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...The company has been investing in store remodeling and relocations in the face of stiff competition. The decline of 1 per cent compares to a fall of 3 per cent in the previous quarter....
...Disappointing economic news from China and Germany also weighed on stocks before the opening bell....
...After the closing bell, earnings came in at 53 cents a share ahead of estimates of 37 cent per share....
...Amazon reported better-than-expected earnings per share after the closing bell but also posted worse-than-expected revenue....
...The builder posted a quarterly profit in its fourth quarter, compared with a loss in the same period last year on the back of cost cuts and an income tax benefit, but sales continued to slide....
...arena sales to record £60 million - HMV is dreaming of a strong Christmas - France is next for attack by bond investors - AstraZeneca raided in EC competition investigation - Alarm bells...
...Before the opening bell, the S&P/Case-Shiller index showed house prices stabilising near their lows after the withdrawal of the homebuyer tax credit in April....
...US stocks rose on Tuesday, as an increase in building permits pushed up raw material producers and home builders and a rebound from financial stocks erased earlier falls from poorly received earnings....
...Before the opening bell, a report showed builders started construction on more houses than expected and permits for future construction also rose....
...The FTSE All-World equity index barely squeaked ahead at the closing bell to add to its seven-day winning streak, during which the global benchmark has risen 6.6 per cent....
...“ They say nobody rings a bell at the top or the bottom of a market, but for credit, there was a bell rung last Christmas Eve,” says Jeffrey Peskind, of Phoenix Investment Adviser, a distressed bond fund...
...However, Boeing weighed on the market from the opening bell....
...After the closing bell, Cisco and News Corp released their quarterly earnings and both companies beat estimates....
...After the closing bell, Amgen provided some earnings cheer, as its second quarter earnings beat estimates and shares of the biotech company jumped in afterhours trade....
...Meanwhile shares in Adobe rose ahead of its earnings, which were due out after the bell....
...Two of them, Evan Williams and Biz Stone, feature in the 2009 Time 100 of the world’s most influential people this week in the “Builders and Titans” section of the magazine....
...US stocks recovered early losses on Tuesday but finished a choppy session slightly lower as Wall Street digested data from the commerce department showing that builders had started to build fewer homes in...
...For one, Ireland’s rush to guarantee bank deposits first should immediately have set off warning bells....
...Among home builders, Lennar sank 7.5 per cent to $12.71 as it reported its sixth straight quarterly loss. The materials sector led the market declines, down 3.2 per cent....
...Alas, by his own admission, there is little Mr Saito can do except ring the alarm bell and warn investors of the dangers they face investing in Japanese stock markets....
...Home builder sentiment sank to a record low in October, according to the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Market index....
...Its slide had hit shares of other home builders, sending the S&P home builders index down to 508.1 at one stage before recovering to end down 0.6 per cent at 548.26....
...The gloom over housing was highlighted early on Tuesday when Lennar , the home builder, reported it had swung to a second-quarter loss and warned it would likely post a loss in the third quarter....
...Pandora and the Lutine Bell, Midas and IPOs and that “trust me” leader Bacchus all feature in Myth and City, at the Menier Gallery in Southwark Street SE1 until February 3....
...Ian Learmonth, Professor of Orthopaedic Surgery at Bristol University, says the cost of implants ranges “from about £700 to £4,500 for one with all the bells and whistles”....
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