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A surge this year in the price for a share of MasterCard earned a downgrade from Robert W. Baird on Friday. THE SPARK: MasterCard's stock is up 55 percent so far this year, compared with a drop of 4 percent for the S&P, Baird said.

With chip stocks soaring on news of the NetLogic takeover, these three names have particularly stood out.

By Liana B. Baker NEW YORK (Reuters) - Want to know why video game stocks pop or drop? Check the reviews.For years, investors have turned to video game reviews to help make buy or sell decisions, moving ...

Want to know why video game stocks pop or drop? Check the reviews. For years, investors have turned to video game reviews to help make buy or sell decisions, moving the share prices of some video game companies higher or lower.

Americans' wealth declined this spring for the first time in a year, as stocks and home values fell. At the same time, corporations increased the size of their cash stockpiles.

Stocks rose for a fifth day on Friday on hopes Europe was on course to solve its debt problems, but investors warned of sharp reversals if real solutions failed to materialize.

A look at Nasdaq 10 most-active stocks at 1 p.m.: Cisco Systems Inc. fell .1 percent to $16.65 with 26,256,600 shares traded.

Major stock indexes edged higher Friday, putting the market on track for a fifth day of gains. The increases were limited by more indecision in Europe over how to resolve that region's debt troubles.

Chevron ink deal to sell liquid natural gas from Australian project to Japanese firm, as energy stocks advance in early activity.

Stocks are clinging to gains Thursday as a strong reading on consumer sentiment gives investors a reason to feel optimistic amid ongoing concerns about Europe's debt crisis.

Stocks turned flat at midday Friday as a morning rallied fizzled.The Dow Jones industrial average and Nasdaq were up 0.1% each. They had been up as much as 0.9% and 0.8%, respectively. The S&P 500 slipped ...

Nokia Dropped From Key Index Finnish handset maker Nokia Corp. is set to suffer another blow to its reputation when it is dropped from a benchmark index of Europe's biggest stocks following the sharp plunge in its market value.

NEW YORK, Sept 16 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks pared early gainson Friday, with each of the major indexes turning negative,weighed down by weakness in financials. The Dow Jones industrial average .DJI gained ...

US stocks continued their rally toward their best week since July, but a pair of previously high-flying tech shares were hit hard by falling consumer expectations.

* Shilling's firmness expected to be gradual * C.bank seen taking more action to support shilling * Interbank rate extends fall, discount rate unchanged * Stocks gain the most in more than two weeks ...

U.S. stocks held modest gains Friday after the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan's index of consumer sentiment climbed to 57.8 in a preliminary read on September. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 61.38 points to 11,494.56.

U.S. financial stocks rise modestly in early activity on Friday with all four Dow sector stocks gaining.

Retail stocks rose on Friday, led by dollar store chains, after the New York Post, without identifying where it got the information, said that private-equity firm Apollo Management is expected soon to bid $22 to $24 a share for 99 Cents Only Stores .

Energy stocks rose on Friday, as the broad equities market advanced. The NYSE Arca Oil rose 0.1%, while the NYSE Arca Natural Gas Index rose 0.5% and the Philadelphia Oil Service Index rose 0.6%.

US stock index futures pointed to a lower open on Wall Street Friday, after strong gains in the previous session, as investors waited nervously for news from a meeting of global finance ministers this weekend.