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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The Dow and S&P 500 advanced on Thursday, with the benchmark S&P index on track for its first seven-day streak of gains in over six years as solid economic data managed to outweigh a steep decline in Apple shares. Apple Inc dropped 10. 4 percent to $460. 69 after the technology giant missed Wall Street’s revenue forecast for a third straight quarter as iPhone sales were poorer than expected, lending credence to recent concerns its days as the dominant player in consumer electronics may be on the wane. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stock index futures fell Thursday as a revenue miss by Apple triggered a slide of nearly 10 percent in its shares in after-hours trading, and analysts said equities may be due for a pullback after a six-day rally for the S&P 500. Apple Inc missed Wall Street’s revenue forecast for a third straight quarter after iPhone sales came in below expectations, fanning fears its dominance of consumer electronics is slipping. The shares dropped 9. 5 percent to $465. 40 in premarket trading, wiping out about $50 billion of its market value. . . .

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TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares edged higher on Thursday after manufacturing data from China confirmed a recovery in the world’s second biggest economy was on track, easing nervousness caused by a sharp drop in Apple Inc shares after its earnings report. China’s HSBC flash purchasing managers’ index (PMI) rose to 51. 9 in January to a two-year high, signaling a rebound in manufacturing activity. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 rose for a sixth day on Wednesday after stronger-than-expected profits from IBM and Google but the rally could be halted as Apple’s after-hours miss sent its shares lower. The S&P was just 4. 7 percent from its all-time closing high as IBM’s and Google’s earnings, released after Tuesday’s close, followed on the heels of stronger U. S. economic data. "People were kind of nervous about earnings coming into this quarter but numbers have shown so far strength in earnings," said King Lip, chief investment officer at Baker Avenue Asset Management in San Francisco. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks edged higher on Wednesday as IBM and other tech companies continued a trend of results that beat Wall Street’s expectations and propelled the market to a five-day advance. Internet search company Google Inc added to the advance, rising 5. 1 percent to $738. 65 a day after Google reported its core business outpaced expectations. Revenue was also higher than expected. International Business Machines Corp late Tuesday forecast better-than-anticipated 2013 results and also posted fourth-quarter earnings and revenue that beat expectations. . . .

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LONDON (Reuters) – European stocks edged toward 22 month highs on Wednesday, driven by upbeat corporate earnings, an easing in fears about the U. S. hitting its debt ceiling and a better outlook for the global economy. Strong investor confidence data from Germany, Japan’s plans to shore up the world’s third largest economy, and improving economic numbers this month from the world’s top two economies, the U. S. and China, have all cheered investors. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Bank and commodity shares led the benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 Index to a fresh five-year closing high on Tuesday on hopes that the global economy continues to mend. Travelers’ shares climbed after the insurer’s results and lifted the Dow Jones industrial average to a new five-year closing high. On Friday, both the Dow and the S&P 500 ended at five-year highs after the quarterly earnings season got off to a solid start. On Monday, the U. S. stock market was closed in observance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. , holiday. . . .

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks mostly edged up on Tuesday after ending last week at five-year highs, but gains were limited with investors showing caution as the earnings season picks up speed. Both the Dow and the Standard & Poor’s 500 closed at five-year highs on Friday, boosted by better-than-expected results in the early part of the earnings season. Although major companies have issued bullish statements, many investors remain wary that economic uncertainty in the fourth quarter dented earnings and revenues. . . .

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PARIS (Reuters) – Stock index futures pointed to a mixed open on Wall Street on Tuesday after Monday’s holiday. S&P 500 futures were up 0. 1 percent, Dow Jones futures down 0. 22 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures down 0. 21 percent at 1035 GMT. European shares fell in morning trade, with Germany’s blue-chip DAX among the laggards, dragged down by large futures trades and led by Deutsche Bank shares. Investors awaited a raft of company results on Tuesday from bellwethers such as CSX , DuPont , Google , IBM , Johnson & Johnson , Texas Instruments and Verizon . . . .

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TOKYO (Reuters) – The yen and Asian shares marked time on Tuesday as investors awaited the outcome of the Bank of Japan’s policy meeting, with expectations running high for bold monetary easing measures aimed at reflating the world’s third-largest economy. The MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0. 1 percent. The index was pulled down on Monday after briefly touching 17-1/2-month highs as Malaysian stocks suffered their biggest drop in 16 months on election risks. . . .

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