FILE ** In this file photo of Sept. 2, 2008 Sam Wyly poses at his Explore book store in Aspen, Colo.  Famed Dallas billionaire investors Sam and Charles Wyly made $550 million in undisclosed profits through 13 years of insider trading in the shares of companies on whose boards they served, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit filed Thursday July 29, 2010 .(AP Photo/Ed Kosmicki,File)AP - Brothers Charles and Sam Wyly, born a year apart during the Great Depression, almost always have been joined at the hip.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks closed little changed on Friday, but Wall Street wrapped up its best month in a year after the earnings season rounded the final turn with a group of strong results that offset the impact of poor economic data.


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FILE ** In this file photo of Sept. 2, 2008 Sam Wyly poses at his Explore book store in Aspen, Colo.  Famed Dallas billionaire investors Sam and Charles Wyly made $550 million in undisclosed profits through 13 years of insider trading in the shares of companies on whose boards they served, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission lawsuit filed Thursday July 29, 2010 .(AP Photo/Ed Kosmicki,File)AP - Brothers Charles and Sam Wyly, born a year apart during the Great Depression, almost always have been joined at the hip.


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FILE - In this July 28, 2010 file photo specialist Donald Civitanova, left, and trader Maier Tarlow work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. Stock futures dropped Friday, July 30, as investors cautiously awaited the government's first reading on gross domestic product. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, filw)AP - Stocks had a fitting end to a choppy July as prices seesawed their way to a narrowly mixed finish. The market still had its best month in a year.


A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange July 28, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - U.S. stocks closed little changed on Friday, but Wall Street wrapped up its best month in a year after the earnings season rounded the final turn with a group of strong results that offset the impact of poor economic data.


NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks closed little changed on Friday, but Wall Street wrapped up its best month in a year after the earnings season rounded the final turn with a group of strong results that offset the impact of poor economic data.


President Barack Obama examines the car door during his tour of the Jefferson North Chrysler Plant in Detroit, Friday, July 30, 2010, where the Jeep Grand Cherokee is assembled. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - Chrysler Group LLC said Friday that it will add nearly 900 jobs at a factory in suburban Detroit and spare it from a planned closure. The decision is a show of optimism that consumers will embrace the company's refurbished midsize sedans.


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President Barack Obama gets behind the wheel of a new Chevy Volt during his tours of the General Motors Auto Plant in Hamtramck, Mich., Friday, July 30, 2010, where the Volt. an electric car is assembled. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)AP - General Motors said Friday that it is boosting production capacity for its new Chevrolet Volt due to strong public interest in the electric car that goes on sale this year.


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Shoppers and pedestrians walk past an extrance to Macy's Department Store in New York City, December 2009. US economic growth slowed dramatically to 2.4 percent in the second quarter of this year, the Commerce Department said Friday, prompting fears the recovery is losing steam.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Chris Hondros)AFP - US economic growth slowed dramatically to 2.4 percent in the second quarter of this year, the Commerce Department said Friday, stoking fears that the recovery is losing steam.


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AP - Arch Coal Inc. said Friday it reversed losses from a year ago during the second quarter, handily beating Wall Street's expectations on the strength of global markets and a nearly 40 percent jump in sales.
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