The Dow Jones lost 68.79 points, or 0.5 %, to 12,479.58.

NEW YORK: The Dow Jones closed down 3.3 at 11977.2.

NEW YORK: The Dow Jones closed down 2.5 at 11822.8.

NEW YORK: The Dow Jones closed down 23.5 at 11731.9.

NEW YORK: The Dow Jones closed down 37.3 at 11637.5.

NEW YORK: the Dow Jones closed down 22.6 at 11674.8.

NEW YORK: The Dow Jones closed down 7.3 at 11491.9.

NEW YORK: The Dow Jones closed down 2.4 at 11370.1.

NEW YORK: The Dow Jones closed down 25.0 at 11178.6.

NEW YORK: The Dow Jones closed down 19.1 at 10948.6.

NEW YORK: The Dow Jones closed down 76.9 at 10662.4.

NEW YORK: The Dow Jones closed down 7.4 at 10359.3.

NEW YORK: the Dow Jones closed down 122.4 points at 10136.6.

NEW YORK: The Dow Jones closed down 52.7 at 10836.1.

The Dow Jones closed up 155.9 points at 10584.0 last night.

Britain’s blue chip stocks reached a landmark today as the FTSE 100 Index recovered to the level seen before the collapse of US investment bank Lehman Brothers.

NEW YORK: the Dow Jones closed up 44.3 at 10291.3.

The Dow Jones finished up 83.74 points, or 0.9%, to 9,154.46 last night.

NEW YORK: The Dow Jones closed down 173.5 at 8300.0.

NEW YORK: The Dow Jones closed down 254.2 at 7522.0.

NEW YORK: the Dow Jones closed down 88.8 at 7182.1.

NEW YORK: The Dow Jones closed down 125.2 at 8,474.0.

NEW YORK: The Dow Jones closed down 42.2 at 11284.1.

NEW YORK: The Dow Jones closed up 29.9 at 11632.4.

PIANO Star gave veteran trainer Michael Cunningham a timely pre-Galway boost when landing the 50,000 Ladbrokes Midlands National at Kilbeggan last night.

NEW YORK: The Dow Jones closed down 92.7 at 10962.5.

NEW YORK: The Dow Jones closed down 220.4 at 11842.7.

Rupert Murdoch is muscling in on software giant Microsoft’s takeover plans for internet search engine Yahoo, it was reported today.

NEW YORK: the Dow Jones closed down 192.1 points at 13359.6.

The Dow Jones closed down 211.1 points at 12799.0.

International media magnate Rupert Murdoch has sealed a deal to buy Wall Street Journal publisher Dow Jones & Co. for US$5bn (€3.7bn), ending a century of family ownership and adding a new crown jewel to his global media empire, News Corp.

Rupert Murdoch moved closer to owning the Wall Street Journal today as the News Corp media conglomerate signed off on the £2.5bn (€3.6bn) deal, according to US reports.

The family that controls Dow Jones & Co, publisher of The Wall Street Journal, said today it would consider a bid from media mogul Rupert Murdoch to buy the company, as well as other potential offers.

Wall Street bounded higher today, lifting the Nasdaq composite index well over 1% after profit reports from Yahoo and Sun Microsystems restored investors’ confidence in the tech sector.

Sir Rembrandt heads the list of 15 horses declared for the totesport Classic Chase at Warwick on Saturday.

Character Building put up a superb display of jumping to notch a smooth success in the Visit Warwick Artsmarket Here Sunday 10th December Beginners’ Chase.

NEW YORK: the Dow Jones closed down 39.4 at 11679.1.

NEW YORK: the Dow Jones closed up 19.9 at 11689.2.

NEW YORK: the Dow Jones closed down 5.2 at 11339.8.

DAVY RUSSELL, riding out of his skin, gave Portant Fella a typically confident drive to win the www.tramore-racecourse.com Hurdle at a packed Waterford track yesterday.

NEW YORK: the Dow Jones closed down 45.8 at 11173.6.

NEW YORK: the Dow Jones closed up 74.2 at 11199.9.

BARRACK BUSTER is fancied to lead her rivals a merry dance in the Ladbrokes' Midlands National at Kilbeggan this evening.

NEW YORK: the Dow Jones closed down 106.9 at 10739.4.