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Wednesday, February 18, 2009

HOUSTON COMPANIES - Stocks fall as Obama releases housing plan details - KGAN.com

NEW YORK (AP) -- Stocks are modestly higher as President Barack Obama releases details of his $75 billion mortgage relief plan. The plan is designed to help stabilize the housing market and reduce foreclosures. Sharp drops in housing prices and sales in Dow Jones News >

Stocks fluctuated Wednesday as President Barack Obama released details of his $75 billion mortgage relief plan and investors remained uncertain about the prospects for the economy. The plan is designed to help stabilize the housing market and reduce in Dow Jones News >

U.S. stocks were slightly higher Wednesday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 36 points to 7588.3, the S&P 500 increased 4 points to 793.2 and the Nasdaq Composite rose 11 points to 1482.1. Among the companies whose shares are actively in Dow Jones News >

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks struggled Wednesday morning as investors eyed a worse-than-expected housing market report and began digesting details of President Obama's housing rescue plan. The Dow Jones industrial average ( INDU ) lost 18 points in Dow Jones News >

Europe's stock markets pared some of their earlier losses Wednesday as Wall Street pushed higher after President Barack Obama released details of his $75 billion mortgage relief plan. In Europe, the FTSE 100 index of leading British shares closed in Dow Jones News >

Stocks fluctuated Wednesday as President Barack Obama released details of his $75 billion mortgage relief plan and investors remained uncertain about the prospects for the economy. The plan is designed to help stabilize the housing market and reduce in Dow Jones News >

European shares dropped Wednesday, with energy producers pacing the declines on the recent fall in oil prices. The pan-European Dow Jones Stoxx 600 Index closed 0.3% lower at 183.35, extending the previous session's 2.5% drop. The U.K. FTSE 100 Index in Dow Jones News >

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Feb. 18 (Bloomberg) -- Brazilian stocks fluctuated between gains and losses after analysts cut their outlook for the steel industry and recommended adding to “defensive” stocks, sending utilities and telephone companies higher. Cia. Siderurgica in Dow Jones News >

Stocks on Wall Street showed little movement on Wednesday morning as investors turned their attention from the troubles of Eastern Europe, Detroit and the financial industry to focus on President Barack Obama's plan for stemming a wave of home in Dow Jones News >

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