S&P 500, Nasdaq fall on Apple’s miss; Dow rises

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 fell for a fourth day and the Nasdaq dropped on Wednesday after a rare earnings stumble from Apple, while strong results from Boeing and Caterpillar lifted the Dow. Apple Inc , the most valuable U.S. company by market capitalization, reported
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CMBS Class of 2007: The Smaller They Are, The Harder They Fall

While the CMBS class of 2007 is full of delinquents, the creditworthiness for some of the loans made during that frothy era is actually holding up, particularly on large office deals. This year (2012) was widely viewed as the year of reckoning for the class of 2007 originated loans as
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Dow, S&P fall for fifth day, but Alcoa up late

NEW YORK (Reuters) – The selloff in U.S. stocks accelerated on Tuesday, as the Dow and S&P 500 dropped for a fifth day, with the pullback coming on the cusp of earnings season. The slide marked the S&P 500’s worst day since December 8. The declines were the large
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Asian shares fall, U.S. deficit deadlock weighs (Reuters)

Reuters – Asian shares fell on Monday as uncertainty remained over how euro zone leaders would respond to mounting funding difficulties for European banks, and an apparent failure by U.S. politicians to agree on deficit reduction hurt sentiment. Yahoo! News: Business News
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Asia shares fall after Greece coalition deal, Italy eyed (Reuters)

Reuters – Asian shares struggled on Monday, with investors still nervous despite the formation of a new Greek unity government intent on avoiding imminent debt default. Yahoo! News: Business News
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Futures fall after Merkel fund comments (Reuters)

Reuters – Stock index futures extended losses after German Chancellor Angela Merkel said hardly any countries in the Group of 20 industrialized nations said they will participate in the euro zone bailout fund. Yahoo! News: Business News
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Dell lowers revenue forecast, shares fall (AP)

AP – Dell’s second-quarter net income rose 63 percent on stronger spending by corporations and government agencies. But its stock dropped as revenue fell short, and the computer maker lowered its revenue forecast. Yahoo! News: Business News
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