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Stock futures rise after upbeat Intel results
Stock futures climb after strong Intel results; ahead of barrage of economic reports
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AA 14.34 0.00
INTC 22.77 0.00
JPM 45.87 0.00
{"s" : "aa,intc,jpm","k" : "c10,l10,p20,t10","o" : "","j" : ""} Stephen Bernard, AP Business Writer, On Wednesday April 14, 2010, 6:55 am
NEW YORK (AP) -- Stock futures are rising Wednesday after Intel Corp.'s quarterly results showed companies are starting to spend again on technology.
Increased corporate spending provides further evidence the economy is slowly, but steadily recovering. Stocks have been rising in recent months on encouraging signs of growth.
Investors will get further insight into the economy and the health of consumers throughout the day. The government is scheduled to release reports on inflation and retail sales, while JPMorgan Chase & Co. will become the first big bank to report quarterly earnings. The Federal Reserve is also releasing its beige book report, which provides an update on economic activity on a regional basis.
Intel's first-quarter results easily topped expectations, providing hopes that technology spending is picking up and will help drive economic growth. Just as important, the technology company said its profit margin will be better than previously estimated in 2010 and it plans to hire 1,000 new workers.
High unemployment and spending remain two of the major hurdles to a strong, sustained economic rebound.
Ahead of the opening bell, Dow Jones industrial average futures rose 25, or 0.2 percent, to 10,988. Standard & Poor's 500 index futures rose 2.70, or 0.2 percent, to 1,195.80, while Nasdaq 100 index futures rose 8.25, or 0.4 percent, to 2,009.50.
Intel shares jumped $1.02, or 4.5 percent, to $23.79 in premarket trading.
JPMorgan Chase's results should provide details about whether consumers are still struggling to repay loans. Elevated loan losses have cost banks hundreds of billions of dollars in recent years.
Economic reports due out Wednesday are expected to show the economy is continuing to heal. Economists polled by Thomson Reuters forecast retail sales likely grew 1.2 percent in March as consumers increased their spending. Retail sales rose 0.3 percent in February.
A separate report is expected to show inflation remained benign last month. The Consumer Price Index, a measure of inflation as the consumer level, likely rose 0.1 percent last month.
The Fed has repeatedly said that inflation is not a problem and has been able to keep its key interest rates low because of a lack of inflation. The Fed has kept rates low to help stimulate the economy.
Both reports are due out at 8:30 a.m. EDT.
Stocks advanced Tuesday, with the Dow pushing further above 11,000. It rose about 13 points as expectations grew that earnings in the coming weeks would show the economy is improving. Stocks initially dipped on disappointing results from Alcoa Inc.
Meanwhile, bond prices fell Wednesday. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, rose to 3.84 percent from 3.82 percent late Tuesday.
The dollar fell against other major currencies, while gold and oil rose.
Overseas, Japan's Nikkei stock average rose 0.4 percent. Britain's FTSE 100 gained 0.5 percent, Germany's DAX index rose 0.5 percent, and France's CAC-40 climbed 0.5 percent.
Stock futures fall, point to lower opening
Stock futures point to lower opening after Alcoa earnings fall short of expectations
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AA 14.57 0.00
CSX 52.88 0.00
INTC 22.54 0.00
{"s" : "aa,csx,intc","k" : "c10,l10,p20,t10","o" : "","j" : ""} Stephen Bernard, AP Business Writer, On Tuesday April 13, 2010, 6:57 am
NEW YORK (AP) -- Stock futures are falling Tuesday after Alcoa Inc. kicked off earnings season by coming up short of analysts' expectations.
The pullback comes a day after the Dow Jones industrial average closed above 11,000 for the first time in 18 months. Stocks have been climbing steadily in recent months on signs of consistent economic growth. Alcoa's disappointing results could give investors a reason to pause heading into the busy earnings season.
Dow component Alcoa reported its first-quarter loss narrowed compared with a year ago because demand for some aluminum products improved. But its adjusted earnings, which exclude one-time charges, still came up a penny short of analysts' expectations and its revenue also fell below estimates.
Alcoa's results are typically the first among Dow components. Investors look to the manufacturer to set a tone for earnings season, which is expected to be a primary focus over the next few weeks.
The chipmaker Intel Corp. and railroad operator CSX Corp. both report results after the market closes Tuesday. Those two are considered bellwethers for their respective industries and provide key insight into whether consumers and companies are ramping up their spending on technology products and raw materials respectively.
Ahead of the opening bell, Dow Jones industrial average futures fell 17, or 0.2 percent, to 10,935. Standard & Poor's 500 index futures fell 2.30, or 0.2 percent, to 1,190.30, while Nasdaq 100 index futures fell 4.75, or 0.2 percent, to 1,987.75.
Alcoa shares fell 35 cents, or 2.4 percent, to $14.22 in premarket trading.
Major indexes edged higher Monday after Greece and European leaders struck a deal over the weekend that gives the debt-burdened country access to $40.5 billion in loans. The International Monetary Fund could contribute another $13.5 billion if Greece struggles to issue new debt or renew existing loans.
The S&P 500 came within a point of reaching 1,200, but closed just shy of that level, rising 2 points to 1,196.48.
Greece was able to sell 1.2 billion euro ($1.63 billion) in short-term notes Tuesday in an auction that drew plenty of buyers. It was Greece's first debt sale since details of the emergency rescue package were outlined over the weekend.
U.S. bond prices were little changed. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, fell to 3.84 percent from 3.85 percent late Monday.
The dollar was mixed against other major currencies, while gold prices fell.
Overseas, Britain's FTSE 100 dropped 0.4 percent, Germany's DAX index fell 0.4 percent, and France's CAC-40 fell 0.3 percent. Japan's Nikkei stock average fell 0.8 percent.
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Stock futures rise slightly, point to higher open
Stock futures rise slightly as Greek debt concerns ease; ahead of start of earnings season
Buzz up! 0 Print..Companies:Alcoa, Inc.Bank of America CorporationBank of America Corporation BeaTopics:Stocks.Related Quotes
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AA 14.39 0.00
BAC 18.59 0.00
DMH 5.67 0.00
GE 18.52 0.00
GOOG 566.22 0.00
{"s" : "aa,bac,dmh,ge,goog,intc,jpm","k" : "c10,l10,p20,t10","o" : "","j" : ""} Stephen Bernard, AP Business Writer, On Monday April 12, 2010, 6:55 am
NEW YORK (AP) -- Stock futures inched higher Monday after concerns about Greece's debt problems eased further over the weekend.
Investors looking for signs of domestic growth will get plenty of data to sort through this week, including the start of earnings season.
Over the weekend, European leaders agreed to make loans available to Greece to help the country ease its debt burden. The 16 countries that use the euro agreed to provide 30 billion euro ($40.49 billion) in loans to Greece if the country asks for money. The International Monetary Fund would contribute another 10 billion euro ($13.5 billion) if needed.
The loans would carry interest rates below what private lenders had been demanding in recent days to hold Greek debt.
The details help calm ongoing worries that have been one of the few drags on stocks. There has been concerns in recent months that mounting debt in Greece and other European nations like Spain and Portugal would stunt an economic recovery in Europe.
Major indexes rose globally following the bailout deal. The euro rose against the dollar as the Greek debt worries eased.
Ahead of the opening bell, Dow Jones industrial average futures rose 8, or 0.1 percent, to 10,961. Standard & Poor's 500 index futures rose 0.40, or less than 0.1 percent, to 1,193.00, while Nasdaq 100 index futures rose 1.00, or 0.1 percent, to 1,993.00.
The Dow is coming off its sixth straight weekly gain and is at its highest level in 18 months. The Dow climbed above 11,000 for the first time since September 2008 in the final moments of trading Friday before ending the session just below that threshold.
Earnings will be a primary focus throughout the week for investors who will be looking for fresh signs of economic growth. Dow component Alcoa Inc. kicks of earnings season after the market closes Monday. Intel Corp., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Bank of America Corp., Google Inc. and General Electric Co. all also report earnings this week.
Reports on inflation, retail sales, manufacturing and housing will be released throughout the week as well. Stocks have been rising steadily in recent months as reports show steady but slow economic growth.
Bond prices fell Monday. The yield on the benchmark 10-year Treasury note, which moves opposite its price, rose to 3.91 percent from 3.88 percent late Friday.
The dollar fell against other major currencies, while gold and oil rose slightly.
Overseas, Britain's FTSE 100 rose 1.1 percent, Germany's DAX index gained 0.1 percent, and France's CAC-40 rose less than 0.1 percent. Japan's Nikkei stock average rose 0.4 percent.
Greek deal gets approval in the markets
Greek deal gets approval in the markets; Greek stocks surge, euro rallies to one-month high
Buzz up! 0 Print..Topics:International.Pan Pylas, AP Business Writer, On Monday April 12, 2010, 6:16 am
LONDON (AP) -- Greek shares led a stock market advance in Europe Monday as fears of a Greek default began to ease after its partners in the eurozone finally cobbled together a financial support package for the debt-laden country.
In Europe, stocks advanced further following Friday gains when talk of the agreement swept through the markets. The FTSE 100 index of leading British shares was up 3.96 points, or 0.1 percent, at 5,774.94 while Germany's DAX rose 9.62 points, or 0.2 percent, to 6,259.32. The CAC-40 in France was 5.4 points, or 0.1 percent, higher at 4,055.94.
Athens's main composite index was the biggest gainer, rising 4.8 percent to 2,087.43, with the banks heavily in demand.
Wall Street was also poised to open higher at the bell -- Dow futures were up 19 points, or 0.2 percent, at 10,972 while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 futures rose 2.2 points, or 0.2 percent, at 1,194.80.
The euro and Greek bond prices were the main beneficiaries of the weekend agreement by the eurozone to provide up to euro30 billion worth of loans to Greece at a beneficial interest rate -- the borrowing cost to Greece would be around 5 percent for a three-year loan, over 2 percentage points lower than its market rates on Friday.
By midmorning London time, the euro was trading at near a one-month high $1.3626, around 2 cents higher than where it was before rumors of the bailout package took root during Friday's session. Meanwhile, the difference between Greek and German interest rates narrowed across for both short-term and long-term debt -- the yield on Greek 5-year bonds fell around 0.35 percentage points to 6.5 percent while the rate on ten-year issues dropped to 6.65 percent from around 7 percent.
The narrower the difference, the more confidence in Greece.
"So far the market reaction has been positive because the 'deal' is seen as providing the Greek government a reprieve on its near-term funding and liquidity issues and has pushed forward the day of reckoning," said Neil Mackinnon, global macro strategist at VTB Capital.
However, Mackinnon doubts that it's anything other than a short-term reprieve especially as the backstop agreement does nothing to resolve Greece's long-term economic prospects -- it faces years of falling output -- or address the risks of a similar crisis exploding in other eurozone countries like Spain, Portugal and Italy.
"Though the pressure of a near-term default has diminished, it doesn't resolve the solvency issue facing Greece," he added.
Greece has promised its partners that it will get a handle on its debt by instigating deep budget cuts so it can reduce its budget deficit to 8.7 percent of national income this year from last year's 12.9 percent -- euro rules on paper require each member country to keep the deficit at 3 percent of gross domestic product but the financial crisis and the subsequent recession have meant those limits have been widely breached.
For now though, Greece has won some respite. Whether it has to draw on the eurozone facility, which could be supplemented by a further euro15 billion of funds from the International Monetary Fund, depends heavily on how the bond markets react -- crucially on whether the market rate falls toward the 5 percent being offered by the eurozone.
Greece needs to renew around euro12 billion of debt in May to refinance previous debt obligations -- a key test could be Monday's euro1.2 billion sale of 26- and 52-week treasury bills.
Whether Greece formally requests the promised the funds or not, the markets have been left with a sour taste in their mouths after months of wrangling with the EU have exposed sharp divisions between the countries and the lack of budgetary controls at the heart of the euro experiment.
"The Europeans have bought some time to let the Greeks get their fiscal house in order," said Kit Juckes, chief economist at ECU Group.
"The price, of course, is that fiscal policy will need to be tightened at a delicate point in the economic cycle and the upshot is that for all the enthusiasm with which markets may greet this latest deal, the European Central Bank is on hold for even longer and the euro will have to take some of the strain by weakening further," he added.
Earlier in Asia, Hong Kong's Hang Seng index fell 70.33 points, or 0.3 percent, at 22,138.17 while Japan's Nikkei 225 stock average rose 47.56 points, or 0.4 percent, at 11,251.90. China's main Shanghai index fell 16.08 points, or 0.5 percent, at 3,129.26.
In oil markets, benchmark crude for May delivery was up 51 cents to $85.43 a barrel.
Bailout details ease Greek borrowing costs
Announcement by euro countries aimed at easing default fears sends Greek borrowing rates down
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European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Olli Rehn addresses the media at the European Commission headquarters in Brussels, Sunday April 11, 2010. Finance ministers of the 16 euro nations met in a video conference to discuss the technical details of a financial aid package for Greece. (AP Photo/Yves Logghe)
Elena Becatoros, Associated Press Writer, On Monday April 12, 2010, 6:17 am
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's borrowing costs dipped Monday in positive early market reaction after eurozone countries filled in key details of a financial backstop aimed at quelling fears the heavily indebted country could default.
On Sunday, eurozone governments said they would make euro30 billion ($40 billion) in loans available to Greece this year if Athens asks for the money, while the International Monetary Fund would contribute about another euro10 billion.
The finance ministers of the 16 eurozone nations also agreed on a three-year financing formula that would mean a fixed interest rate of "around 5 percent," while the variable rate would be around 4 percent, officials said.
The rate is still above what IMF aid recipients usually pay. But it is less than markets had been demanding in recent days.
But the downward trend in Greek borrowing costs as markets opened Monday will lead to relief in Athens, which has said it cannot go on paying the even higher interest rates demanded by jittery bond investors to loan the country money.
The hope is that the mere fact the loans are available will calm markets. That would let Greece borrow normally at acceptable interest rates by selling bonds.
The interest rate gap, or spread, between Greek 10-year government bonds and the German equivalent, considered a benchmark of stability, narrowed by more than 50 basis points to below 340 basis points, or 3.4 percentage points, Monday morning.
The narrower the spread, the lower the cost to borrow and the greater the confidence in Greece.
The promise filled in details of a March 25 pledge of joint eurozone-IMF help. That pledge failed to calm investors because it omitted key details and imposed strict conditions that made the money difficult to get.
A French finance ministry official said Sunday's accord was "necessary and satisfactory."
"Everyone is happy" with the deal, the official said, speaking on condition he not be named as he was not authorized to speak. "And clearly the market has reacted positively," he added, noting the rebound in Greek bonds and the euro's strengthening versus the dollar.
While the plan could be activated as soon as Greece asks for it, Athens insists it prefers to borrow on the market rather than use the rescue.
"The aim is, and we believe we will continue to borrow unhindered on the markets," Greek Finance Minister George Papaconstantinou said as he welcomed the decision Sunday.
Greek finance ministry officials said the deal exceeded their expectations, and the total amount of funds on the table was more than the country needed for this year. They said they would wait to see how the market reacts "in the coming days and weeks" before deciding whether to ask for the plan to be activated.
Greece has long said it needed something that would calm the markets and allow it to borrow at more normal rates than the above 7 percent it was facing last week, in order to allow it breathing space to implement a harsh austerity program it announced in early March. At those market rates Greece would be paying twice what Germany does to borrow.
"Short-term, Greece needs lower interest rates. If the rates do not go down, I think they will use the mechanism," said independent economist Vangelis Agapitos. "I think it's been a case of a domino. Greece promised, now Europe has promised, now Greece has to take the gun and use it if the spreads do not go down."
But the newly announced details of the aid package are expected to calm markets that had been critical of the vaguely-worded pledge made in Brussels in March. The uncertainty, fueled by rumors that were later denied that Athens was seeking to re-negotiate the plan, had sent Greek borrowing costs spiraling to record highs last week.
"The rescue package promised to Greece covers a longer-than-expected period of three years, a large sum is made available and the interest rate is below the market rate," said Joerg Kraemer, chief economist of Germany's Commerzbank AG.
"Greek government bonds with a remaining lifetime of up to three years should clearly benefit from all this," he said, but noted that given the "still existing long-term risks" the spreads of Greek government bonds are not likely to narrow to pre-crisis levels.
Similarly the euro "should continue to benefit from the more detailed support package as well," Kraemer said, but added that a major rally was unlikely as Greece's fundamental problems remain unresolved.
Associated Press writers Greg Keller in Paris and Matt Moore in Warsaw contributed.
Oil rises to $85 as Europe offers Greece bailout
Oil rises above $85 in Asia as European countries offer massive bailout loan to Greece
Buzz up! 0 Print..Topics:International.Alex Kennedy, Associated Press Writer, On Monday April 12, 2010, 3:49 am EDT
SINGAPORE (AP) -- Oil prices rose above $85 a barrel Monday in Asia after European countries offered a massive loan to debt-ridden Greece.
Benchmark crude for May delivery was up 35 cents to $85.27 a barrel at late afternoon Singapore time in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The contract lost 47 cents to settle at $84.92 on Friday.
The finance ministers of the 15 eurozone nations agreed Sunday to offer euro 30 billion ($40 billion) in loans to Greece this year if Athens asks for the money.
The promise -- filling in details of a March 25 pledge of joint eurozone-IMF help -- was another attempt to calm markets that have been selling off Greek bonds.
Oil was down the previous three days on investor concern that slowly recovering U.S. crude demand doesn't justify further gains. Crude jumped 25 percent to above $87 last week from $69 in early February.
"If oil markets continue to take cues from supply and demand -- in preference to the dollar, equities or economic data -- we cannot paint a picture that includes higher prices," Cameron Hanover said in a report.
In other Nymex trading in May contracts, heating oil added 1.02 cents to $2.2362 a gallon, and gasoline gained 0.71 cents to $2.2964 a gallon. Natural gas was steady at $4.062 per 1,000 cubic feet.
In London, Brent crude was up 55 cents at $85.38 on the ICE futures exchange.
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wasn't sure if that was a joke or not...lol
Natural Gas Outlook: Spot Prices Up 4 Percent From Last Week
http://www.cattlenetwork.com/Natural-Gas-Outlook--Spot-Prices-Up-4-Percent-From-Last-Week/2010-04-08/Article_Latest_News.aspx?oid=1038217&fid=CN-LATEST_NEWS_&aid=760
Guy sees an ad in the BOSTON Globe newspaper: "Gynecology medical assistant $ 85,000 annual salary"
Guy calls number. "What does the job entail ?"
A: "Help patients disrobe and get on the examination table. Shave the patient. Prep the area with fresh flower-scented oils."
Caller: "Sounds interesting. Any downside not included in your ad ?"
A: "You have to trvel to Springfield." (Springfield, for non Baystaters is ~ 100 miles from Boston.)
Caller: "Oh. I assumed the clinic was in Boston."
A: "The clinic IS in Boston. The END OF THE LINE for applicants is in Springfield."
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Being a very religious kind of guy, when I checked into my hotel, I said to the woman at the desk; "I hope the porn channel in my room is disabled."
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