AP - U.S. stock markets are closed today to observe the national day of mourning for former President Gerald Ford.

Reuters - Wall Street looked set to start 2007 on an upbeat note on Wednesday as a new dip in oil quelled inflation worries, but investors awaited a batch of economic reports for clues on the health of the world's biggest economy.

Reuters - U.S. stock markets looked set to open weaker on Thursday, with the focus on a raft of economic data as the earnings calendar and corporate newsflow seem thin.

Reuters - Wall Street stocks were set for a muted start on Friday, with oil producers expected to remain under pressure as crude traded below $55.50 a barrel and investors waited for monthly U.S. jobs data.

AP - Investors will begin the second week of the year hoping for more clarity about the direction of the economy, and in turn, the markets, after Wall Street's lackluster start to 2007.

Reuters - Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. said on Monday that imminent third-quarter figures from the London Stock Exchange would not affect its 2.7 billion pound ($5.2 billion) hostile bid for the British exchange.

AP - Supervalu Inc., the nation's third-biggest supermarket chain, said Tuesday its third-quarter earnings jumped almost 51 percent because of its purchase of grocery chain Albertson's.

AP - Higher metal prices and robust demand boosted Alcoa Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit nearly 60 percent as the world's largest aluminum maker kicked off the earnings season as the first member of the Dow Jones Industrials to report results.

AP - Genentech Inc. is vowing to keep growing at a double-digit rate for the foreseeable future by continuing to spend billions of dollars annually on research and development of new drugs.

AP - Samsung Electronics Co. reported Friday that fourth quarter profit declined 8 percent amid price declines for key products including flash memory chips and a stronger South Korean won.

AP - Wall Street's fixation on economic data turns into a craving for profit news and forecasts this week as a slew of corporate earnings reports arrive.

AP - World stock markets closed higher Monday, with European indexes buoyed by merger and acquisition activity, while U.S. markets were closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday.

Reuters - U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill Inc. said on Tuesday quarterly net income rose, helped by strength in its risk management and financial segment and its origination and processing segment.

AP - AMR Corp., parent of American Airlines, said Wednesday it swung to a fourth-quarter profit, aided by a cheaper fuel bill, and reported its first annual profit since before the 2001 terrorist attacks.

AFP - Apple's quarterly profit soared above one billion dollars as its iPod music players flew off shelves in the year-end holiday season but its stock price stumbled amid concerns about future revenues and a stock option probe.

AP - U.S. stock futures edged lower Friday after a solid but not spectacular set of results from tech stalwart International Business Machines, with investors also eyeing the quarterly financials from General Electric and Citigroup for signals that recent turnarounds in stock-market performance from the large-cap behemoths may accelerate.

AP - Members of NASD have approved bylaw changes needed to combine with NYSE Group Inc. and form one organization to regulate U.S. securities brokers and dealers, NASD said Sunday.

FT.com - Japanese stocks rose in brisk early trading on Monday as investors prepared for a batch of earnings reports from technology companies like Olympus and other exporters likely to benefit from the prolonged weakness of the yen.

AP - Railroad operator CSX Corp. says it's expecting a double-digit increase in earnings this year after reporting its fourth-quarter profit rose 46 percent, due in part to pricing power and strength in shipments of coal and agricultural freight.

TechWeb - EMC Corp., the world's largest maker of data storage equipment, said Tuesday its quarterly profit more than doubled, helped by a tax gain and strong sales of mid-range storage gear and software.

Reuters - Hyundai Motor Co. (005380.KS), South Korea's top auto maker, reported a surprise 8.6 percent drop in quarterly operating profit on Thursday, hit by a stronger won and weaker sales after partial strikes.

AP - Back-to-back holiday storms that punished Frontier Airlines in December and pushed its third-quarter loss deeper have lingered into January, the company's chief executive says.

Reuters - China Southern Airlines (600029.SS)(1055.HK), the country's largest carrier by fleet size, said on Sunday that it had returned to the black last year.

AP - Verizon Communications Inc. said Monday its fourth-quarter profit fell due to taxes on the sale of assets and costs related to a spinoff, but the results surpassed Wall Street estimates as the telephone company's cellular business added 2.3 million customers.

FT.com - Technology stocks led the overall market higher in the Tuesday morning session as investors bought exporters set to benefit from the weakening yen.

AFP - The New York Stock Exchange and the Tokyo Stock Exchange, the world's top two equity markets, were set to unveil a strategic alliance spanning three continents and the world's largest economies.