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Final Glance: Internet companies
November 20, 2009, 5:50PM ET
Shares of some top internet companies were mixed at the close of trading:
Final Glance: Insurers companies
November 20, 2009, 5:50PM ET
Shares of some top insurers companies were down at the close of trading:
Final Glance: Homebuilders companies
November 20, 2009, 5:50PM ET
Shares of some top homebuilders companies were down at the close of trading:
Final Glance: Health Care Equipment companies
November 20, 2009, 5:50PM ET
Shares of some top health care equipment companies were mixed at the close of trading:
Final Glance: Gold companies
November 20, 2009, 5:50PM ET
Shares of some top gold companies were down at the close of trading:
Final Glance: Food companies
November 20, 2009, 5:50PM ET
Shares of some top food companies were mixed at the close of trading:
Final Glance: Finance companies
November 20, 2009, 5:50PM ET
Shares of some top finance companies were mixed at the close of trading:
Final Glance: Electrical companies
November 20, 2009, 5:50PM ET
Shares of some top electrical companies were down at the close of trading:
Final Glance: Education companies
November 20, 2009, 5:50PM ET
Shares of some top education companies were down at the close of trading:
Final Glance: Durable Goods companies
November 20, 2009, 5:50PM ET
Shares of some top durable goods companies were down at the close of trading:
Final Glance: Drugstore companies
November 20, 2009, 5:50PM ET
Shares of some top drugstore companies were mixed at the close of trading:
Final Glance: Construction companies
November 20, 2009, 5:50PM ET
Shares of some top construction companies were mixed at the close of trading:
Final Glance: Computer companies
November 20, 2009, 5:50PM ET
Shares of some top computer companies were mixed at the close of trading:
Final Glance: Commercial Banks companies
November 20, 2009, 5:50PM ET
Shares of some top commercial banks companies were mixed at the close of trading:
Recalls: cantaloupes, chilled side-dish products
November 20, 2009, 5:47PM ET
The following recalls have been announced:
TDS announces buyback authorization, 4Q dividend
November 20, 2009, 5:44PM ET
The board of Telephone and Data Systems Inc. has authorized the company to buy back as much as $250 million worth of its common and special common shares, as market conditions permit.
Business Highlights
November 20, 2009, 5:43PM ET
More states add jobs, but many for temporary staff
AK Steel to hike prices for carbon steel products
November 20, 2009, 5:41PM ET
AK Steel Holding Corp., a supplier to the U.S. auto industry, said Friday that it will hike spot market prices for its carbon steel products, effective Jan. 1.
Treasury bond market at a glance
November 20, 2009, 5:38PM ET
Fla. jobless rate climbs to 11.2 percent in Oct.
November 20, 2009, 5:37PM ET
Florida's unemployment rate continued its steady upward climb in October to 11.2 percent -- a mark last seen in the 1970s and a tenth of a percentage point higher than September's adjusted rate, state officials said Friday.