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Stock Splits

2009-07-08T19:25:00.001-07:00

While there are signs of stabilisation, including a recovery of stock markets, a decline in interest rate spreads, improved business and consumer confidence, the situation remains uncertain and significant risks remain to economic and financial ...

American Int'l (AIG) volume increases as sell off continues after 1-for-20 Reverse Stock Split American Int'l (NYSE: AIG) : American Int'l is recently down 79c ... This article: 56 words Date Published: Jul 8, 2009 01:26PM Why is this preview so ...

Jim Cramer Mad Money

2009-07-06T07:25:00.003-07:00

As the new chairman and CEO of Huntington Bankshares, Steve Steinour is on his second tour of banking duty in the Pittsburgh-area market. This time will be tougher. Steinour spent seven years as head of Citizens Bank, which sprang into Pittsburgh in ...

McDonalds Corporation (MCD, NYSE, 12-month range $45.79 $67.00) franchises and operates McDonalds restaurants, serving a value-priced menu at nearly 32,000 locations in 118 countries. Barrons recently reported that a combination of new ...

Stock Chart

2009-07-06T07:25:00.001-07:00

For the first time in months, the most heavily watched broad stock-market gauge doesn't have any concrete technical levels to drive the week's trading. Stuck halfway through its recent trading range, the bellwether Standard & Poor's 500 is likely to ...

Stock Brokers

2009-07-05T23:25:00.001-07:00

Extending its winning streak for the fourth session, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Monday regained 15,000-point level in opening trade on increased capital inflows from foreign funds, ahead of the Budget to be presented by Finance ...

Market regulator SEBI (Securities and Exchange Board of India) has warned 119 stock brokers on possible suspension or cancellation of their certificates due to default in payment of fees and sought their reply within 15 days to avoid the same. ``A ...

Stock Screener

2009-07-04T11:25:00.001-07:00

Sadly, there's no such thing as an ultimate buy signal when it comes to investing in stocks. Identifying companies with the wind at their backs takes time, patience, and a good dose of due diligence. There is, however, an easy way to increase your ...

Though value investors have been some of the most successful investors out there, finding good stocks at bargain prices is far from easy. Though markets aren't as efficient as some university professors may want to tell you, they generally do a ...

Graph Stocks

2009-07-03T11:25:00.001-07:00

Jack Hough, writing for Smart Money, addresses this question. He has the following graph, showing how much more the average college graduate makes per year vs. the average high school student. Hough then describes two case studies which compare ...

SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain (AP) -- It's no secret that overfishing has driven many tuna species including the iconic blue fin to the brink of extinction. But there is plenty of disagreement over what should be done about it. The European Commission thinks ...

Disney Stock

2009-07-02T19:25:00.001-07:00

In this theater publicity image released by Disney Theatrical Productions, Chelsea Morgan Stock, left, and Drew Seeley are shown in a scene from Disney's, "The Little Mermaid," in New York. (AP Photo/Disney Theatrical Productions, Joan Marcus) NEW ...

Best Stocks

2009-07-02T15:25:00.001-07:00

The New York Stock Exchange extended trading until 4:15 p.m. ET, so as to allow customers to put through orders that were impacted by system irregularities. The NYSE did not specify what the irregularities were. Stocks tumbled at the open and ...

Stocks Volatility

2009-06-30T23:25:00.001-07:00

BLUE BELL, Pa. - (Business Wire) Unisys Corporation (Unisys or the Company) (NYSE: UIS) announced today that it has commenced private exchange offers and consent solicitations in respect of its 6 7/8% Senior Notes due 2010 (the 2010 ...

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Stocks And Shares

2009-06-30T15:25:00.001-07:00

Investors are adding consumer confidence to their growing list of things to worry about. Stocks fell sharply Tuesday after a private research group said consumer confidence unexpectedly fell in June. Even with the slide, stocks ended the second ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks slid Tuesday as a surprising drop in a gauge of consumer confidence sparked caution about the economy's recovery prospects, hurting industrial, technology and energy shares. The drop in the Conference Board's measure ...

Stock Brokers

2009-06-30T03:25:00.001-07:00

Your stock broker or investment adviser could be a straight arrow, scouring the financial world for the very best products, but it's entirely likely they aren't. They could just as easily push you into "house" products that help them reap better ...

Stock Broker

2009-06-29T19:25:00.001-07:00

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Nasdaq Trades

2009-06-29T07:25:00.001-07:00

NEW YORK (AP) Investors are beginning a holiday-shortened week on cautious footing. U.S. stock futures are slightly higher amid mixed moves in overseas markets. Stocks in Asia were lower, while European markets advanced. Investors are pleased by ...

STOCKS were flat in early trade today with the strong local currency hampering gains in the resource sector, a Johannesburg-based equities trader said. The JSE all share index had edged up 0.16% with resources collecting 0.13%. Gold counters were 0 ...

Stock Portfolio

2009-06-28T19:25:00.001-07:00

Tailor-made advice and answers on Hong Kong equity market, industry and stocks, and stock portfolio; plus advice on macro economy, regional markets and bonds Ideal for mid to long-term investors who follow value investing principle and ...

A s stocks regain lost ground, financial planners say they're getting more calls from old and new clients asking much the same thing: Is it now time to dive back into the stock market? Some callers had bailed out of stocks last year in a panic and ...

Gold Stocks

2009-06-27T11:25:00.001-07:00

Precious metals like silver and gold have pulled back to support levels and trending sideways. This week will be interested as we watch prices bounce or breakdown. The energy sector looks be breaking down with more power as the bullish percent index ...

(RTTNews) - Despite a strong start to the session, stocks finished Friday's session on a mixed note. The day's trading was slowed by below average volume, which prompted largely limited movement in the equity markets. The major averages finished on ...

Jim Cramer

2009-06-27T03:25:00.001-07:00

On CNBC today, Jim Cramer had the gall to attack someone for saying things that aren't, in his mind at least, true. Because you shouldn't say things that aren't true! Prepare yourself for a ridiculous clip. "They just make it up," Cramer said. "I get ...

Mutual Funds

2009-06-26T19:25:00.001-07:00

NEW YORK (June 26) - Wall Street's spring rally has allowed many mutual funds to score an achievement that has eluded them throughout the credit crisis and recession: a winning quarter. The stock market rally that has lifted the Standard & Poor's 500 ...

The pain experienced by the "set it and forget it" faction of Americans saving for retirement got a hearing in the nation's capital last week as regulators, mutual fund industry representatives, employers, consultants and others took up the issue of ...

Online Stock Trading

2009-06-26T15:25:00.003-07:00

Stocks slipped Friday as the economic jitters that marked trading earlier in the week returned to the fore. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was recently off 48 points at 8424, marking a disappointing follow-up to its 173-point surge in the previous ...

Private sector lender Bank of Rajasthan (BoR) has entered into a strategic agreement with KARVY Stock Broking Ltd. (KSBL), one of leading stock broking companies in India, to offer online trading facility to bank customers. Following this tie-up ...

Nasdaq Tennis

2009-06-26T15:25:00.001-07:00

(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) BUYINS.NET, www.buyins.net, announced today its proprietary Market Maker Friction Factor Report for June 25, 2009. Since late October market makers are now required to be on the bid as much as they are on the ...

matches during the tournament. For the Italian team matches, RAI.IT is offering the same high-definition streams broadcast on TV to Web users on the RAI Web sites, thanks to Microsoft Internet Information Services 7.0 (IIS7) Live Smooth Streaming and ...

Toronto Stock Exchange

2009-06-25T23:25:00.001-07:00

TORONTO - Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. (TSX:FFH) said Thursday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has completed its investigation into the company and said it does not intend to recommend any enforcement action. "We were gratified to ...

Stock Market Quotes

2009-06-25T15:25:00.001-07:00

To read the full news release, go to www.stockprofiler.us, click the Headline Tab, enter the ticker symbol and click the news link. About SpongeTech Delivery Systems, Inc. SpongeTech Delivery Systems is a company which designs, produces, and markets ...

NEW YORK, June 25 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose sharply on Thursday after the latest Treasury auction garnered strong demand, pressuring bond yields, while consumer discretionary shares gained. The auction of $27 billion of 7-year notes completed this ...

Stocks Volatility

2009-06-24T07:25:00.001-07:00

BRUSSELS, June 24 (UPI) -- The EU and OPEC concluded their sixth meeting in Brussels to consider future trends in the energy sector as the world economy emerges from recession. Representatives from the European Union and Organization of Petroleum ...

Mutual Fund

2009-06-24T03:25:00.001-07:00

(Reuters) - American International Group Inc's ( AIG.N ) plans to sell its broker-dealer business, AIG Advisor Group, are facing hurdles, the New York Post said. Division CEO Arthur Tambaro in April said that AIG was in final discussions with a ...

HONG KONG, June 24 (Reuters) - Asian stocks bounced up on Wednesday from a one-month low hit the previous day while the dollar drifted, with investors bracing for a Federal Reserve decision and any signs the central bank is worried about the jump in ...

Stocks And Shares

2009-06-23T19:25:00.001-07:00

The two pharmaceutical companies have received requests from U.S. antitrust regulators for more information on their proposed merger. In addition, Merck launched a $4.25 billion four-part debt sale, said IFR, a Thomson Reuters service. Shares of ...

NEW YORK -- A surprisingly bleak forecast for the world economy sent stocks tumbling. Major stock indexes dropped more than 2 percent Monday after the World Bank estimated the global economy will shrink 2.9 percent in 2009. It previously predicted a ...

Stock Chart

2009-06-23T03:25:00.001-07:00

Some things never go out of style. That holds true in chart reading, where some price patterns have proved effective since the early days of the stock exchanges. Among such relics, the cup-with-handle base remains the most valuable pattern in the ...