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SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Among the companies whose shares are expected to see active trade in Tuesday's session are Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Wells Fargo & Co., Yahoo Inc. and U.S. Bancorp.   MARKETWATCH TOP NEWS Silicon Valley braces for options-related hit to profit Guidant says it will take improved J&J offer Earnings, Fed talk in focus next week Tyco t ...

Eric Barkas City Editor SOARING energy costs that could not be wholly offset by price rises led Northern Foods to warn yesterday that full year profits would be below those of last year. The Leeds-based company which supplies Marks & Spencer and the leading supermarkets with a range of chilled ready meals, baked and frozen products also cited the investment outlay in biscuits and reorganisation of ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Earnings results from high profile technology and financial firms are sure to guide Wall Street's benchmarks next week, but investors said companies will have to exceed analyst expectations to push stock markets higher. EARNINGSWATCH Earnings, Fed talk in focus next week The week's top news and analysis, Jan. 9-13 Silicon Valley braces for options- ...

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. (MSFT.O: Quote, Profile, Research) has sold 600,000 of its new Xbox 360 video game consoles in the United States since its November launch, an analyst for market researcher NPD Group said on Friday. The Xbox 360 debuted to much fanfare on November 22 in North America. Since then it has been in short supply. Analysts, video game publishers and retailers have said shipments during the key holiday season fell short of expectations. Microsoft  ...

HONG KONG (MarketWatch) -- Asian markets ended mixed on Friday, with the benchmark Nikkei closing flat despite an upbeat economic assessment from the Bank of Japan. The Nikkei 225 Average finished up 0.06% to 16,454.95, while the broad market Topix index fell 0.16% to 1,681.69. Elsewhere in the region, Taiwan's Weighted Index declined 0.64% to 6,682.35 and Shanghai's Composite Index shed 0.4 ...

By Carol Bishopric NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks on Friday ended the day and the week about flat as the Dow index closed below 11,000 after breaching that level on Monday. Gold hit a 25-year high as the dollar weakened. In the stock market, profit warnings and concerns about Iran's threat to halt U.N. nuclear inspections offset a tame inflation reading in a government report. February crude  ...

The momentum of the rally in commodities gathered steam this week with zinc and copper at new record levels while aluminium, gold and platinum challenged multi-year highs. // Investors are increasingly convinced of the sustainability of the current cycle. “A synchronised upturn in global growth since 2001, under-investment in new productive capacity as well as the migration of new risk capital into the commodity complex has contributed to one of the most durable and powerful rallies in industri ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Silicon Valley executives fought long and hard to keep the costs of employee stock options out of their company's income statements -- a battle they finally lost. EARNINGSWATCH Kellwood completes FY03-04, quarterly restatements Xilinx acquires AccelChip; terms not disclosed Woes continue at Dominion Homes Trust and custody banks expected to report g ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- Janus Capital Group Inc. made its first foray into the hedge-fund world Friday. The mutual-fund manager has launched a new fund, called the Janus Adviser Long/Short Fund, that uses investment strategies usually employed by hedge-fund managers. The new fund will try to generate returns that aren't correlated with the equity market by using short sales as well as b ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Janus Capital Group Inc. made its first foray into the hedge-fund world Friday.   MARKETWATCH TOP NEWS U.S. stocks end mixed; Dow backs off 11,000 Natural-gas futures plunge, but not home heating bills Tyco to split into three parts; cuts earnings outlook Hershey is sweet and rich for value investors Free! Sign up here to receive ou ...