1. Although Argentine stocks rebounded Wednesday, the financial markets have plummeted in recent days and short-term interest rates have spiraled, sending officials scrambling to allay investor concerns. 2. Among decliners, Loews Corp., suffered from investor concern that legal threats to Lorillard tobacco division could stymie profit growth. 3. Analysts attribute this to investor concerns about competition from Internet retailers. 4. Analysts blamed continuing investor concern about recent news of questionable accounting practices. 5. Analysts said the announcement renewed investor concern that other tech companies might not be able to offset domestic revenue weakness with European sales. 6. And if the yen continues its decline, that could also fuel investor concern that Asian currencies in general will keep tumbling. 7. Analysts said this trading pattern comes from investor concern about the long-term profitability of technology stocks. 8. Argentine stocks fell to a seven-day low amid investor concern the government will delay the reform of archaic labor laws until after congressional elections in October. 9. Archer Daniels tried to address investor concerns earlier this year, adding outside directors to the board and cutting the number of insiders to just Chief Executive Dwayne Andreas. 10. Argentine Brady bonds declined on investor concern that new Economy Minister Roque Fernandez would let the peso weaken, traders said. |