Stock futures indicate lower start, Wal-Mart drops (Reuters)

RSS News User · 5th January 2006, 11:50 PM

<p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/business/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/markets_stocks_dc"><img src="http://us.news3.yimg.com/us.i2.yimg.com/p/nm/20060105/2006_01_05t070156_450x305_us_markets_stocks.jpg?x= 130&y=88&sig=.rsJNjG9uSpLiUTqlUHPNQ--" align="left" height="88" width="130" alt="Traders work on the floor of New York Stock Exchange. U.S. stock futures were indicating a mixed opening on Thursday ahead of jobless and non-manufacturing data later and non-farm payrolls on Friday. (Jeff Christensen/Reuters)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. stock futures pointed to a lower
market open on Thursday, as Wal-Mart Stores Inc.
reported a weaker-than-expected rise in December same-store
sales and forecast fourth-quarter profit near the low end of
its prior estimate.</p><br clear=all>

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