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NEW YORK (Dow Jones) -- Mexican stocks rallied Thursday, reversing some of their prior-session losses, on reports that conservative candidate Felipe Calderon has won the most votes in the country's hotly contested presidential race, even as his leftist opponent vowed to dispute the results in court. After the market closed, the Federal Election Institute, or IFE, said its official count showed  ...

Andrew Oxlade, This is Money7 July 2006 THE best performing stocks of the past decade have largely been those exposed to Britain's unprecedented property boom. BUILDING BOOM: The UK's property boom has fuelled rises in the share prices of housebuilders WANT TO KNOW MORE? SHARE SCHOOL: Picking winners CHAT: Talk about shares FREE TOOL: Finding out about shares DATA: Top risers and fallers DATA: Housebuilders DATA: Oil and gas OTHER STORIES Market report: Thursday clos ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) -- Gilchrist Berg is one of Wall Street's leading practitioners of short selling, a strategy that is centered on betting against companies and is often assailed as cynical and even un-American. But optimism has often proved more profitable for the founder of the $2 billionJacksonville, Fla.-based hedge-fund firm Water Street Capital Inc., who has successfully backed co ...

LONDON (Reuters) - London's financial markets from commodities to currencies will remember the victims who died in suicide bombings in the city a year ago with a two minute silence at noon on Friday. The mainly electronic markets will not be officially suspended, but trading is expected to be light as the city commemorates the 52 people who died in the bombings, which targeted three underground t ...

Technology stocks stalled Thursday amid a mixed batch of news. Mild gains came from bellwethers International Business Machines Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., and Microsoft Inc., while Apple Computer Inc. and Dell Inc. fell. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index (RIXF) inched up 1.75 points after a bout of selling hit tech shares in the previous session. The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index  ...

U.S. stocks closed higher Thursday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average registering the sharpest rise among the major averages due to a ruling favorable to Altria Group, as investors awaited Friday's monthly unemployment report. The Dow Jones Industrials (DJI) closed up 73.48 points at 11,225.30 while the S&P 500 (SPX) gained 3.17 points to finish at 1,274.08. The Nasdaq Composite (RIX ...

NEW YORK (Dow Jones) -- Mexican stocks rallied Thursday, reversing some of their prior-session losses, on reports that conservative candidate Felipe Calderon has won the most votes in the country's hotly contested presidential race, even as his leftist opponent vowed to dispute the results in court. The latest figures from the official vote count showed Calderon with an unbeatable lead over riv ...

U.S. stocks were mixed late in Thursday's session, as the Dow Jones Industrial Average outperformed the other major averages on a ruling favorable to Altria Group while investors eagerly awaited Friday's monthly unemployment report. The Dow Jones Industrials (DJI) were up 65.62 points at 11,217 while the S&P 500 (SPX) was off its best levels, up 2.16 points at 1,273.07 The Nasdaq Composi ...

NEW YORK (Dow Jones) -- Mexican stocks rallied Thursday, reversing some of their prior-session losses, on reports that conservative candidate Felipe Calderon has won the most votes in the country's hotly contested presidential race, even as his leftist opponent vowed to dispute the results in court. The country's benchmark Indice de Precios y Cotizaciones was last trading up 3.5% at 20,188, aft ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Dow Jones) - Gilchrist Berg is one of Wall Street's leading practitioners of short selling, a strategy of betting against companies that's often seen as cynical and even un-American. But optimism has often proved more profitable for the founder of $2 billionJacksonville, Fla.-based hedge fund firm Water Street Capital Inc., who has successfully backed companies including Apple Co ...