Tag: S&P 500
S&P, Dow soar to record highs as trade fears abate
NEW YORK - United States stock benchmarks reached new highs Thursday on news from China about tariff and currency moves that could ease trade tensions....
Don’t blame Amazon, Apple for today’s expensive market
The highest-valued stock in the Standard & Poor’s 500 index, based on this year’s expected earnings, is not Amazon.com Inc., Netflix Inc. or any...
S&P 500 firms declared record dividend payouts last quarter
NEW YORK - One-third more S&P 500 companies boosted dividends in the second quarter compared to a year earlier, with record dividend payouts of $124...
Hasbro announces additional $500M share buyback
PAWTUCKET – Hasbro Inc. authorized a repurchase of an additional $500 million of its common stock, expanding its original buyback plan, the company announced...
Tech rout sinks stocks as lines of defense crumble
NEW YORK - The deepening rout in once high-flying technology shares sent U.S. stocks tumbling to start the second quarter, as fresh presidential criticism...
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Stocks hit two-month low as rate-hike fears return
NEW YORK - The dread that gripped equity markets earlier in the week re-emerged Thursday as U.S. stocks plunged on concern that rising interest rates...
A record in records for U.S. stocks rallying sixth week in...
NEW YORK – Earnings-day blowups, leverage warnings in China, Apple’s worst rout since August. Oh, and a sixth straight week of gains for the S&P...













