Markets Friday, 01/19/2007

Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007

| Dow : 12565.53 down 2.40

| S & P : 1430.50 up 4.13

| NASDAQ: 2451.31 up 8.10

| Bond (10Y): 4.77%, 98.81

MARKETS:
Wall Street quietly wraps up week Stocks finish narrowly mixed as
investors overlook results from blue chips IBM and Citigroup with eye
on flurry of companies reporting next week.

In Chinese Missile Launching, West Sees a Disturbing Volley

Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2007

CHINA
In Chinese Missile Launching, West Sees a Disturbing Volley

China successfully carried out its first test of an anti-satellite
weapon last week, signaling its resolve to play a major role in military
space activities and bringing expressions of concern from Washington and
other capitals, the Bush administration Said.

Why China's Missile Test Is Troubling
It's springtime for anti-satellite missiles ? again ? now that China has
fired a missile into space and destroyed an aging weather satellite
orbiting 500 miles above the earth. The James Bond-style exercise left a
several-hundred- meter-wide cloud of scrap metal floating around in
space. Some of the debris could pose a threat to spacecraft passing
through the region, scientists say, and will remain a problem for
hundreds of years to come. And there will be repercussions on Earth,
too.

Hardware weakness sends IBM shares lower

11:41 am ET Jan 19, 2007

DJIA

12,562

-5.12

S&P

1,428

+2.38

NASDAQ

2,444

+1.54

10Yr

4.78%

+0.026

Hardware weakness sends IBM shares lower

International Business Machines Corp. shares fell nearly 5% in early
trading Friday after the company's upbeat earnings report was tempered
by disappointment over Big Blue's hardware business.

Markets Thursday, 01/18/2007

Thursday, 1/18/2007

| Dow : 12567.93 down 9.22

| S & P : 1426.37 down 4.25
|
| NASDAQ: 2443.21 down 36.21

| Bond (10Y): 4.74%, 99.03

MARKETS:
Techs slump, 2nd down day on Wall Street
Nasdaq composite tumbles anew after Apple's forecast
disappoints; tumbling oil prices fail to help as investors weigh
CPI, surprise bounce in housing, Bernanke speech.

Oil prices tumbled below $50 a barrel for the first time since May 2005. Story soon.

Date: Thu, 18 Jan 2007 14:18:35 -0500

Oil prices tumbled below $50 a barrel for the first time since May 2005.
Story soon.

Apple shares fall on weak quarterly outlook

11:40 am ET Jan 18, 2007

DJIA

12,576

-1.13

S&P

1,428

-2.06

NASDAQ

2,457

-21.74

10Yr

4.79%

+0.002

Apple shares fall on weak quarterly outlook

Apple Inc. shares fell as much as 4% Thursday as a weaker-than-expected
forecast for the second quarter and concerns over Macintosh sales
outweighed the company's first-quarter surge in earnings and iPod
sales.

Markets Wednesday, 01/17/2007

Wednesday, 1/17/2007

| Dow : 12577.15 down 5.44

| S & P : 1430.62 down 1.28

| NASDAQ: 2479.42 down 18.36

| Bond (10Y): 4.78%, 98.75

MARKETS:
Intel decks techs Weakness in technology drags on Nasdaq, causes Dow to
miss 4th straight record close; higher inflation reading, mostly upbeat
beige book figure in as well.

Markets January 17, 2007

2:05 pm ET Jan 17, 2007

DJIA

12,612

+30.29

S&P

1,433

+1.84

NASDAQ

2,489

-8.23

10Yr

4.79%

+0.034

Markets Tuesday, 01/16/2007

Tuesday, 1/16/2007

| Dow : 12582.59 up 26.51

| S & P : 1431.90 up 1.17

| NASDAQ: 2497.78 down 5.04

| Bond (10Y): 4.75%, 99.00

MARKETS:
Split session on Wall StreetTech-fueled Nasdaq slides as investors bail
out of select shares, gear up for Intel's earnings; Dow ekes out another
record close; oil prices slump.

U.S. stocks lower as earnings optimism fade

11:41 am ET Jan 16, 2007

DJIA

12,556

+0.16

S&P

1,430

+0.19

NASDAQ

2,501

-1.68

10Yr

4.76%

-0.012

U.S. stocks lower as earnings optimism fade

NEW YORK -- U.S. stocks were lower in morning trade Tuesday, as
investors cautiously digested a flurry of earnings, including in-line
results from Wells Fargo & Co. and weak forecasts from Symantec Corp.,
while energy shares also weighed amid falling crude oil prices.

Stock markets

Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007

stock markets

Markets in the US were closed in observance of national holiday. 1:00PM
European stock markets hit six-year highs.

Nation Remembers Martin Luther King

Breaking News January 15, 2007

Nation Remembers Martin Luther King

Remembrances of the late Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. abound in cities
from New York to Boston. The daughter of Dr. King and his wife, Coretta
Scott King, who died this past year, remembered her parents in a speech
at Ebenezer Baptist Church. 

Midwest Storm Heads Toward New England

The death toll from a powerful winter storm rose to 36 across six states
as utility crews labored to restore service to hundreds of thousands of
Missouri households and businesses enduring cold weather without
electricity for heat and lights. 

Study: Gene Could Be Signal Of Alzheimer's

Date: Sun, 14 Jan 2007 16:00:01 -0500

Study: Gene Could Be Signal Of Alzheimer's

A huge international study has identified a gene that apparently can
raise the risk of developing the most common form of Alzheimer's
disease. By shedding light on the biology of the illness, the discovery
could help scientists find new treatments.