August 17, 2010
Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg’s Courtney Donohoe reports on the performance of the U.S. equity market today. U.S. stocks rose, sending the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to its biggest gain in two weeks, following higher-than-estimated earnings and BHP Billiton Ltd’s $39 billion bid for Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan Inc. Bloomberg’s Pimm Fox also speaks. (Source: Bloomberg)
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August 16, 2010
Aug. 16 (Bloomberg) — Bloomberg’s Courtney Donohoe reports on the performance of the U.S. equity market today. Most stocks rose, with the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index climbing after four days of declines, with materials shares gaining as gold reached a six week high and technology rebounding from last week’s slump. EBay Inc. gained 2.6 percent on speculation its PayPal service will be used by Google Inc.’s smartphone. Donohoe talks with Pimm Fox on Bloomberg Television’s “Taking Stock.” (Source: Bloomberg)
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