How the major stock indexes fared on Thursday (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:56:22 GMT AP - Major stock indexes ended mixed Thursday on more evidence that the economy is regaining strength at a slow pace. The Dow Jones industrial average rose for an eighth straight day, its longest unbroken climb since August. Reports indicated that inflation remains in check and manufacturing is growing. The government said, however, that first-tim 5a8 e claims for unemployment benefits only inched lower.

Dow climbs for eighth straight session on Boeing (Reuters) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:48:58 GMT Trader Richard Smartt reacts in the Euro Dollar pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, March 16, 2010. REUTERS/John Gress

Stocks end mixed after price, jobs reports (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:47:10 GMT FILE - In this Tuesday, March 16, 2010 file photo, traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange in New York. Stocks are trading in a narrow range Thursday, March 18, after a fresh batch of economic reports showed the economy continues to slowly regain its strength. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

FTSE 100 shares in the red (AFP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:09:39 GMT FTSE 100 shares ended in the red at the close of trade as investors took profits and digested economic data including a larger-than-expected eurozone trade deficit.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)

European equities stumble on profit-taking (AFP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:06:30 GMT Europe's main stock markets stumbled as investors took profits and digested economic data including a larger-than-expected eurozone trade deficit.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)

American Dairy Chairman Leng You-Bin buys shares (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:44:30 GMT AP - American Dairy Inc., which produces and distributes infant formula, milk powder and soybean, rice and walnut products in China, said Thursday that Chairman Leng You-Bin bought approximately $1 million of its common stock.

Sirius XM gets 2nd warning from Nasdaq (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:21:03 GMT AP - Satellite radio operator Sirius XM Radio Inc. said Thursday it has received a second notice that it may be kicked off the Nasdaq exchange.

European stocks slip on doubts over Greek rescue (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:09:58 GMT An investor looks at a stock price monitor at a private securities c 1000 ompany Wednesday, March 17, 2010 in Shanghai, China. Asian stock markets have pushed higher after the U.S. central bank again pledged to hold interests rates low and gave mildly optimistic assessment of the world's largest economy. China's main Shanghai index added 1.9 percent Wednesday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

FTSE 100 stocks dip at open (AFP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:28:40 GMT Leading shares dipped at the open as profit-takers moved to cash in on the previous day's gains.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)

Greek worries rattle euro, world stocks dip (Reuters) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:26:48 GMT Trader Richard Smartt reacts in the Euro Dollar pit at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, March 16, 2010. REUTERS/John Gress