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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - U.S. stocks ended higher Monday in a shortened Christmas Eve trading session, aided by flurry of deals which included Alcoa Inc.'s $2.7 billion sale of its packaging and consumer businesses.
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Merrill Lynch announced three deals Monday which will allow the beleaguered bank to raise much needed cash as its new CEO John Thain tries to save the company from the huge losses it incurred after the mortgage market meltdown.
Financial news of the day - CNNMoney.com
Merrill Lynch announced three deals Monday which will allow the beleaguered bank to raise much needed cash as its new CEO John Thain tries to save the company from the huge losses it incurred after the mortgage market meltdown.
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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks finished higher in Monday's shortened trading session, aided by a flurry of M&A deals that included a $2.7 billion sale by Alcoa Inc. of its packaging and consumer businesses. In preliminary closing figures, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 106 points to 13,555, the S&P 500 Index gained 12 points to end at 1,497 and the Nasdaq Composite Index advanced 22 points to 2,713, with shares of Apple Inc. approaching the $200-a share mark. Apple's stock ended up 2.8% at $198.80.
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Don't stop shopping yet. Some of the steepest bargains can be found post-Christmas.
NY Post: Business
Now, it's down to a numbers game. Shoppers certainly appeared to do their part on the final weekend of the holiday season: pouncing on deals for everything from cashmere sweaters to flat-screen TVs to luxe handbags. But it's still not clear...
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With the clock running out, holiday hustlers on both sides of the checkout counter are in a frenzy as shoppers hunt for blowout bargains and merchants slash prices to the bone Monday to salvage a lackluster season.
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Wall Street powerhouse Goldman Sachs has done it again. The investment bank, led by Lloyd C. Blankfein, has once again taken the top spot in the much-watched league tables for advising on mergers and leveraged buyouts, according to a preliminary year end report by data provider Mergermarket. Goldman advised on 377 deals worth nearly $1.2 trillion through [...]
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. retailers offering the widest discounts were the winners of this year's holiday shopping season, as budget-conscious consumers scrounged for deals in a challenging sales environment, according to a national survey released on Sunday.
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TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) - ArcelorMittal, the world's No. 1 steelmaker, announced on Monday two deals, including one in Europe and at least its third in South America this month.
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PARKER, Colo. -- As the housing market slump deepens, disguised discounts are making it harder to tell exactly how much people are paying for homes.
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Reuters - U.S. retailers offering the widest discounts were the winners of this year's holiday shopping season, as budget-conscious consumers scrounged for deals in a challenging sales environment, according to a national survey released on Sunday.