Blue chip lowers long-term growth targets
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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Coca-Cola Co. said Thursday it anticipates weakness in several key markets in 2005 and lowered long-term targets for both volume and operating income growth.
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Morgan Stanley on Friday cut its forecast for retail sales growth in 2008, saying that the current "turmoil" in the credit markets will lead to declines in consumer wealth and available credit as well as more modest job growth in the U.S.
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Soft drink giant Coca-Cola Co. KO.N,  stung by a prolonged downturn in North America, Germany and  other major markets, on Thursday lowered its key long-term  earnings and sales targets.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks ended lower on  Wednesday after news that China intends to curb overheated  growth in its airline sector hurt airplane manufacturer Boeing  Co. <BA.N and oil prices climbed back above $43 a barrel.
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Blue-chip stocks ended flat on Wednesday after trimming steep losses late in the session amid speculation the Federal Reserve may act to cut the discount rate. The Nasdaq and S&P 500 ended lower but well off their worst levels of the day.
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Soft drink giant Coca-Cola Co. KO.N,  stung by a prolonged downturn in North America and other  markets, announced on Thursday that it was lowering key   long-term earnings and sales targets.
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U.S. technology shares tumbled on  Friday after Intel Corp. INTC.O, the world's No. 1 chip  maker, slashed its revenue forecast, but blue chips were only  moderately lower as drug and industrial stocks gained.
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UK blue chips closed lower as Wall Street remained weaker with the banking sector heavily hit, as Northern Rock dropped sharply again.
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U.S. blue chips were flat on Monday  after a report showing an unexpected drop in November  construction spending offset a drop in oil prices, while a  brokerage downgrade of Sun Microsystems SUNW.O hurt Nasdaq.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks fell  on  Thursday to nearly a five-week low as crude oil touched $49 a  barrel, close to the record set last month, and a key gauge of  future economic activity fell for a third straight month.
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Blue chips closed lower off highs as Wall Street remained lower with interest rate sensitive sectors such as retailers bearing the brunt of the falls with a disappointing update from DSG International helping to weigh down the FTSE 100.
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Credit Suisse First Boston lowered estimates for Analog Devices (nyse: ADI - news - people ) after the maker of integrated circuits provided disappointing guidance.
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Blue chips closed lower after Wall Street fell back in reaction to stronger crude prices.
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U.S. technology stocks fell in light  trading on Thursday after a brokerage cut its forecast for the  semiconductor industry, while blue chips were flat as a  continued drop in oil prices eased investor worries.
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UK blue-chips closed lower Monday, on the final half-day's trading of the year, with year-end window-dressing the only real activity as volumes stayed low.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks closed lower in  thin trade  on Thursday after data gave a mixed picture of the  U.S. economy and steel shares fell as investors worried that  slowing demand from China could depress prices.
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U.S. blue-chip stocks fell  on  Thursday to nearly a five-week low as crude oil flirted with  last month's record high and a key gauge of future economic  activity fell for a third straight month.