| | U.S. Stocks Rise in S&P 500's Best 2nd Quarter Start Since 1938 |  Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:02 am by christinetank31 | By Michael Patterson and Elizabeth Stanton
April 1 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. stock market posted its best start to a second quarter in 70 years after Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. and UBS AG said they are raising $19 billion to replenish capital, spurring speculation that banks can weather further credit losses.
Lehman rose for the first time in seven days and UBS sparked a rally in E...
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| U.S. Stocks Advance Most in Five Years on Fed's Liquidity Plans | | Wed Mar 12, 2008 7:34 am by christinetank31 | By Eric Martin
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March 11 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks rallied the most in five years after the Federal Reserve said it will pump $200 billion into the financial system to shore up banks ba...
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| U.S. January Trade Deficit Rises 0.6%; Exports Gain (Update3) | | Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:14 pm by sandy2693 | By Shobhana Chandra
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March 11 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. trade deficit was smaller than forecast in January as a weaker dollar propelled gains in exports that will prevent a deeper economic...
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| Fed to Lend $200 Billion, Take on Mortgage Securities (Update3) | | Tue Mar 11, 2008 11:09 pm by sandy2693 | By Scott Lanman
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March 11 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve, struggling to contain a crisis of confidence in credit markets, plans to lend up to $200 billion in exchange for mortgage-backed...
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| U.S. Stocks Rally on Fed's Plan to Lend Up to $200 Billion | | Tue Mar 11, 2008 10:59 pm by sandy2693 | By Eric Martin
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March 11 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks rallied the most since January after the Federal Reserve announced plans to lend up to $200 billion to reinvigorate the financial syst...
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| FX – GBP/USD -, Equities – FTSE 100 Index | | Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:38 pm by christinetank31 | FX – GBP/USD
The combination of a broadly weak US dollar and the Bank of England’s decision to leave rates unchanged at 5.25 percent on March 6 allowed the GBP/USD pair to surge through the 2.00 level to hit a more than two month high of 2.0215 on Friday. However, resistance from the 200 SMA at 2.0131 and the psychologically important 2.02 level has kept the pair from surging signific...
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| GBP/USD Rally May Continue If UK PPI Highlights BoE's Inflation Problem | | Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:30 pm by christinetank31 | Written by Terri Belkas, Currency Analyst
Given the rapid gains in oil and other commodity prices, there are well-warranted concerns that global inflation will rise significantly. The prospect of increased price pressures only compounds the problems that the Bank of England already faces as they contend with mounting downside risks to growth and uncertainty surroundi... [ Full reading ] | | Comments: 1 |
| Politics dampers smoking-ban rally - Posted March 8, 2008 | | Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:25 pm by christinetank31 | By Amy Olson
For the Daily Tribune
Central Wisconsin residents who joined a rally Tuesday in Madison in favor of a statewide smoking ban said they were disappointed with some legislators' responses.
Lee Breezee of the Wood Count...
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| U.S. Stocks Drop on Unexpected Loss of Jobs; Energy Shares Fall | | Sat Mar 08, 2008 6:20 pm by christinetank31 | By Elizabeth Stanton
March 7 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks fell for a second day after the biggest drop in jobs since 2003 sent energy and mining companies lower, overshadowing an advance in banks spurred by a Federal Reserve plan to make more cash available to lenders.
Chevron Corp., Alcoa Inc. and Boeing Co. led declines that sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average below 12,000 for the...
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| Employment Falls At Fastest Pace In Almost Five Years [] | | Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:30 am by sandy2693 | 3/7/2008 9:32:25 AM Employment unexpectedly fell for the second consecutive month in February, according to a report released by the Labor Department on Friday, with employment falling at the fastest rate in almost five years.
The report showed that non-farm payroll employment fell by 63,000 jobs in February following a revised decrease of 22,000 jobs in January. The drop in employme...
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| GBP/USD: Sterling aims to a year-high | | Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:20 am by sandy2693 | Fri, Mar 7 2008, 08:23 GMT
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FXstreet.com (Barcelona) – Sterling rallied yesterday against the Dollar and in the words of Cornelius Luca, economist at Global Forex Trading, broke its medium-term top: “Sterling/dollar broke above the top of its medium-term trading range on its way to the highest level of the year. The strength was confirmed only by the break abov...
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| Goldman Pays $67.5 Million Each to Cohn, Winkelried (Update1) | | Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:14 am by sandy2693 | By Christine Harper
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March 7 (Bloomberg) -- Goldman Sachs Group Inc., the most profitable securities firm in Wall Street history, awarded $67.5 million each to Co-Presidents Gary Cohn an...
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| Carlyle Group Scorched by Mortgage Fund's Blowup (Update2) | | Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:10 am by sandy2693 | By Edward Evans
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March 7 (Bloomberg) -- The collapse of the subprime- mortgage market has engulfed Carlyle Group, the world's second- biggest leveraged-buyout firm by assets.
Car...
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| Fed Boosts Lending to Banks as Credit Rout Continues (Update5) | | Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:03 am by sandy2693 | By Craig Torres
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March 7 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve plans to increase its loans to banks this month to offset a deepening credit crisis threatening to tip the U.S. economy into a...
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| U.S. Economy: Payrolls Unexpectedly Decline for Second Month | | Sat Mar 08, 2008 12:00 am by sandy2693 | By Shobhana Chandra
March 7 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. unexpectedly lost jobs in February for the second consecutive month, adding to evidence the economy is in a recession.
Payrolls fell by 63,000, the most in five years, after a revised decline of 22,000 in January, the Labor Department said today in Washington. The jobless rate dropped to 4.8 percent, reflecting a shrinking labor fo...
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| Australia Increases Benchmark Rate to 12-Year High (Upate1) | | Tue Mar 04, 2008 12:06 pm by sandy2693 | March 4 (Bloomberg) -- Australia's central bank increased its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point for the second time in four weeks to the highest in almost 12 years to curb the fastest inflation since 1991.
Governor Glenn Stevens and his board raised the overnight cash rate target to 7.25 percent in Sydney today, as forecast by all 27 economists surveyed by Bloomberg New...
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| Intel Cuts Q1 Gross Margin Outlook On Lower Flash Memory Prices [INTC] | | Tue Mar 04, 2008 11:34 am by sandy2693 | 3/3/2008 7:35:02 PM Intel Corp. (INTC), the world's biggest chipmaker, said late Monday that it was lowering its first quarter gross margin forecast due to lower than expected prices for NAND flash memory chips.
The Santa Clara, California-based company said it now expects first quarter gross margin to be 54%, plus or minus a point, compared to the prior forecast of 56%, plus or minus...
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| GBP/USD - British Pound Dollar - updated analysis since 6 h | | Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:20 pm by sandy2693 |
updated analysis since 6 h
GBP/USD - British Pound Dollar
Short term (Intraday)
1,9859. GBP USD is in a range between 1,9785 and 1,9950. GBP USD moves without trend and swings around exponential moving averages (EMA 50 and 100). The volatility is l...
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| Tomkins Acquires A.E. Hydraulics Of Singapore; Terms Undisclosed [TKS] | | Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:13 pm by sandy2693 | 3/3/2008 6:20:55 AM Tomkins Plc (TKS, TOMK.L, TOMKF.PK) on Monday said it took over A.E. Hydraulics (Pte) Ltd., a Singapore-based provider of hydraulic and industrial hose solutions and services for the Asian oil exploration industry. Terms of the deal were, however, not disclosed.
The London, U.K.-based global engineering and machinery group Tomkins noted that the acquisition builds ...
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| International Ferro Metals Six-month Period Loss Narrows; Revenue Up; Sees Strong Ferrochrome Market [IFL.L] | | Mon Mar 03, 2008 8:09 pm by sandy2693 | 3/3/2008 6:38:59 AM Monday, International Ferro Metals Ltd. (IFL.L, ITFMF.PK) reported a narrower loss in the first six-month period, on strong demand for its ferrochrome. The revenue for the period increased on raising ferrochrome prices. The South African ferrochrome producer noted that the outlook for ferrochrome market remains strong.
International Ferro Metals reported that its s...
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