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Stocks set back at the openU.S. markets in decline after earnings warnings in retail, tech sectors.NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Earnings warnings from the retail and tech sector plagued U.S. stocks at the start of trading Thursday. The Nasdaq composite index eased 0.4 percent, as did the Dow Jones industrial average. The Standard & Poor's 500 index was 0.2 percent lower. Among stocks in the news Thursday:J.C. Penney (Charts, Fortune 500), Applied Materials (Charts, Fortune 500), Kraft Foods (Charts), Williams-Sonoma (Charts), Barclays (Charts) and Pitney Bowes (Charts, Fortune 500). |
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