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Markets closed up on Wall Street today:A Dow A +1.01%,A S&P A +1.11%,A Nasdaq A +1.18%,A OilA -0.02%,A Gold A -0.80%. On the commodities front,A Oil A declined to $90.79 a barrel.

Research in Motion shares plunged more than 11 percent after the closing bell. The BlackBerry maker announced it hired JPMorgan and RBC Capital Markets to review the company's business and financial performance.

NEW YORK Stocks opened higher on Wall street Tuesday on optimism that China will take action to reverse the recent slowdown in its economic growth.

U.S. stocks rose, after the first weekly gain since April in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, amid data showing stabilization in the housing market and after Greek opinion polls eased concern the country will leave the euro.

U.S. stock-index futures advanced as Greece's pro-bailout New Democracy party came top in opinion polls before next month's election, boosting speculation the nation can implement austerity measures and keep the euro.

Christine Breves is chief procurement officer for Alcoa's Global Business Services.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is trading down 14.0 points at 12,515 as of Friday, May 25, 2012, 9:35 a.m. ET.

Patience is the best Apple play Buying in tranches instead of drawing a line in the sand with each trade.A a Apple's biggest supplier: Google Stocks are severely oversold Massive oversold conditions indicate that this short-term rally should be able to carry further.

The Bonneville Power Administration has given the Alcoa Intalco Works aluminum smelter west of Ferndale a 35-day extension on its electricity supply contract, just three days before its existing contract was scheduled to expire.

Argentina's Tgestiona was awarded gold-level status on Wednesday as part of ASQ's International Team Excellence Award Process for implementing quality tools to improve the company's image and the service it provides to customers.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, down nearly 200 points at the start of the session, fell 6.66 points to 12,496.15. The Nasdaq Composite Index rose 11.04 points to 2,850.12 and the S&P 500 Stock Index gained 2.23 points to 1,318.86. Investors were initially concerned about discussions Greece would leave the European Union.

Among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Wednesday are: Ares Capital Corp, Alcatel Lucent, FreightCar America, Jive Software, Ares Capital Corp stock surged 5.68 percent to $16.00 in pre-market session.

U.S. stocks closed mostly flat on Tuesday after volatilility late in the session, with weakness in materials and energy shares offsetting strength in financials.

Alcoa , Pittsburgh, has broken ground on a greenfield aluminum lithium facility in Lafayette, Ind.

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Alcoa Inc. has broken ground on a $90 million facility in Lafayette, Ind., that will produce state-of-the-art aluminum lithium.

The Standard & Poor's 500 Index dropped a fourth day, the longest decline in a month, as concern Greece's debt crisis is worsening offset better-than-estimated reports on U.S. housing starts and industrial production.

's stock had its "neutral" rating reaffirmed by Zacks in a report released on Wednesday.

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