The Standard Poor: Lord Taylor

Lord Taylor: The Dow Jones industrial average was down 63 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 15,495 shortly before noon Eastern Daylight Time Monday, according to Times Colonist. Saks rose 3 per cent to $15.86 after the luxury department store operator announced a deal to be acquired by the parent company of Lord Taylor for $2.4 billion and NEW YORK, N.Y. - Stocks are slipping in midday trading on Wall Street as a busy week for financial markets gets underway. The Standard Poor's 500 index fell eight points, or 0.5 per cent, to 1,683. The Nasdaq composite fell 16 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 3,596. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.