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Investors setting up for corporate reporting season
Investors setting up for corporate reporting season ,abercrombie outlet NEW YORK, April 8 -- U.S. markets made modesty headway Monday, in a late rally as investors anticipated a robust corporate reporting season.Alcoa kicks off the corporate reporting season with a report that was to be released after the closing bell. As markets closed, the Dow Jones industrial average added 48.23 points or 0.33 percent to 14,613.48. The Standard & Poor's 5500 index rallied late to add 9.79 points, 0.63 percent, to 1,moncler uk,563.07. The tech-dominated Nasdaq composite index gained 18.39 points, 0.57 percent, to 3,222.25. On the New York Stock Exchange, 2,098 stocks advanced and 947 declined on a volume of 2.8 billion shares traded.The 10-year U.S. treasury note fell 10/32 to yield 1.748 percent.Against the dollar, the euro was higher at $1.3006 from Friday's $1.2973. Against the yen, the dollar rose to 99.38 yen from Friday's 98.22 yen.The dollar index, a prorated measure of the dollar against six major currencies, added 0.21 percent to 82.74 on the International Exchange.Stocks were mixed in Asia and in Europe. In Tokyo, the Nikkei 225 index added 2.8 percent, gaining 358.95 points, to 13,192.59. In London,moncler sale, the FTSE 100 index added 0.43 percent, 27.16 points, to 6,276.94. Oil closed higher at $93.50 per barrel, up 0.8 percent. Gold lost $2.90 or 0.16 percent to $1,573.10 per troy ounce.Grains closed higher on the Chicago Board of Trade with May contract corn up 0.72 percent to $6.335 per bushel. Wheat reached $7.125 per bushel. Soybeans climbed to $13.78 per bushel.

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UPI NewsTrack Business Markets mixed on retail reportNEW YORK, Feb. 13 -- U.S. stock indexes were mixed Wednesday after the Census Bureau said retail sales rose marginally in January.Sales rose 4.4 percent from January 2012,christian louboutin discount, but only 0.1 percent from December, which was in line with expectations.In early afternoon trading, the Dow Jones industrial average shed 51.45 points or 0.37 percent to 13,967.25. The Nasdaq composite index added 4.12 points or 0.13 percent to 3,190.61. The Standard & Poor's 100 dropped 0.25 points or 0.02 percent to 1,519.18.The 10-year treasury note fell 7/32 to yield 2.004 percent.Against the dollar, the euro fell to $1.3445 from Tuesday's $1.3454. The dollar fell to 93.35 yen from 93.48 yen.The Nikkei 225 index in Tokyo dropped 1.04 percent, 117.71 points, to 11,251.41. The FTSE 100 index in London gave up 0.33 percent, 20.73 points, to 6,359.11.Lew remarks stress cooperationWASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- White House Chief of Staff Jack Lew stressed across-the-aisle cooperation in remarks prepared for his U.S. treasury secretary confirmation hearing Wednesday.After preliminary thank-yous, Lew told members of the Senate Finance Committee that, "forging bipartisan consensus is not an abstract idea for me."He cut his teeth with across-the-aisle politics working with former House Speaker Thomas (Tip) O'Neill, Jr. during the Ronald Reagan administration in an attempt to save Social Security."He allowed me to gain a deep understanding of what could be accomplished through bipartisan cooperation," Lew said.Lew said cooperation was also critical in the private sector. He was an administrator at New York University and an executive at Citigroup. "My experience in leadership positions outside government has proven that working collaboratively to solve problems is a universal necessity," he said."Finally, as the White House chief of staff, I have had the opportunity to work directly at the side of the president who has always believed, as I do,true religion jeans outlet, that neither party has a monopoly on good ideas," he added.Lew said the top priority at the Treasury Department was to facilitate job creation and, he said, "at the same time we must put our nation back on a path of fiscal sustainability."He touted recent gains, which he said included the creation of 6 million jobs over the past 35 months and "$2.5 trillion in deficit reduction through spending cuts and revenue increases.""And we can do even more to shrink the deficit over the next decade through a balanced mix of spending reductions and tax reforms, and sensible reforms to Medicare that will help the program stay sound in the future," he said.High level trade talks with EU to beginWASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- High ranking U.S. and European officials said they were ready to open negotiations on economic cooperation covering trade, partnerships and regulations.A joint statement released Thursday on behalf of President Barack Obama, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso, said negotiations would begin to find ways to enhance and expand on what is already the world's largest economic relationship."The transatlantic economic relationship is already the world's largest, accounting for half of global economic output and nearly $1 trillion in goods and services trade, and supporting millions of jobs on both sides of the Atlantic," the statement said.Negotiations referred to as the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the European Union would be led by U.S. Trade Representative Ronald Kirk and European Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht.The aim of the talks would be to "further open markets to grow the $459 billion in U.S. goods and services exports to the EU ... strengthen rules-based investment to grow the world's largest investment relationship ... 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And of those who had dated a co-worker, 30 percent indicated the relationship culminated in marriage.Most of those who go out with a co-worker date a peer, but 29 percent of the workers who have dated a co-worker indicated that co-worker outranked them at work and 16 percent indicated they dated their own boss.Women indicated they were more likely than men to date someone higher up in the hierarchy at work with 38 percent indicating they had dated a superior while 21 percent of men indicated they had done so.CareerBuilder said the five industries where dating a co-worker was most common were leisure and hospitality, information technology, finance, healthcare and professional and business services.Employers worried about productivity might be relieved to find that workers indicated the most common places for romance to begin was in a social setting outside of work. Running into a co-worker outside of work and happy hours were the two most commonly mentioned places for co-workers to initiate a romance. This was followed by late nights at work and by lunch, CareerBuilder said.The survey was conducted throughout the month of November. The results carry a margin of error of 1.51 percentage points, it can be said with 95 percent certainty, CareerBuilder said.

Roberta Vinci among first-round winners at Italiacom Open
Roberta Vinci among first-round winners at Italiacom Open PALERMO, Italy, July 9 -- No. 2-seeded Roberta Vinci advanced in straight sets Tuesday despite suffering six service breaks during a first-round match at the Italiacom Open in Italy.Vinci got by Giulia Gatto-Monticone 7-6 (8-6), 6-3 in a match that saw 13 breaks in 21 games. Each player had four breaks in the first set, which Vinci took in the tiebreaker. Vinci had a 3-2 edge in breaks in the second set.Neither player won more than half the points when serving.Fourth-seeded Klara Zakopalova needed three sets to get to the second round, eventually beating Flavia Pennetta 6-2,true religion sale, 2-6, 6-3. She posted three of her seven total breaks in the third set.No. 5-seeded Lourdes Dominguez Lino advanced when Alexandra Dulgheru retired trailing 1-5.Renata Voracova ousted sixth-seeded Irina-Camelia Begu 6-5,true religion outlet, 6-2 and Dinah Pfizenmaier got by No. 8-seeded Karolina Pliskova 7-5, 7-5.Barbora Zahlavova Strycova came out a 6-4, 6-4 winner over Kristyna Pliskova, Karolina's twin sister,true religion sale, and will face top-seeded Sara Errani in the second round.Mirjana Lucic-Baroni stopped Mariana Duque-Marino 6-3, 6-3; Karin Knapp defeated Teliana Pereira 6-3, 6-2; Anabel Medina Garrigues got past Kristina Barrois 6-4, 4-6, 6-2; Estrella Cabeza Candela topped Alice Matteucci 6-4, 6-1; Polona Hercog beat Eva Birnerova 6-4, 6-1; and Nastassja ousted Burnett Maryna Zanevska 6-0, 7-5 in other first-round results Tuesday.

Boston Red Sox sign catcher Mike Napoli to 1-year contract
Boston Red Sox sign catcher Mike Napoli to 1-year contract ,christian louboutin online shop BOSTON, Jan. 22 -- Catcher-first baseman Mike Napoli has signed a one-year contract with the Boston Red Sox, General Manager Ben Cherington announced Tuesday. Terms of the deal weren't released but MLB.com reported it was worth $5 million with incentives that could pay him as much as $13 million.Napoli was originally set to sign a three-year contract for $39 million with Boston in early December, but the transaction was delayed and then revised after a physical examination revealed he has a hip condition known as avascular necrosis.Napoli belted 24 homers and drove in 56 RBI over 108 games last season for the Texas Rangers, earning his first All-Star Game selection,long bear parajumpers, but managed just a .227 batting average.The 31-year-old has compiled a .259 average with 146 homers and 380 RBI over 727 career games with the Los Angeles Angels and Texas.