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WASHINGTON (CNNMoney.com) -- The top cop tracking the government's $700 billion bailout program said Tuesday that he has opened 20 criminal investigations and six audits into whether tax dollars are being pilfered or wasted.Neil Barofsky, the special i...
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Saudi stock market surges to five-month high - [stock]
2009-04-21 | Tag:Saudi stock market surges five-month
SAUDI ARABIA. Saudi stocks rose to the highest level in five months Saturday, led by Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), the world’s largest chemical maker, and by quarterly profit results at banks, after US stocks gained for a sixth consecutive week....
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What cutting $100 million really means
Obama directed his cabinet to cut $100 million in spending. That's a start. But it won't move the needle on the country's real budget problem.
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By Walter Hamilton | Los Angeles Times
NEW YORK — The stock market's six-week rally ran smack into the head winds of a still-weak economy.Share prices skidded Monday on concern that consumer-loan losses stemming from the soft housing and employment... -
Benjamin Edwards III, 1931-2009: Led brokerage firm's growth
Led St. Louis company A.G. Edwards to national prominence, huge growth
By Jim Salter | Associated Press
April 21, 2009
ST. LOUIS — Benjamin Edwards III, who presided over A.G. E... -
How to deal with the stock market - [stock]
2009-04-21 | Tag:stock market personal experience
How to deal with the stock market - personal experience
My own initial experience with the stock market was a disaster where I lost quite a bit of my hard earned money. But i was fascinated by the entire concept, and by the stories that i got to rea... -
For those who may be skeptical about the veracity of the stress test report above, be reminded that only last Sunday, April 12, this radio network obtained and published a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Memo outlining their concerns that returni...
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LEAKED! Bank Stress Test Reults !
The Turner Radio Network has obtained "stress test" results for the top 19 Banks in the USA.The stress tests were conducted to determine how well, if at all, the top 19 banks in the USA could withstand fur... -
Strong home sales over the weekend helped bolster property companies, sending Hong Kong shares higher Monday, but traders said the market rally may not be sustained after its recent run-up. The blue-chip Hang Seng Index rose 149.64 points, or 1%,...
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Recent Market Articles
Small western Nebraska school wins Stock Market Game [Omaha World-Herald, Neb.]
04/19/2009 3:13 AM ET
LINN Energy, LLC (LINE) Chief Executive Officer to Ring The NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell
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Russian stock market hits year record following - [stock]
2009-04-19 | Tag:Russian stock market hits year
Russian stock market hits year record following reporting from Citigroup and GE
The Russian Stock Market on Friday posted gains and hit a new height for 2009 following improving foreign trends after the release of Citigroup and GE's ... -
great penny stocks - [stock]
2009-04-19 | Tag:great penny stocks
Penny Stocks is very great as well. Lack of information to perform technical analysis, financial instability of the companies and scam artists all make penny a The idea of investing in young, rapidly growing green has great appeal because it can be so ...
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U.S. stocks face earnings onslaught
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks, battered and bleeding just two months ago, are back in fighting form and, increasingly, setting the pace for other markets looking for signs that the economy and financi... -
Saudi stock market surges to five-month high - [stock]
2009-04-19 | Tag:Saudi stock market surges five-month
SAUDI ARABIA. Saudi stocks rose to the highest level in five months Saturday, led by Saudi Basic Industries Corp (SABIC), the world’s largest chemical maker, and by quarterly profit results at banks, after US stocks gained for a sixth consecutive week....
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TORONTO - Stock markets closed sharply higher yesterday as good news from U.S. banks raised hopes the financial sector is recovering.
Toronto's S&P/TSX composite index closed up 97.26 points to 9,343.37.The spring rally on markets, now in its si... -
Stock market seesaws after earnings reports - [stock]
2009-04-18 | Tag:seesaws after earnings reports
Stock market seesaws after earnings reports from Citigroup, GE, beat analysts' estimates
by The Republican Newsroom Friday April 17, 2009, 1:18 PM
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Mean Street: The Susan Boyle Stock Market - [stock]
2009-04-18 | Tag:Stock Market
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By Evan Newmark
In life, it’s all a matter of expectations.If you doubt that, I urge you to check out the inspirational YouTube video of Susan Boyle, the Scottish singing phenomenon that’s attracting millions of Internet viewers.... -
Amid stock market rebound, GE sings cautious tune - [stock]
2009-04-18 | Tag:rebound sings cautious tune
By Scott Malone - AnalysisBOSTON (Reuters) - Judging by the 30 percent rebound in the Standard & Poor's 500 index since early last month, investors are ready for a prompt end to this global recession.But General Electric Co Chief Executive Jeff Imm...
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restart new stock issuance after reform: official - [stock]
2009-04-18 | Tag:stock issuance after official
PrintMailYao Gang, vice chairman of the China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC), said Friday that new stock issuance will restart for sure, but it should take place after relevant reform has been completed.Related readings:
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Tech financial stocks pull market higher - [stock]
2009-04-17 | Tag:Tech financial stocks pull market
Tech, financial stocks pull market higher By TIM PARADIS
AP Business Writer
NEW YORK (AP) -- Investors are growing more confident that the bruised economy is starting to heal.Stocks closed at their highest level in more than two months Thursday ... -
By Sami Peretz
It is still hard to predict whether the repeated lowering of interest rates by Bank of Israel Governor Stanley Fischer has contributed to increased employment and economic growth or to the reduction in the cost of c... -
How sustainable is the stock market bounce? - [stock]
2009-04-17 | Tag:stock market bounce How sustainable
Scarcely less impressive has been the bounce back in retailing stocks. The turning point here was the Marks & Spencer trading update, which was much better than generally anticipated. This may have had more to do with clever management of expec... -
Completes Acquisition of Bliss from Willis HRH - [stock]
2009-04-17 | Tag:Completes Acquisition Bliss Willis
Fortegra Financial Corporation, a leading insurance services company specializing in affinity marketing, payment protection, mass marketing and administration, today announced that it completed the acquisition of Bliss & Glennon, Inc., from W...
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Nikkei up but off highs, steel and techs surge - [stock]
2009-04-17 | Tag:Nikkei highs steel techs surge
By Elaine LiesSony Corp (6758.T) and other high-tech shares also jumped after Google Inc's (GOOG.O) quarterly profit topped expectations and world's top cellphone maker Nokia (NOK1V.HE) said it saw signs of stabilising demand. [ID:nN16272680] [ID:nLG18...
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Rosetta Stone rises 40% in stock market debut - [stock]
2009-04-17 | Tag:Rosetta Stone rises
Rosetta Stone, the language software provider, staged a stellar stock market debut on Thursday, its shares rising almost 40 per cent to become the best performing initial public offering in a year.Hopes have risen that the equity capital raising enviro...
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Weak retail sales report halts stock market rally - [stock]
2009-04-16 | Tag:retail sales report rally
WALL Street shifted into reverse yesterday after a surprisingly weak retail sales report punctured investors' optimism about the economy.The poor sales data, combined with a sharp drop in wholesale prices, came just as the corporate earnings season, us...
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Thai stock trading to resume Thursday, foreign selling not found - [stock]
2009-04-16 | Tag:stock Thursday selling found
BANGKOK, April 15 (Xinhua) -- Thai stock trading will resume on Thursday and selling orders of Thai stocks among foreign investors had not been discovered, Patreeya Benjapolchai, President of the Stock exchange of Thailand (SET... -
GRAINS-Corn up on stock market gains; soy wheat weak - [stock]
2009-04-16 | Tag:GRAINS-Corn stock market gains
* Corn futures higher on stock market strength
* Wheat down slightly as dollar crimps export demand
* Traders still focused on global economy
CHICAGO, Feb 18 - U.S. corn futures edged higher on Wednesday on spillo... -
COMMODITIES-Mostly up as investors take cue from stock market - [stock]
2009-04-16 | Tag:COMMODITIES-Mostly investors stock market
* Oil up 6 percent, following stock market rally
* Copper surges to 5-month highs
* RJ/CRB index up almost 2 percent
NEW YORK, April 9 - Commodity futures settled mostly higher on Thursday as investors took surgin... -
China's upbeat stock market brings more commission income to brokers in Q1 - [stock]
2009-04-16 | Tag:China stock market brokers
More than half of China's brokerage firms earned more than 100 million yuan (14.6 million U.S. dollars) of commission income each in the first quarter of this year because of the upbeat stock market performance in the first three months.
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