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Alcoa's profit off but tops forecasts
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Aluminum producer Alcoa Inc (AA.N) on Tuesday posted a smaller-than-expected drop in second-quarter profit, lifting its shares, as higher aluminum prices and sales volumes offset higher costs.
Nations:Australia Source:(Reuters)
2008-07-08
Stocks rise on banks and lower oil
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks rose in another turbulent session on Tuesday as a pullback in oil prices eased worries about consumer and business spending, while financial shares gained after the Fed chairman said he may keep open a lifeline for banks.
People:Henry Paulson Ben Bernanke Activities:U.S. Markets
2008-07-08
Wall Street gets ready for earnings, oil moves
NEW YORK - Investors battered by surging energy prices, disappointing economic data and the ongoing credit crisis will have something else to worry about this week -- second-quarter corporate results.
Activities:U.S. Markets
2008-07-06
Rio Tinto spins iron ore deal into bid defense
SYDNEY (Reuters) - Shares in global miner Rio Tinto (RIO.L)(RIO.AX) gained over 1 percent on Tuesday after it won a huge price rise for iron ore shipped to China, giving it a chance to trumpet its defense against a $163 billion takeover bid.
Nations:China Australia Source:(Reuters)
2008-06-23
Dow rebounds on McDonald's and home sales
The Dow staged a modest rebound on Monday from Friday's nearly 400-point drop, as concerns about consumer spending and the housing market were eased by better-than-expected sales figures from McDonald's Corp (MCD.N) and a surprising gain in pending home sales.
Activities:U.S. Markets Source:(Reuters)
2008-06-09
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- Alcoa's profit off but tops forecasts 2008-07-08
- Stocks rise on banks and lower oil 2008-07-08
- Wall Street gets ready for earnings, oil moves 2008-07-06
- Rio Tinto spins iron ore deal into bid defense 2008-06-23
- Dow rebounds on McDonald's and home sales 2008-06-09
- China's Sinosteel increases stake in Australia's Midwest 2008-06-06
- Retailers, oil companies fuel market rally 2008-06-05
- Hugo Chavez threatens Sidor expropriation 2008-04-27
- Alcoa says energy costs, weak dollar halve profit 2008-04-08
- Feds open Alcoa bribery probe 2008-03-21
- Russia's Severstal buys Sparrows Point mill 2008-03-21
- Stocks decline after huge rally 2008-03-19
- Gold jumps 2 percent to fresh record highs 2008-03-16
- Gold at $1,000 on weak dollar, high oil 2008-03-13
- Stocks drop as job data deepens economic woe 2008-03-07
- Euro, gold, oil surge to record highs 2008-03-03
- Gold price hits record 976.32 dollars per ounce in London 2008-02-29
- China's Acquisitions Provoke Unease in U.S. 2008-02-22
- China Accepts Vale's Iron Ore Price Hike 2008-02-22
- Chinalco says Rio stake not last overseas buy 2008-02-22
- Platinum hits record high on supply concerns 2008-02-10
- BHP raises Rio bid; no immediate Chinese riposte 2008-02-06
- Chinalco says no plans for bigger Rio stake 2008-02-04
- Rio Tinto's chief waits for richer BHP offer 2008-02-03
- Platinum hits record, palladium at 6-year high 2008-02-03
- Rio raid shows China can play the City at its own game 2008-02-02
- China takes stake in Rio, threatens BHP bid plan 2008-02-01
- Gold, platinum hit new records 2008-01-28
- Spike in gold prices draws prospectors 2008-01-25
- Gold, platinum hit record peaks 2008-01-14
- Gold hits record $900 an ounce 2008-01-11
- Gold price strikes record high of $876 2008-01-08
- Gold price breaks 28-year record to hit new peak 2008-01-02
- Blackstone plans bid for Rio with Chinese 2007-12-10
- Chinese steelmaker wants Rio Tinto takeover stopped 2007-12-07
- China's Baosteel mulls Rio Tinto bid: report 2007-12-04
- Rio could be in sights of more predators: analysts 2007-11-08
- Texas town lures industry, at a cost 2007-10-20
- Corporate earnings worry Wall Street 2007-10-13
- China's trade surplus scorches into record territory 2007-10-12
- Dow and S&P hit records on solid jobs report 2007-10-05
- Alcoa to take charge, closes in on sale 2007-10-04
- Gold hits 28-year high as dollar struggles 2007-09-21
- Judge won't block Arcelor-Mittal deal 2007-08-27
- U.S. Steel to buy Stelco for about $1.1 bln 2007-08-27
- Xstrata bids $1 bln for Eland Platinum 2007-08-07
- Rio Tinto eyes two-billion-dollar smelting plant in Malaysia 2007-08-06
- Rio Tinto denies China's iron ore manipulation charge 2007-07-18
- Study praises China's paper recycling 2007-07-15
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