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  • Stocks are trying to log their fifth straight week of gains. The Dow dropped about 12 points yesterday, putting it roughly 50 points shy of where it opened on Monday. The S&P dropped nearly five points yesterday, but is ahead about 15 points on the week. Right now, many traders are turning their attention to Japan where the Nikkei was jumping around today. Yahoo! Finance Senior Columnist Mike Santolis has more in the video above.

    What's old is new at Procter and Gamble (PG). As of last night, A.G. Lafley is again CEO of the comsumer products giant. He replaces Robert McDonald, who ran the company for the past four years. Under his watch the company struggled to win over cost-conscious customers. It's also had trouble getting new products into the pipeline. Recently activist investor Bill Ackman has been calling for change. Procter and Gamble stock is up 13% year-to-date and twice that much over the past year.

    Google (GOOG) and Facebook (FB) may be about to get into a billion dollar

    Read More »from P&G CEO Swap; A&F Price Plunge; $1 Billion Battle Over Map App
  • Abercrombie and Fitch (ANF) is down 12% after releasing a dismal earnings report at 7am. The clothing company says it lost 9-cents a share, less than the 25-cents it lost a year ago, but still almost twice as much as estimates. Revenues also missed by more than $100-million dollars. Same store sales are down 15% from a year ago. The chain says that's largely because of inventory shortages. Up until this morning, Abercrombie shares have been up 14% year-to-date.

    Next is an Abercrombie competitor, The Gap (GPS), which has seen its shares drift as much as 5% lower after releasing its earnings. The company beat estimates on both the top and bottom lines posting 71-cents a share on $3.73 billion in revenue. The quarter was also a marked improvement over the same period last year when earnings were 47-cents a share. The company was helped by a rise in same-store sales at its namesake Gap stores as well as Old Navy stores. Growth in Asia was also strong. Shares of the Gap are up 53% over the

    Read More »from Abercrombie Reports; Gap, Sears and Salesforce.com Sink on Earnings
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    Yahoo! Finance's Lauren Lyster and Mike Santoli discuss the fact that so many retailers have been blaming bad weather for lackluster earnings this season. The pair also talk about the sudden CEO switch at Procter & Gamble and new numbers on durable goods.

  • Stocks managed to climb well off the lows to close slightly in the red. The Dow opened down triple-digits following a 7.3% plunge on Japan's Nikkei 225 (^N225). The Tokyo exchange suffered its biggest loss since the earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear disaster more than two years ago. The drop there was precipitated by disappointing economic news out of China and remarks yesterday from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke. On the economic front, weekly jobless claims have dropped again. The Labor Department says there were 340,000 new claims filed last week, down from a revised figure of 363,000 in the prior week. Meanwhile, new home sales rose 2.3% in April to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 454,000. That's the second fastest pace in nearly five years.

    Shares of Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) rose more than 17% on the heels of its quarterly report released after yesterday's closing bell. The company posted earnings of 87-cents excluding items. That's down from a year ago, but it beat estimates by

    Read More »from Stocks Climb Back Despite Overseas Sell-Off

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    P
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    TNP
    25.503.50+15.91%
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    YGE
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