‘Etch A Sketch’ stocks soar after Romney gaffe

ShareThis ‘Etch A Sketch’ stocks soar after Romney gaffe 22 Mar 2012 Shares in a company that makes Etch A Sketch nearly tripled in value on Thursday, a day after the humble toy was thrust into the center of US politics. The Ohio Art Company, which makes the children’s iconic drawing device, saw its shares [...]

U.S. Stocks Rise on Greek Austerity Vote

By Rita Nazareth, Bloomberg.com U.S. stocks rose, after the first weekly loss for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index in 2012, as Greece approved austerity plans to secure rescue funds. Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. (C) climbed more than 1.9 percent as a measure of European lenders gained. Alcoa Inc. (AA) and Chesapeake [...]

Stocks Soar 2% on EU Deal, Dow Above 12,000

By: JeeYeon Park, CNBC.com Stocks jumped sharply Thursday as investors cheered the euro zone’s outline of a plan to solve the region’s sovereign debt crisis and following a handful of encouraging economic and earnings reports. The Dow Jones Industrial Average surged to open above the psychologically-important 12,000 level, led by BofA [BAC 6.95 0.36 (+5.46%) [...]

Stocks Slump as Quarter Ends

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By Brendan Conway And Neil Shah, The Wall Street Journal Stocks closed out the market’s biggest quarterly drop since the financial crisis in 2008 with a triple-digit dive in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The Dow shed 240.60 points, or 2.2%, to 10913.38, after a batch of glum overseas economic data weighed on investor sentiment. [...]