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2013/3/7
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Financials stocks rose on Thursday, buoyed by data showing a decline in weekly jobless claims.
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2013/3/14
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Financial stocks were up on Thursday, as weekly jobless claims dropped below estimates, in yet another sign the economy is improving.
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2013/3/4
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Financial stocks were trading higher on Monday despite no progress over sequester cuts from Washington and budget talks looked to head for more roadblocks.
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2013/4/19
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Financial stocks rose in early trading Friday, breaking a losing streak for the sector after a week of disappointing earnings reports from the nation's biggest banks.
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2013/4/26
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Financial stocks fell on Friday as gross domestic product growth was below economist expectations for the first quarter, according to a government report.
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2013/4/3
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Financial stocks fell on Wednesday, after two disappointing economic reports.
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2013/4/10
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Financial stocks rose in premarket trading on Wednesday, as Federal Reserve board members were divided on how long to continue the bond-buying program, according to minutes released of the central bank's meeting on March 19-20.
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2013/3/28
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Financial stocks were up on Thursday as Cyprus opened its banks after being closed for almost two weeks.
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2013/2/26
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- First Solar FSLR shares sank 7% to $28.94 in after-hours trade Tuesday on a weaker-than-expected outlook for sales and cash flow.
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2013/2/6
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of First Solar Inc. FSLR were the best performers on the S&P 500 Index SPX Wednesday after Citigroup initiated coverage of the solar power panel maker with a buy rating and a $41 price target.
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2013/3/6
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of alternative energy company First Solar Inc. FSLR rose 4.6% on Wednesday, topping S&P 500 stocks, on the heels of a ratings upgrade.
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2013/2/27
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Flowers Foods Inc. FLO rose Wednesday after reports it won a bid to acquire most of Hostess Brands Inc.'s bread brands for $360 million.
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2013/1/31
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Rite Aid Corp.
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2013/2/20
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Fluor Corp.
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2013/3/8
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Athletic-gear retailer Foot Locker Inc. FL said Friday its fourth quarter profit rose to $104 million, or 68 cents a share, from $81 million, or 53 cents a share, a year earlier.
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2013/2/1
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Ford Motor Co.
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2013/4/2
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Ford Motor Co.
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2013/5/1
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Ford Motor Co.
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2013/1/29
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Ford Motor Co.
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2013/3/20
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Francesca's Holdings Corp.
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2013/1/29
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Freescale Semiconductor Ltd.
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2013/3/6
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Fresh Market TFM shares tumbled 12% to $37.60 Wednesday morning, extending their three-month decline and hitting a 52-week low, after the specialty grocer missed Wall Street's fourth-quarter targets on several fronts.
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2013/2/19
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Dubbing it "a fresh growth story on sale," Goldman Sachs upgraded shares of upscale grocer Fresh Market TFM to a buy, setting a 12-month price target of $60 a share.
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2013/1/31
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Fusion-io Inc. FIO shares fell more than 13% Thursday to $17.48 after the memory-technology company cut its fiscal-third quarter and full year revenue estimates.
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2013/5/8
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Fusion-io Inc. FIO shares plummeted as much as 24%, to $13.30, following the resignation of chief executive David Flynn.
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2013/4/25
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Fusion-io FIO jumped nearly 19% to $19.72 in early trades on Thursday after the company and issued a forecast that was also higher than Wall Street's estimates.
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2013/1/30
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Fusion-io Inc. FIO shares plunged by more than 22% in after-hours trading Wednesday after the memory-technology company forecast fiscal third-quarter sales far below Wall Street analysts' forecasts.
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2013/4/23
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Gannett Co.
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2013/3/7
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Gap Inc. GPS released its results on Thursday earlier than expected after a vendor inadvertently posted its results publicly.
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2013/2/28
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Gap Inc. GPS said Thursday its fourth-quarter profit rose to $351 million, or 73 cents a share, from $218 million, or 44 cents, a year earlier.
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