US Futures Pare Losses, but Trend Still Down
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Stocks closed down 1 percent after the minutes from the last Fed policy setting meeting suggested the central bank could begin tapering bond purchases sooner than the market expects.
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Autozone Inc. fell $10.12 or 2.4 percent, to $417.72. Bed Bath& Beyond Inc. fell$. 27 or. 4 percent, to $68.27. Best Buy rose$. 01 or percent, to $25.65.
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Stocks closed down 1 percent after the minutes from the last Fed policy setting meeting suggested the central bank could begin tapering bond purchases sooner than the market expects.
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NEW YORK-- Home Depot's stock hit an all-time high for a second straight day since reporting strong first-quarter results and boosting its full-year forecasts. Upbeat housing data and weaker-than-expected results from rival Lowe's on Wednesday helped keep Home Depot rising.
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Autozone Inc. fell $4.44 or 1.0 percent, to $423.40. Bed Bath& Beyond Inc. rose$. 54 or. 8 percent, to $69.08. Best Buy rose$. 22 or. 9 percent, to $25.86.
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May 22- No. 2 home improvement chain Lowe's Cos Inc reassured investors that sales trends improved significantly in April and May after seeing a weak start to the spring selling season. Like its larger rival Home Depot Inc, Lowe's said it was seeing strong sales to contractors.
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Autozone Inc. fell $8.96 or 2.1 percent, to $418.88. Bed Bath& Beyond Inc. rose$. 24 or. 4 percent, to $68.78. Best Buy fell$. 26 or 1.0 percent, to $25.38.
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U.S. home sales rise slightly to 4.97 million in April, their highest level in 3 1/2 years, as inventories jump.
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Bernanke pre-empted by Dudley: Will he throw it back into Congress' lap?
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*Saks rallies on report it could sell itself. NEW YORK, May 22- U.S. stocks were set to rise at the open on Wednesday, ahead of highly anticipated testimony in Congress by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on the economy and monetary policy.
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May 22- Lowe's Cos Inc reported a weaker-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday, hurt by colder-than-usual weather at the start of the spring selling season and strong competition from larger rival Home Depot Inc.
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*Saks rallies on report it is mulling sale. NEW YORK, May 22- U.S. stock index futures edged up in thin trading Wednesday, ahead of highly anticipated Congressional testimony by Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke on the economy and monetary policy.
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May 22- Lowe's Cos Inc reported a weaker-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday, hurt by colder-than-usual weather at the start of the spring selling season and strong competition from larger rival Home Depot Inc.
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May 22- Lowe's Cos Inc reported a weaker-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday, hurt by colder-than-usual weather at the start of the spring selling season and strong competition from larger rival Home Depot Inc.
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Lowe's reported quarterly earnings that missed analysts' expectations on Wednesday, sending shares lower in pre-market trading.
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WASHINGTON-- A report Wednesday on U.S. sales of previously occupied homes in April may show the housing recovery has crossed a critical threshold. Economists forecast that home sales rose in April from March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of nearly 5 million, according to a survey by FactSet.
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Autozone Inc. rose $18.79 or 4.6 percent, to $427.84. Bed Bath& Beyond Inc. rose $1.19 or 1.8 percent, to $68.54. Best Buy fell $1.17 or 4.4 percent, to $25.64.
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Home Depot's earnings said a lot about America, Jim Cramer said. It also gave him a treasure trove of investment ideas.
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NEW YORK, May 21- Stock markets around the world edged higher on Tuesday amid signs of improving growth, even though questions about monetary policy limited gains. The euro was slightly higher, though a slowdown in British inflation sent sterling to a 7- week low on the view it could give the Bank of England more leeway to support the economy.
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Stocks closed higher but off their best levels after two Fed officials dampened speculation the central bank was ready to consider "tapering" its bond-buying.