Tuesday, June 12, 2007

U.S. Stocks Fall on Concern Higher Rates Will Hurt Profits, Takeovers

(Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks fell after the bear
market in bonds pushed yields to a five-year high and increased
concern that the pace of takeovers may have peaked along with
corporate profits.

AT&T Inc., JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Wal-Mart Stores Inc. led
the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and Dow Jones Industrial Average
to their first decline in three days. All 14 real-estate
companies in the S&P 500 and every homebuilder retreated on
speculation higher yields foreshadow slower economic growth.


Read more at Bloomberg Stocks News

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