4:20 pm : Closing the week with an average 3.2% gain, the equity market's major averages continued 2006's streak today. A mixed interpretation of the December employment report triggered some intra-day melee, but buyers ran back post-lunch and carried the market to a fourth straight day of advances.
Each of the ten economic sectors finished on positive ground. A 2.3% surge in the price of crude futures was the Energy sector's gain, with which it closed the week 6% higher. While the energy price action drove that sector, it did little to dampen buying across the broader
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2:07 pm PT Market Wrap : Closing the week with an average 3.2% gain, the equity markets major averages continued 2006s streak today. A mixed interpretation of the December employment report triggered some intra-day melee, but buyers ran back post-lunch and carried the market to a fourth straight day of advances.
1:15 pm PT Aviall selected by Boeing as partner in supply chain program (AVL) 29.03 -0.35 : Co announces that�Boeing�has selected�it as a partner in�BA's Integrated Materials Management program designed to maintain an airline's inventory of maintenance supplies.
1:01 pm PT Actuate acquires performancesoft for approx $16.5 mln (ACTU) : Co announces that it has acquired all of the outstanding shares of privately-held performancesoft, a provider of Performance Management software and services. The acquisition was an all-cash transaction with an initial purchase price of US$16.5 mln and additional contingent cash consideration of up to US$13.5 mln. On a non-GAAP basis, ACTU expects the acquisition to be accretive to earnings by 4Q06 and approx breakeven for the full year of 2006.
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