U.S. stocks in general traded higher on Thursday after a batch of uplifting economic data flashed encouraging signs on unemployment and economic growth.
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After the batch of central bank meetings are out of the way, focus of the market place will quickly turn to the U.S. employment report on Friday morning.
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Boeing was in far better shape Wednesday, topping consensus views and upping its full-year guidance thanks to a pickup in commercial airline deliveries that could continue after a batch of recent orders.
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More than 40 people have died in Bangladesh after drinking a batch of cheap home-made alcohol, police say.
Then, three more people died Sunday afternoon after a fresh batch of storms.
Major U.S. stock averages were down more than 1% after the latest batch of large-cap earnings came up short of estimates.
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The increased threat of further conflict in the Middle East intensified the push, adding to late gains on Thursday made after an extra batch of Iranian missile tests and more tub-thumping rhetoric.
"As a precaution we have withdrawn four frozen burger products produced by a company in Northern Ireland after a separate batch of meat in another part of their premises was found by the Food Standards Agency to contain horse DNA, " it said.
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It is thought that General Musharraf may make an announcement after the third and last batch of local elections in August and before his term as head of the army expires on October 7th.
Idaho sheep ranchers couldn't figure out why, in the decade after World War II, a random batch of their lambs were being born with strange birth defects.
On Monday, Swedish company Ikea withdrew meatballs from sale in 14 European countries after tests in the Czech Republic found traces of horsemeat in a batch made in Sweden.
The rally fizzled though and just before 6 p.m. the stock had surrendered the entire after-market advance, after Cook said shoppers will have to wait until the fall for the next batch of new products.
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And maybe even beyond that, depending on their next batch of extensions, Mickey Mouse and Disney will continue to have a happily ever after.
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Besides the footballs and baseballs, Leather Head recently produced a small batch of peach-basket-era laced basketballs for Converse, and he dabbled in rugby balls after an inquiry from Ralph Lauren.
Alcoa after the closing bell Monday, Quirk thinks the bar is set so low that even a lukewarm batch of reports could be enough to top expectations and keep the rally going.
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