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U.S. stocks closed mixed Friday, with all three major averages taking weekly losses due to concern over the outlook for interest rates and mounting fear of a sharper-than-expected slowdown in economic growth. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) closed down 20.41 points at 11,284.05. The Nasdaq Composite Index (RIXF) gained 3.18 points to 2,140.29, while the S& P 500 Index (SPX) ended  ...

This is Money26 August 2006 ALMOST a third of UK households have carried out energy saving home improvements over the last year as gas and electricity prices continue to rise, a study revealed today. ENERGY SAVING: More people are altering their homes as fuel costs soar WANT TO KNOW MORE? SWITCH & SAVE: Cut your fuel bills OTHER STORIES BT cuts off broadband firm Market report: Friday close Ryanair sues Government for £3m Friendly society fined over adve ...

(AFX) - Major business events and economic events scheduled for the coming month (some dates are tentative): FRIDAY, Sept. 1 WASHINGTON -- Labor Department reports on employment for August; Commerce Department reports on construction spending for July. NEW YORK -- The Institute for Supply Management issues its report on activity in the manufacturing economy during August. DETROIT -- Automakers ...

U.S. stocks traded mixed Friday as concern over the outlook for interest rates and mounting fear of a sharper-than-expected slowdown in economic growth put the market on track to register a weekly loss. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) was last down 19 points at 11,284. The Nasdaq Composite Index (RIXF) gained 3 points to 2,139, while the S&P 500 Index (SPX) was off 1 point at 1,29 ...

NEW YORK (AFX) - Wall Street drifted without a direction Friday after a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke failed to give investors any hints about interest rate policy despite their concerns that the economy might be slowing too fast. Further exasperating investors was a rally in oil and natural gas prices, which helped push blue chips lower and reinforced concerns that consumer ...

Fri 25th Aug 2006 The BBA has said that there are divergent trends in the UK mortgage market after MBBG lending figures were released for July. The figures show that the gross amount of money lent for mortgages in July was down compared to the record levels of borrowing seen in June. Although the amount of money being lent for mortgages was higher than the same month in 2005, gross mort ...

NEW YORK (AFX) - Wall Street drifted without a direction Friday after a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke failed to give investors any hints about interest rate policy despite their concerns that the economy might be slowing too fast. Further exasperating investors was a rally in oil and natural gas prices, which helped push blue chips lower and reinforced concerns that consumer ...

U.S. stocks traded mixed Friday in a market hemmed in by concerns over economic growth and the outlook for interest rates, and as oil prices rallied on a possible storm threat to key oil and gas installations in the Gulf of Mexico. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) was last down 27 points at 11,277. The Nasdaq Composite Index (RIXF) gained 1 point to 2,138 while the S&P 500 Index (S ...

NEW YORK (AFX) - Wall Street drifted Friday after a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke failed to give investors any hints about interest rate policy despite their concerns that the economy might be slowing too fast. Investors were looking to Bernanke for any clues that might suggest which route the Fed will take to control inflation yet still keep the economy strong enough for co ...

NEW YORK (AFX) - Investors sent stocks modestly higher Friday after a speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke failed to deal with interest rates, soothing concerns about a possible resumption of rate hikes. Stocks have retreated this week on questions about whether the economy is slowing more than expected, a theory bolstered by the latest housing and durable goods data. Wall Street was l ...