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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - U.S. stocks edged higher in choppy trade, with strength in technology shares supporting the Nasdaq Composite, but a disappointing profit outlook from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and broker downgrades for Boeing Co. and Merck & Co. were capping gains on the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The Dow industrials(DJI)was off a session high of 10,908.25, up 8 points at 10,887. T ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - U.S. stocks turned mixed Thursday as some investors locked in gains made over the last two sessions, with a disappointing profit outlook from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. and broker downgrades for Boeing Co. and Merck & Co. adding to the selling pressure. A drop in jobless claims to a five-year low and a stronger-than-expected report on the services sector were helping to p ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Technology stocks ticked higher early Thursday, led by strength in chip stocks. document.write('');  SILICON ETFs SymbolFund NameLast Price% Daily Return IGN iShares:GS Network Idx 32.5 +0.87% IGW iShares:GS Semicndctr 64.42 +1.38% IGV iShares:GS Sftwr Idx 41.51 +0.48% IGM iShares:GS Tech Index 49.29 +0.74% IXN iShares:S&P Glbl ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - U.S. stocks edged higher Thursday, helped by a drop in jobless claims to a five-year low, but a cautious profit forecast from Wal- Mart and broker downgrades for Boeing and Merck were capping gains on the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The Dow Jones Industrial Average(DJI)was last up 3 points at 10,883. The Nasdaq Composite Index(RIXF)rose 6.5 points to 2,269. The  ...

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - U.S. stock futures are indicating a lower open Thurday as some investors look to lock in gains made over the last two sessions, with Wal-Mart Stores in focus after it said fourth-quarter profit would come in at the low end of its forecast range. Dow futures dipped 24 points to 10,900, Nasdaq 100 futures fell 1 point to 1, 712 while S&P 500 futures slipped 1.50 point ...

This is Money5 January 2006 Forecasters are predicting another strong year for shares in 2006, but many say it will be a stockpicker's year rather than relying on indices. WHERE NEXT?: Who will get it right in 2006? WANT TO KNOW MORE? ADVICE & TIPS: Investing READER SERVICE: Share dealing FREE: Company reports POLL: Where will the FTSE 100 finish at the end of 2006? OTHER STORIES Market report: Thursday 14.00 Slimma shapes up on own-brand push New on the mar ...

Jim Armitage, Evening Standard5 January 2006 JAMES CROSBY, chief executive of banking giant HBOS, is quitting his £1.5m-a-year post after seven years at the helm. OTHER STORIES Co-op and Arcadia axe pensions Market report: Thursday 12.00 Switch from gas fuels petrol crisis Passenger numbers take a dive at bmi Air delays at four-year high THE EDITOR'S CHOICE TOP STORY:  ...

By Steve Slater LONDON (Reuters) - HBOS named 38-year-old Andy Hornby as its new chief executive on Thursday, promoting the high-flying head of its UK retail business to replace James Crosby from July. Hornby, who joined Britain's biggest mortgage lender in 1999 and has long been seen as the heir apparent for the top job, said his strategy would be "more of the same going forward". Educated at Oxford and Harvard, Hornby will be the youngest chief executive of a big UK bank and one of the youn ...

Brian O'Connor, Daily Mail3 January 2006 JUDGMENT day has arrived on the outcome of our tipping efforts for 2005 and it has to be acknowledged that we found it a tough year. OTHER STORIES Market report: Thursday 09.00 US rate cut hopes boost Footsie New dawn for the Footsie New on the market Footsie's surge puts property in shade THE EDITOR'S CHOICE TOP STORY: 2006 Money-sav ...

LONDON (Dow Jones) -- Britain's leading mortgage lender HBOS on Thursday said Andy Hornby will take over from James Crosby in the summer as chief executive, and also poached the head of retail banking from its rival, The Royal Bank of Scotland. HBOSsaid that Hornby, currently chief operating officer, will take over from Crosby at the end of July. "After more than seven years as CEO, I believ ...