Worse than expected numbers on housing could trigger some profit taking in this sector.
The 17-nation eurozone contracted 0.6% in Q4 2012 on a quarterly basis, worse than expected.
Bookmaker Ladbrokes has warned that trading was worse than expected in the first three months of 2013.
Also weighing on stocks were two reports on the U.S. economy that came in worse than expected.
The April results were worse than expected, but they were not a huge surprise by any means.
If the economic slowdown is worse than expected, these companies could suffer more than their less-leveraged peers.
FedEx (FDX) announced that quarterly profit was worse than expected due to weakness in the air express business.
"The trade balance numbers were worse than expected, but a lot of it was oil related, " Stone said.
Sears Holdings suffered another blow from its reports of worse than expected sales and operating performance this quarter.
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While the actual results were worse than expected, truthfully we are not surprised based on our store visits.
They accept that the economy is worse than expected, and it will take longer to fix than planned.
Sales were sharply lower than a year ago, but no worse than expected.
Today's borrowing statistics for December don't bring a lot of new information, but they are slightly worse than expected.
Japan's nuclear accident last week seems to be worse than expected, reported Kathryn Tolbert of the Washington Post.
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Although the figures were worse than expected, Vodafone's shares in London rose by 1% in the first 10 minutes of trading.
But nearly all the American data published since the beginning of the year has turned out to be worse than expected.
Market researchers Gartner Inc. and IDC said last week that PC sales were worse than expected in the third quarter.
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Thanks to fans not buying the game, it sold worse than expected.
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But the lackluster revenues from such sporting events' ad purchases illustrate a disturbingly larger trend -- last year's revenue was worse than expected.
Poor sales of key drugs and worse than expected generic competition will mean that revenue will dip, instead of growing in the single digits.
And so, although starvation and inflation may not be a problem, the looming crisis of unemployment in the countryside could be worse than expected.
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All of the rest showed results than were worse than expected.
Meanwhile, Mr Bouchard did worse than expected in his provincial election: his party was returned to office, but with fewer votes than its anti-separatist Liberal rivals.
Both statistics came in worse than expected, and reflected a noticeable pause in spending this year, at the slowest pace it has been since September of 2009.
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However, if investors glean information that things are worse than expected in Europe, especially with business and consumer spending falling off, that changes the trajectory of everything.
With half a million data points so far, they have tended to corroborate the government's work, but have also revealed some places where radiation was worse than expected.
And new models that account for the loss of output from workers who will now never be born suggest that AIDS's economic impact will be worse than expected.
The Institute for Supply Management's reading on the U.S. nonmanufacturing sector came in worse than expected, slipping to its lowest level since August 2012, and employment slowed as well.
Last month, UBS reported a 49% drop in quarterly profit - worse than expected - after business was hit by weaker trading and the high value of the Swiss currency.
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