Dow Sits Under 11,000 As Markets End The Week Flat

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S&P 500 and Nasdaq both close up with fractional gains; DOW misses the 11,000 mark, down fractionally.

Crude oil closed down fractionally for the day at $63.90 a barrel.

Gold rallies to close at highest level since January 1981.  Gold rose $16 an ounce over this week.

The SEC launches a formal probe, investigating IBM's earnings reports and expenses for stock options.  IBM closed down .4%.

AIG to spend more than $1billion to settle accounting investigations.  AIG closed down 3%.

Stocks On The Move

HCA (HCA | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Sees Q4 EPS Above Estimates, Lifts FY05 EPS Outlook; Reiterates FY06 (full story).

Tyson (TSN | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Foods Plans To Close Two Facilities In Iowa, To Invest Above $30 Mln In Expanded Bacon Production (full story).

Learning Tree (LTRE | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Posts Breakeven Per Share For Q4; Revenues Decline 2% (full story).

GM (GE | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Takes The Road To North American Recovery (full story).

Tyco (TYC | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) To Split Into Three Companies; Cuts Q1 Outlook (full story).

Lucent (LU | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Cuts FY06 Revenue Forecast On Lower Sales In U.S. And China; Names Frank D'Amelio As COO (full story).

Pfizer (PFE | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) To Acquire Worldwide Rights Of Diabetes Insulin Exubera From Sanofi-Aventis For $1.3 Bln (full story).

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