11.   Stocks edged lower Tuesday as investors and traders focused on the impasse over the budget and the partial shutdown of the federal government in an otherwise dull trading session.

12.   Stocks Mixed on Profit Concerns The Nasdaq market slumped while blue-chip stocks edged up on concern about corporate profits.

13.   Stocks edged up, and the dollar was lower against other major foreign currencies.

14.   TECHNOLOGY SHARES EDGE HIGHER Technology stocks edged up, but the broad market fell.

15.   Stocks edged higher Monday as cautious investors waited for reports on retail sales and consumer prices.

16.   The stock edged up slightly in after-hours trading.

17.   When the government released a revision Wednesday morning that was slightly better than expected, stocks edged higher on the news.

18.   Blue chip stocks edged higher in early trading Monday, lifted by bank earnings that beat expectations despite the economic slowdown and malaise on Wall Street.

19.   Blue chip and tech stocks edged higher on optimism the Fed would either cut interest rates or indicate that such cuts were on the way.

20.   Blue chip stocks edged higher in early trading Monday despite a lukewarm reaction to some better than expected banking earnings.