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| GAINERS | % | LOSERS | % | MOST ACTIVE | Vol (000) |
| PrivateBancorp | +6.09 | Strategic Hotels | -5.30 | Motorola | 19,406 |
| Discover Financial | +3.76 | Huron Consulting | -4.38 | Walgreen Co. | 13,191 |
| Wintrust | +3.19 | Navistar | -4.18 | Sara Lee | 10,081 |
| Tellabs | +2.42 | A.M. Castle | -3.87 | Tellabs | 9,942 |
| OptionsXpress | +2.06 | First Industrial | -2.98 | UAL | 8,725 |
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(Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg)
By Michael Oneal
| Shares of United Airlines parent UAL Corp. soared on Tuesday after the carrier wowed Wall Street with its February traffic report, providing hard evidence that a long, dismal revenue slump is ending for both United and the industry.
Although storm-related cancellations snarled traffic during the month and knocked an estimated $40 million off of total revenue, the carrier told an investor conference held by JPMorgan Chase that a slight increase in volume coupled with a sharp decrease in seat capacity drove unit revenue up around 18 percent — a sure sign of building health.
Dow Jones Newswires | U.S. stocks edged lower Monday, weighed down by the health-care sector as President Barack Obama targeted health insurers in a speech.
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was down 18 points at 10,548, in recent
trading. The measure’s health-care components were among its worst
performers, with Pfizer down 1% and Merck off 0.7%, as Obama, in his
latest pitch for health-care legislation, was taking insurance companies
to task over premium increases.
McDonald’s kept the decline in check, jumped 2.2% after the fast-food
chain reported its global same-store sales rose 4.8% in February, more
than analysts were expecting.
A stock broker makes a bid on the floor of the Mexican stock market (Bolsa de Valores) in Mexico City. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
By Mary Ellen Podmolik | CME Group announced Monday that it purchased 1.9 percent of the outstanding shares in Bolsa Mexicana de Valores, valued at $17 million, as part of a strategic partnership and order routing agreement for derivatives products with the financial exchange operator in Mexico.
Associated Press | Shares of General Growth Properties Inc. rose in their first day
following their return to the New York Stock Exchange on Friday.
The country’s second-biggest mall developer had delisted from the NYSE
last April when it filed the largest U.S. real estate bankruptcy case
in history.
By Sandra M. Jones | General Growth Properties Inc. said it filed an application to list its common stock on the New York Stock Exchange.
The Chicago-based mall operator expects the shares to begin trading
Friday under the symbol GGP. General Growth shares have been trading
over-the-counter under the symbol GGWPQ since it enter Chapter 11
bankruptcy last April.
From Marketwatch | UBS downgraded Schaumburg-based Motorola Inc. to neutral from buy, citing after its stock rebounded 11 percent from recent lows.
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| GAINERS | % | LOSERS | % | MOST ACTIVE | Vol (000) |
| Strategic Hotels | +14.10 | Navigant | -6.99 | Motorola | 26,674 |
| First Industrial | +5.19 | Smurfit-Stone | -6.84 | Kraft | 22,785 |
| C F Industries | +4.56 | A.M. Castle | -6.39 | Walgreen | 11,441 |
| Hub Group | +2.97 | R.R. Donnelley | -3.22 | Caterpillar | 9,964 |
| Tenneco | +2.64 | Littelfuse | -2.55 | McDonald’s | 8,490 |
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Applicants at a job fair in Tinley Park in 2009. (David Pierini/Chicago Tribune)
By Gail MarksJarvis | Expect disappointing government data on rising jobless claims and shrinking orders for business equipment to provoke speculation today that the economy could be headed back into recession, or what’s called a “double dip.” Workers appear to be in bad shape, with the number of people filing for state unemployment benefits climbing rather than declining. Numbers released today for last week, show a rise of 22,000 in new unemployment claims although economists had expected the opposite — fewer people forced to head to the unemployment office. Get the full story: MarksJarvis on Money |
See also • Dow down 150 in early trading |
Associated Press | Federal regulators on Wednesday imposed new
curbs on the practice of short-selling, hoping to prevent spiraling
sales sprees in a stock that can stoke market turmoil.
The Securities and Exchange Commission, divided along party lines,
voted 3-2 at a public meeting to adopt a new rule. Investors and
lawmakers have clamored for the agency to put such brakes on trading
moves they say worsened the market’s downturn in the fall of 2008.
Bloomberg | Trading on all U.S. stock exchanges fell sharply this morning during Tiger Woods’ televised apology to the nation. Trading fell from from an average of 576.8 million shares during the five previous 15-minute
segments to 456 million, as Woods made his first public appearance since Nov. 27.
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| Associated Press | Stocks are selling off in early trading after the Federal Reserve says it is raising the interest rate it charges banks for emergency loans. The Fed says its action should not be seen as a sign that it will soon raise rates for consumers and businesses.
But the stock market, which tends to trade on expectations for what the economy will be like in six to nine months, seems to be anticipating that rates will rise. |
See also • MarksJarvis: Fed getting economy ready to fly |
| GAINERS | % | LOSERS | % | MOST ACTIVE | Vol (000) |
| Career Education | +13.69 | Navigant | -9.40 | Motorola | 25,942 |
| Littelfuse Inc. | +5.36 | UAL Corp. | -3.29 | Kraft | 20,507 |
| Woodward Gov. | +4.25 | CF Industries | -2.43 | Sara Lee | 8,564 |
| A.M. Castle | +3.40 | General Growth | -1.78 | UAL Corp. | 8,195 |
| CNA Financial | +3.10 | Motorola | -1.41 | General Growth | 7,622 |
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Associated Press | Industrial stocks stumbled Friday after China said it would take more steps to keep its economy from growing too fast.
According to preliminary calculations, the Dow fell 45.05, or 0.4
percent, to 10,099.14. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index dropped
2.96, or 0.3 percent, to 1,075.51, while the Nasdaq composite index
rose 6.12, or 0.3 percent, to 2,183.53.
| GAINERS | % | LOSERS | % | MOST ACTIVE | Vol (000) |
| ACCO Brands | +15.28 | AAR Corp. | -3.24 | Motorola | 28,935 |
| Aptargroup | +8.04 | MB Financial | -1.37 | Kraft | 21,706 |
| A.M. Castle | +6.64 | PrivateBancorp | -1.24 | Caterpillar | 16,340 |
| Sauer-Danfoss | +5.92 | Anixter | -0.85 | UAL | 9,171 |
| Brunswick | +5.86 | General Growth | -0.77 | McDonald’s | 7,439 |
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