Stocks edge upward at openU.S. markets cautious ahead of key September employment report.NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Stocks rose cautiously early Thursday, a day ahead of the key September jobs report. The Dow Jones industrial average, the Nasdaq composite index and Standard & Poor's 500 index rose 0.2 percent. Among stocks in the news Thursday: Marriott (Charts, Fortune 500), Kraft Foods (Charts), Citigroup (Charts, Fortune 500), Merrill Lynch (Charts, Fortune 500), Countrywide Financial (Charts, Fortune 500) and Sprint Nextel (Charts, Fortune 500). |
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