Larry Peruzzi

S&P 500 Slips From Record as Yen Rebounds; Gold Advances

The Standard & Poor’s 500 Index retreated from a record amid concern the Federal Reserve will scale back its stimulus efforts. Gold and silver advanced as Moody’s Investors Service warned the U.S. rating may be cut. The yen rebounded from the weakest level since 2008.

U.S. Stocks Fluctuate as Investors Weigh Stimulus Timing

U.S. stocks declined, after the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index climbed four straight weeks, as investors weighed the pace of central bank stimulus efforts amid corporate dealmaking.

Google Shares Tumble 3.1% in Possible ‘Fat Finger’ Trade

Google Inc. dropped as much as 3.1 percent and then reversed most of the tumble within a second in a series of transactions that spurred concern the stock was hit by a computerized-trading error.

Carlyle Falls Below Offer Price as Rubenstein Plan Fails

Carlyle Group LP sank below its $22 offering price in the fifth day of trading, following a discounted IPO with which the firm sought to prove that shares in private-equity managers can rise.

U.S. Stocks Fall as Optimism Fades After Jobs Report

U.S. stocks fell, paring a weekly gain for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, after better-than- forecast payrolls failed to keep commodity and technology shares from slumping as Americans prepared to pick a president.

U.S. Stocks Fall as Budget Negotiations Overshadow Greece

U.S. stocks fell for a second day as concern about progress in Washington budget negotiations overshadowed a European agreement on Greece aid and a better- than-forecast report on durable goods.

RIM, HP May Drive Price War to Chase Apple's IPad

Research In Motion Ltd. , Hewlett- Packard Co. and other hardware makers may use a price war to narrow Apple Inc. ’s lead in the market for tablet computers, analysts said.

Nasdaq Cancels Some Trades in Goldman, Sprint After Error

Nasdaq Stock Market canceled some trades in nine U.S. stocks, such as Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Sprint Nextel Corp., that occurred more than 10 percent away from yesterday’s close.

Buffett NYSE Bid Boosts Confidence as S&P 500 Nears Record

Warren Buffett’s proposal to take over NYSE Euronext, while rejected in favor of a higher offer last year, is boosting optimism that the world-famous stock picker sees a rebound in trading from a four-year low.

Bats Blaming Market Rules as Calls of Overhaul Grow

Bats Global Markets Inc., the stock exchange operator that acknowledged four years of trading errors, blamed the mistakes on regulations it says are too complex.

"Keep in mind we are at all-time highs so even a moderate cautious comment will be met with some selling."

- Larry Peruzzi on May 20, 2013

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United Said to Move to Biggest 787, A350 Jets

Boeing Seen Reaping $6 Billion a Year on 787 Output Boost

IMF Sees Fed QE Through 2013, Warns of Exit Plan Challenges

‘Man of Steel’ Shoulders Quest to Lift DC to Marvel Level

Detroit on Brink of Bankruptcy Suspends Some Debt Payments