NEW YORK - U.S. stocks headed for a narrowly mixed open Friday ahead of a handful of important corporate earnings reports and a day after the Dow Jones industrial average closed above the 14,000 mark for the first time.
Stock futures showed modest moves ahead of quarterly results from Citigroup Inc. and Caterpillar Inc., components of the Dow Jones industrial average. Boston Scientific Corp. and Wachovia Corp. are also expected to weigh in.
Technology shares could see weakness after a strong run Thursday. Google Inc. after the closing bell Thursday turned in a second-quarter profit that fell short of Wall Street's high expectations. In addition, Microsoft Corp. …
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