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A new sign of recovery in the housing market and strong earnings reports from big companies are sending stocks higher for a second day.

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Stocks are closing lower for the seventh day out of the last eight after the government reported that U.S. consumers cut their spending last month.

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Stocks are closing lower for a sixth straight day as concern spreads that slow global growth and the European debt crisis will drag down U.S. corporate earnings.

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Wall Street is in the midst of another earnings season right now, and many investors are finding this earnings season particularly pivotal.

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Stocks are finishing the day mostly lower on Wall Street after signs emerged that Americans are spending at a slower pace and that China's economy may be in worse shape than previously thought.

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Stocks are closing higher after an encouraging report about U.S. factory orders. Energy prices are rising as tension grows over oil-rich Iran.

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U.S. stocks are closing mixed, pulled in opposite directions by bad news about American manufacturing and relief over Europe's bailout plan for its banks.

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Stocks are soaring on Wall Street after European leaders agreed to a set of prescriptions for their debt crisis.

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Homebuilders are leading major stock indexes higher at the close of trading. Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. surged after the media conglomerate said it may split into two companies.

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Stocks are closing sharply higher on Wall Street as traders turn their focus back to corporate news from the U.S. and hopes that the Federal Reserve will come up with a plan to jumpstart the economy.

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