broke
the
world speed record Tuesday for conventional rail trains, reaching 357.2
mph as
it zipped through the countryside to the applause of spectators.

Official: Diplomat let go; freedom of 5 other Iranians sought
---------------------------------------------
An Iranian diplomat kidnapped two months ago in Iraq has been released,
Iran's
official news agency reported Tuesday, citing informed sources in the
capital
Tehran. Jalal Sharafi, the second secretary at the Iranian Embassy in
Baghdad,
will return to Tehran later Tuesday, the Islamic Republic News Agency
reported.

Tsunami leaves thousands homeless
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Some of the thousands left homeless by a tsunami ventured back into the
devastated Solomon Islands town of Gizo Tuesday, picking their way
through the
ruins of stores in search of food and water.

MONEY

Stricter emission limits get a boost
---------------------------------------------
A Supreme Court ruling Monday that the Environmental Protection Agency
can
regulate carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases galvanized groups
that have
long sought to limit emissions from new cars and trucks.

# posted by JTO -- jtonline : 4/03/2007 09:15:00 AM  0 comments

| Dow : 12382.30 up 27.95

| S & P : 1424.55 up 3.69

| NASDAQ: 2422.26 up 0.62

| Bond (10Y): 4.64%, 99.84

MARKETS:
Dow gains at end of mixed day
Blue chip average musters up advance at end of choppy session in which
investors eyed seesawing oil prices, drop in manufacturing index, M&A
news.

# posted by JTO -- jtonline : 4/02/2007 05:58:00 PM  0 comments

DJIA

12,338

-15.36

S&P

1,420

-0.13

NASDAQ

2,416

-4.65

10Yr

4.64%

-0.008

Google falls, but Internet issues trade higher

SAN FRANCISCO
Shares of larger Internet companies were trading slightly higher in
early Monday with Google Inc. off slightly after a report suggested it
has joined the bidding to buy the Internet advertising firm DoubleClick
Inc.

# posted by JTO -- jtonline : 4/02/2007 03:43:00 PM  0 comments

Sub-prime lender New Century Financial files for bankruptcy, Reuters
reports.

# posted by JTO -- jtonline : 4/02/2007 03:40:00 PM  0 comments

Markets turn negative on unexpectedly weak manufacturing report.

# posted by JTO -- jtonline : 4/02/2007 10:20:00 AM  0 comments