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It's the narcissist rally. Sure, there are plenty of forces pushing stocks higher — record corporate earnings, small investors finally buying again, signs the U.S. economy may be strengthening, central ...

Shares of General Motors reached an important milestone on Friday, closing above their initial public offering price of $33 for the first time in more than two years. GM shares reached $33.77 Friday before ...

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May 17 (Bloomberg) -- Emily Chang reports on the one year anniversary of Facebook's IPO on Bloomberg Television's "Bloomberg West." (Source: Bloomberg)

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Shares of some top oil companies were up at the close of trading: BP PLC rose $.21 or .5 percent, to $42.96. Chevron rose $.66 or .5 percent, to $123.42. ConocoPhillips rose $.88 or 1.4 percent, to $63.31. ...

Shares of some top chemicals companies were up at the close of trading: Dow Chemical Co. rose $.72 or 2.1 percent, to $35.82. DuPont Co. rose $.40 or .7 percent, to $55.89.

Shares of some top construction companies were up at the close of trading: Fluor rose $2.57 or 4.1 percent, to $64.57. Foster Wheeler rose $.11 or .5 percent, to $21.60. Quanta Services Inc. rose $.46 ...

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Exactly a year after Facebook made its disappointing debut as a public company, another less-heralded tech firm held its initial public offering but with opposite results.

Energy stocks rebound Friday, with refiner Tesoro Corp. leading the way and rallying 7%.

As most of the big-name companies have already reported earnings, investors don’t seem quite as preoccupied with current and upcoming reports. Yet despite the volume of companies reporting being lowered, ...

Newmont Mining Corporation was a leading decliner within the metals & mining industry, falling $0.80 (-2.5%) to $30.63 on average volume

Coca-Cola was a leading decliner within the food & beverage industry, falling $0.44 (-1.1%) to $38.21 on heavy volume

Validus Holdings was a leading decliner within the financial sector, falling $0.57 (-1.5%) to $36.57 on heavy volume

Tenet Healthcare was a leading decliner within the health services industry, falling $1.24 (-2.6%) to $45.82 on heavy volume

Finisar Corporation was a leading decliner within the technology sector, falling $0.31 (-2.3%) to $12.96 on average volume

Novartis was a leading decliner within the drugs industry, falling $0.86 (-1.1%) to $74.15 on light volume

Axis Capital Holdings was a leading decliner within the insurance industry, falling $0.92 (-2.0%) to $44.58 on heavy volume

Autodesk was a leading decliner within the computer software & services industry, falling $2.67 (-6.7%) to $37.11 on heavy volume

MeadWestvaco Corporation was a leading decliner within the consumer non-durables industry, falling $0.53 (-1.5%) to $35.77 on average volume

Brocade Communications Systems was a leading decliner within the computer hardware industry, falling $0.20 (-3.5%) to $5.54 on heavy volume