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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks could enjoy a rebound next week as market participants return from holiday vacations and investors focus on economic data and upcoming fourth-quarter earnings results, said strategists. document.write(''); EARNINGSWATCH Stocks could see rebound on data Dana: Fin'l restatements reduce after-tax net income by $44M MB Financial sells $147M in ...

The FTSE 100 index of leading shares closed 2005 with its biggest yearly increase in six years. The market was up an impressive 17 per cent at 5,618.8. Great news for investors, but not so brilliant for newspaper tipsters as the idea is we should outperform the market.If you had followed deputy city editor Ros Snowdon's share tip of Sheffield-based SIG, Europe's largest insulation group, you would ...

HONG KONG (Dow Jones) - Asian markets closed out a stellar year Friday with benchmark indexes in South Korea, Pakistan and Japan chalking up some of the biggest gains of any markets in the world. The South Korean Kospi index was the star, adding 54% to close the year at 1, 379.37. The only global index to fare better was Istanbul, which is up 59.5% for the year with several hours of trading sti ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- As far as Internet stocks are concerned, 2005 was the year of Google Inc., but unfortunately the search darling's rising tide did not quite lift all boats.  NET ETFs SymbolFund NameLast Price% Daily Return IYW iShares:Dow US Tech 49.72 -0.60% As of December 30, 2005 12:00:00 AM ET  TRADING CENTER TR ...