Bullish Blog

AP - Global stocks were steady Wednesday ahead of a raft of U.S. economic figures which will culminate in the key monthly jobs data at the end of the week, while the euro held on to recent gains on hopes Greece will get more help with its debts.

Reuters - A Securities and Exchange Commission employee invested in a company accused of preying on deaf people and misled fellow investors into thinking their money was safe despite an SEC probe.

Reuters - A Securities and Exchange Commission employee invested in a company accused of preying on deaf people and misled fellow investors into thinking their money was safe despite an SEC probe.

AP - GREECE DEAL: Greece may be nearing a deal to get another package of financial aid from its neighbors in Europe. Germany may back off its push for an early restructuring of Greece’s debt, a shift that would help Greece get more aid.

AP - New hopes for a deal to prevent Greece from defaulting on its debts led the stock market to end a down month on an up note Tuesday. An unexpected drop in consumers’ confidence in the U.S. economy kept the gains in check. The stock market finished broadly higher. All 10 industries that make up the Standard and Poor’s 500 index rose.

AP - A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Tuesday:

AFP - Stocks closed higher on Tuesday, on hopes of a second international bailout for Greece.

AP - That screeching sound you heard in May? That was the stock market.

Reuters - Wall Street bulls took the upper hand with a 1 percent rally on Tuesday as hopes for a new plan to deal with Greece’s debt crisis relieved some investor worry, but grim economic data suggested more hurdles ahead as the S&P 500 closed out its worst month since August.

AP - European stocks rose Tuesday on hopes that a new aid deal for Greece would keep the country from defaulting on its debts, and as falling unemployment in Germany underlined the strength of the eurozone’s largest economy.