Stocks dip ahead of quarterly reports Stocks churned Monday afternoon after an early rally failed to gain traction ahead of a slew of quarterly financial reports coming this week. With less than 60 minutes left in the session, the 30-share Dow Jones industrial average was down 0.6% while the broader Standard & Poor's 500 index was off 0.4%. The tech-heavy Nasdaq composite shed 0.4%. "In the next few days there are lots of earnings and that will be a big impetus," said Harry Clark, founder and chief executive of Clark Capital Managem... 7/21/2008 12:00:00 PM News & Issues - Business/Financial News
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