Tag: Nasdaq

Fed Keeps Pedal to the Metal as Egypt Unrest Weighs on Markets

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Stocks swaggered through the first four days of the past week with their usual devil-may-care attitude, then tripped into the final three hours on Friday amid scenes of civil unrest in Egypt. At the final count, the Dow Jones Industrials closed down Friday by 1.4%, theS&P 500 fell 1.8%, theNasdaq fell 2.5% and the Russell 2000small-caps sank 2.5%.

For the week, the Dow was only down 0.4%, though, while the S&P was off 0.5%, the Nasdaq was flat and the Russell 2000 small-caps were actually up 0.3%.
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Profit From the One Company That Will Win the “Mobile Internet” Gold Rush

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Analysts have been predicting the Internet’s “mobile explosion” for years.

It’s finally happening. And it’s a much bigger blast than anyone anticipated.

Slightly more than a year ago, Gartner Inc. (NYSE: IT) projected that 172 million Web-connected mobile devices would be sold in 2010 – a 45% increase over 2009.
Mobile devices – and M in particular – are a big, big business now.

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