2006-08
05 02:47:30Dow closes down 2, Nasdaq closes down 7
NEW YORK (AFX) - WallStreetWeekAhead
Wall Street got what it wanted Friday -- Labor Department data showing slower job growth -- but cautious investors pushed stocks modestly lower, unwilling to trust that the report was enough to keep the Federal Reserve from raising interest rates next week. The major indexes closed out the week little changed.
2006-08
04 23:27:30Kronos 2Q profit slides
DALLAS (AFX) - Chemicals company Kronos Wordwide Inc., which makes titanium dioxide used in whitening pigment for paper, paints and plastic, said Friday its second-quarter profit sank, as the year-ago results were boosted by a gain on a sale.
2006-08
04 23:08:55: Aug. 2 CNS earnings story The Associated Press reported erroneously that net income fell $3.5 million, or
24 cents per share, from $4 million, or 27 cents per share, in the prior
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