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More mixed signals on the economy and earnings reports are sending stocks lower in early trading.

Bank of America Corp. and Citigroup Inc. became the latest banks to report big second-quarter profits on Friday, but both showed continued weakness in loan portfolios. General Electric Co. beat earnings forecasts but its revenues came up short. Those reports followed mixed results from tech giants Google Inc. and IBM Corp. late Thursday.

Investors have been keenly focused on earnings reports this week, hoping to find more concrete signs of life in the economy and validation that a huge rally in stocks this spring was justified.

Strong earnings from four of the largest U.S. banks have been encouraging, but there is still evidence that the recession's grip hasn't eased as much as hoped.

The slight dip in stocks comes after four-straight days of gains in the Dow Jones industrials and the Standard & Poor's 500 index. Going in to Friday's session, major market indicators are up about 7 percent for the week. The advance in stocks, however, has been jagged, with modest gains coming after big surges.

In early trading, the Dow fell 16.18, or 0.2 percent, to 8,695. The S&P 500 index fell 3.70, or 0.4 percent, at 937.04, while the Nasdaq composite index slipped 7.25, or 0.4 percent, to 1,877.78.

Yesterday’s Top Performing Small Cap stock:

U.S. Geothermal, Inc. (AMEX: HTM) was a SmallCapVoice.com top performer closing up about 5% on trading volume 279,039 shares.

U.S. Geothermal Inc., a renewable energy company focused on the production of electricity from geothermal energy, owns and operates geothermal power plants at Raft River, Idaho and San Emidio, Nevada, and is developing the Neal Hot Springs project in Oregon.

Today’s SmallCapVoice.com Hot Stock to Watch:

Green Star Alternative Energy, Inc. (Pink Sheets: GSAE)

GWS stands for GreenWindSolar. We are a renewable energy technology company developing and marketing solar and wind-powered renewable energy products and solutions. Our products and solutions are part of the new microgeneration movement that is transforming the way businesses and consumers provide for their energy needs. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.

A New Audio Interview Featuring Richard Reincke of GWS Technologies, Inc., is now at SmallCapVoice.com. The interview can be heard at http://smallcapvoice.com/blog/7-13-09-audio-interview-with-gws-technologies-inc-otcbb-gwsc/.

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