Market Update Sat 10:03am ET: Weekly Recap - It was a mixed week for the stock market. Downward momentum from late last week carried into early this week, but the market then stabilized and went into a holding pattern.
Two themes from the past week were good economic data and continued mergers and acquisitions.
On Monday, the S&P 500 lost 7 points. There was no major news to account for the loss, but the tone had worsened late in the prior week. Tuesday, the S&P was down a miniscule 0.30 for its fourth straight loss. That changed on Wednesday, as the S&P gained 3 points and...
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Bush signs anti-terrorism, prisoner treatment laws President Bush speaks on the South Lawn of the White House before departing for Camp David, December 22, 2005. Bush on Friday signed legislation extending key provisions of the Patriot Act until February 3, despite earlier objecting to anything short of a permanent renewal. (Larry Downing/Reuters)
2:32 pm PT Market Wrap : The final trading day of 2005 was dominated by selling action that locked the major averages within a very tight, red range.
1:02 pm PT Cass Commercial sells business assets of St. Louis-Based Software Subsidiary (CASS) 33.20 -0.55 : Co announced it has sold the business assets of a software subsidiary, Government e-Management Solutions, to Harris Computer Systems. (GEMS is owned by Cass Commercial Bank, another CASS subsidiary.) The acquisition price was $7 mln (U.S.) in cash, subject to post-closing fiscal year-end adjustments. Cass projects that the transaction will have a neutral net impact on fourth quarter and fiscal 2005 earnings.
1:01 pm PT infoUSA makes $30.5 mln of debt payment (IUSA) 10.93 +0.07 : IUSA says it pays down $30.5 mln of debt obligations in Q4. Of that amount, about $6.5 mln represents scheduled principal payments and $24 million represents prepayment of principal.
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