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Main Fortune Small Business 100 Small Cap Investing – Top 50 Ultimate Resource Guide Top Schools for Entrepreneurs 5 Best Bosses Which States Love Small Biz? Lubrizoil LZ , a maker of specialty chemicals, additives and resins, fell 1. The S&P 500 added 1% while the Dow rose 0. The Census Bureau’s October construction data showed the first decline in commercial construction spending this year, although the sector remains up a strong 18% over last year. Earlier data showed personal income rose below expectations, but personal consumption and inflation data met fell within forecast boundaries. read more

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Main Fortune Small Business 100 Small Cap Investing – Top 50 Ultimate Resource Guide Top Schools for Entrepreneurs 5 Best Bosses Which States Love Small Biz? Alliance Data Systems ADS , a provider of transaction services and customer-loyalty programs, fell a scant 0. Financial stocks, which gave the market a major boost on Wednesday, were generally lower today. Weak jobs data, tumbling home sales prices and a fresh spike in crude oil nipped momentum gained during the market’s upturn on Tuesday and Wednesday. Late Wednesday, the suit retailer reported a 19% rise in third-quarter earnings and sales, both matched views. read more

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NEW YORK (AP) — Treasury prices plunged Tuesday after news of a capital infusion for ailing Citigroup Inc. For a number of weeks, a steady procession of worrisome stories about the spreading impact of souring subprime home loans has sent stocks tumbling. These stories also sent Treasury prices sharply higher and yields to multi-year lows, given that government-backed bonds were seen as the safest assets available. During Monday’s rally, the benchmark yield fell to its lowest level since June 2005. A new report showed consumer confidence this month was shaken by mounting worries about higher energy prices and lower values for stocks and homes. read more

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NEW YORK – US stocks rebounded on Friday in an abbreviated session as the start of holiday shopping lifted retail stocks, while progress in a plan to relieve the credit market’s crisis aided bank shares. The three banks, spearheading an effort to establish a superfund to ease problems in the credit market, are expected to seek support from others in the industry, The Wall Street Journal reported. LONDON – Britain’s leading shares ended up 1. TOKYO – The Japanese stock market was closed for a public holiday, Labour and Thanksgiving Day. HONG KONG – Stocks rose after dropping sharply for two straight days, as investors picked up battered shares such as Sinopec, but Sinotrans Shipping Ltd slid in its market debut. WELLINGTON – The NZ sharemarket firmed on Monday in directionless trading with no lead from the United States where markets were closed for the Thanksgiving holiday on Thursday. read more

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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Stocks will try to capitalize on Friday’s post-Thanksgiving rally next week, with investors hopeful that retailers fared better than expected on Black Friday, one of the most important days of the year for store sales. NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — At Jordan Creek Town Center in West Des Moines, Iowa, up to 40,000 people arrived within a half-hour of the mall’s midnight opening Friday. SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Crude-oil futures pared early losses Friday in thin and volatile post-Thanksgiving trade, ending at the highest-ever closing level. SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — E-Trade Financial shares surged 25% Friday after a report the online broker is considering selling itself. NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — On Monday, Alex Rodriguez won the near-unanimous vote of baseball sportswriters to scoop up his third Most Valuable Player award since 2003. CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — Retailers are loath to let consumers in on their super-secret plans for big sales or tip their hand as to holiday-time markdown strategies — for “competitive reasons,” they insist — but there’s plenty of information out there for navigating the year-end shopping season. read more

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The Tokyo Stock Exchange’s benchmark Nikkei-225 index gained 51. The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index, lost 230. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index fell 15. The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) composite index edged up 1. read more

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Thanks to some strong buying at lower levels, a few blue chip stocks have regained some lost ground and the benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty have also wiped off a portion of their losses now. State Bank of India has rallied to Rs 2297, up 6. ICICI Bank, which had slipped into the red after a sharp surge earlier this afternoon, is up with a gain of 1. Maruti Suzuki and Mahindra & Mahindra are up by around 1% and 0. Hindustan Petroleum Corporation, Punjab National Bank, BPCL, Zee Entertainment, Sun Pharmaceuticals and GAIL India have also risen sharply. Unitech, NTPC, Sterlite Industries, Suzlon Energy, ONGC, Reliance Energy, VSNL, Larsen & Toubro, ABB, BHEL and Nalco are among the prominent losers. read more

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Main Fortune Small Business 100 Small Cap Investing – Top 50 Ultimate Resource Guide Top Schools for Entrepreneurs 5 Best Bosses Which States Love Small Biz? Main Best Companies to Work For Best Places to Live America’s Hottest Jobs Fortune 500 Global 500 Fortune 500 archive Best Places to Retire 20 Great Cos. NEW YORK (AP) – Stocks resumed the declines of recent sessions Wednesday as unease about the wilting mortgage market and the broader economy triggered selling among nervous investors ahead of the unofficial kickoff of the holiday shopping season. He attributes the market’s recent retrenchment to concerns about energy, the consumer, housing and banking among other factors and notes that previous sharp drops in the market have occurred when investors have faced a similar confluence of worries. Amid worries that both the private and government lending industries are struggling with the mortgage market implosion, Freddie shares fell 43 cents to $26. read more

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