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DO WE need a 'wall' on Wall Street? The question looms after traders' computers spiralled out of control and sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average into a nearly 1,000-point plunge last week. It appears that Wall Street is becoming less a place where businesses raise capital and more a traders' playground. Billion-dollar investors and their million-dollar computers are an expanding reality in sto... more

Stocks traded in a narrow range Friday, a day after the Dow Jones industrial average finished higher for an eighth straight day.







Dow Jones Industrial Average – Business – Investing – Stock – Stocks and Bonds

The Dow Jones industrial average jumped back above 10,000 on hope that the European Union will help Greece manage its growing debt burden.







European Union – Government – Multilateral – Business – Greece

The Dow Jones industrial average had its first triple-digit drop of 2010 as mounting losses from loans at JPMorgan Chase & Co. sent investors rushing from stocks.







Business – Industrial production – Economy – Government – Investing

A 70-POINT rise in the December futures contract on the Dow Jones Industrial Average, a 1.7 per cent rise in Hong Kong’s Hang Seng index and a firm opening Europe-wide yesterday led traders here to bet heavily on Wall Street opening the week with a bang. The subsequent buying targeted mainly banks and propelled the Straits Times Index up 56.62 points to 2,783.85 in moderate volume of 1.85 billion … more

AP – The Dow Jones industrial average is back above 10,000 for the first time in a year.