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Market Roundup – Las Vegas Sand Corp (NYSE:LVS), Bank of America (NYSE:BAC), Pfizer (NYSE:PFE), Intel (NASDAQ:INTC), Massey Energy (NYSE:MEE)
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 11:22am | 1250The Fed is releasing the minutes from its March meeting later this afternoon at 2 o’clock Eastern. Investors will then pour over the language used to describe the economy and, from this, determine whether the Fed plans to adjust interest rates in the future. As always when it comes to Bernake’s...
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Australia Raises Key Interest Rate to 4.25%
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 2:00am | 569G10 Advancers and Decliners vs USD JPY 0.31 GBP -0.39 CHF -0.40 EUR -0.40 The Reserve Bank of Australia this morning increased its benchmark interest rate to 4.25%, the fifth increase in as many as six meetings. AUDUSD was trading higher after the news and posted an...
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Australia Raises Key Interest Rate to 4.25%
Tuesday, April 6, 2010 - 2:00am | 569G10 Advancers and Decliners vs USD JPY 0.31 GBP -0.39 CHF -0.40 EUR -0.40 The Reserve Bank of Australia this morning increased its benchmark interest rate to 4.25%, the fifth increase in as many as six meetings. AUDUSD was trading higher after the news and posted an...
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US Plans To Fine Toyota $16.4M For Alleged Safety Violations
Monday, April 5, 2010 - 3:46pm | 20US plans to fine Toyota (NYSE: TM) $16.4 million for alleged safety violations
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Market Update – Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Citigroup (NYSE:C), Zales (NYSE:ZLC), Ford (NYSE:F)
Monday, April 5, 2010 - 11:33am | 1122Hope everyone enjoyed the holiday weekend! The market has reacted today to Friday’s positive job growth news by popping up early this morning, and the Dow continues to close in on 11,000. Pending home sales in America were also up for February, despite snowstorms shutting down much of the US...
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Market Update – Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Citigroup (NYSE:C), Zales (NYSE:ZLC), Ford (NYSE:F)
Monday, April 5, 2010 - 11:33am | 1122Hope everyone enjoyed the holiday weekend! The market has reacted today to Friday’s positive job growth news by popping up early this morning, and the Dow continues to close in on 11,000. Pending home sales in America were also up for February, despite snowstorms shutting down much of the US...
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Stock Market News for April 5, 2010 - Market News
Monday, April 5, 2010 - 9:15am | 465US stocks posted modest gains on the first trading day of the second quarter as better-than-expected reports on jobs and manufacturing gave investors reasons to cheer. However, the NASDAQ failed to keep pace with the broader market as technology issues showed weakness, dragged down by Research in...
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Cramer Names Certain Stocks That Should Be Banned From Trading
Monday, April 5, 2010 - 8:51am | 289According to Cramer, the listing of a stock on an exchange does not guarantee the underlying viability of the company. Cramer said that he can rattle off a few household names that are trading long after their expiration date had crossed. Jim mentioned that most of such companies continued to trade...
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Ford To Prepay $3 Billion Loan (F)
Friday, April 2, 2010 - 12:00am | 110Ford (NYSE: F) Chief Alan Mulally has said that the automaker is planning to ramp up the repayment of its debt. Mulally also expressed his confidence that the carmaker would be “solidly profitable” in 2011. He said, “So we can accelerate the repayment of the debt and improve the balance sheet. We...
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Toyota March Sales Up Sharply (TM)
Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 2:56pm | 107NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Toyota (NYSE:TM) U.S.A. on Thursday reported March sales results of 186,863 units, an increase of 35.3% over the same period last year. The company's Toyota division recorded March sales of 166,644 vehicles, an increase of 35.1% over the year-ago month, while Lexus reported...
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OptionsHouse Roundup: A Broad Market Rally and Heavy Options Activity in Ford (F) and Research in Motion (RIMM)
Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 2:20pm | 1819No April fool’s day pranks here as the broad market marches on higher. This rally is broad even when you look inside the indices; four stocks are up for every one that is down. All the major market indices rallied higher today after jobless claims fell 6,000 in the week ended March 27 to 439,000 (...
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Market Roundup (BA, NOC, RYAAY, F, DIS, AMZN, NWSA, AAPL)
Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 1:57pm | 364The Pentagon has extended its deadline for proposals to replace its aging aerial-refueling tanker fleet. This would provide some time to EADS to submit a rival bid to that of Boeing (NYSE: BA). EADS' partner Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) had withdrawn its proposal for the contract in March. Although...
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Market Updates – Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Ford (NYSE:F), Citigroup (NYSE:C), Prudential PLC (LON:PRU), American International Group (NYSE:AIG)
Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 12:13pm | 1046Today starts with some poor economic indicators, as construction spending is down for the month of March 0.3% more than the anticipated 1.0% decline. February construction spending has also been adjusted, and it’s estimated spending declined 1.4%, which is 0.8% more than initially reported last...
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Market Updates – Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Ford (NYSE:F), Citigroup (NYSE:C), Prudential PLC (LON:PRU), American International Group (NYSE:AIG)
Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 12:13pm | 1046Today starts with some poor economic indicators, as construction spending is down for the month of March 0.3% more than the anticipated 1.0% decline. February construction spending has also been adjusted, and it’s estimated spending declined 1.4%, which is 0.8% more than initially reported last...
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US Stock Futures Set To Recover
Thursday, April 1, 2010 - 9:10am | 290US stock futures rose today, driven by gains in Asia and Europe. While futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 50 points to 10847, those on the S&P 500 gained 4.9 points to 1170.1. Meanwhile, Nasdaq 100 futures added 3.25 points to 1959. The Asian and European markets rose with the...