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Today’s Market Winners and Losers

Posted: July 18, 2012 at 11:00 am

As investors brace for Wednesday's congressional testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, the stock market is up modestly. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 0.38%, the Nasdaq is up 0.86% ...
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Big Jump in Mortgage Applications

Posted: July 18, 2012 at 7:26 am

The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) reported this morning that mortgage applications for last week increased by a seasonally adjusted 16.9% from the previous week. The unadjusted increase jumped by 46%. ...
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Today’s Market Winners and Losers

Posted: July 17, 2012 at 10:42 am

Stocks are down Tuesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.10%, the Nasdaq down 0.26% and the S&p 500 down 0.13%. Tuesday's big winners were an advertising company potentially ...
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Corruption and Mismanagement See Much of the U.S. Without Power

Posted: July 16, 2012 at 6:08 pm

Amidst record-high temperatures and a very anti-climactic 4th of July, power outages have left millions without air-conditioning and even water in rural areas where households rely on electric pumps. At ...
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The Ethanol Paradox: Higher Prices on Lower Demand

Posted: July 16, 2012 at 11:27 am

Hot, dry weather in the nation’s main corn-growing region have pushed corn prices to nearly $7.80/bushel this morning, a level not reached since last September. About 40% of the US ...
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Rising Citizen Journalism Poses Ethical Questions

Posted: July 16, 2012 at 11:01 am

Increasingly, eyewitnesses who find themselves caught in some tragedy are recording their experiences and posting their videos online. And more and more news organizations are incorporating user-generated content into their ...
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Today’s Market Winners and Losers

Posted: July 16, 2012 at 10:59 am

Stocks are down midday Monday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.30%, the Nasdaq down 0.22% and the S&P 500 down 0.15%. Today's big winners are two pharmaceutical companies, with ...
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Today’s Best Market Rumors (7/16/2012) GlaxoSmithKline Buys Human Genome Sciences

Posted: July 16, 2012 at 8:59 am

Updated throughout the day on the 24/7 Wall St. Wire: GlaxoSmithKline (NYSE: GSK) will buy Human Genome Sciences (NASDAQ: HGSI) for $2.8 billion. (Reuters) The Justic Department and HSBC (NYSE: ...
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Today’s Market Winners and Losers

Posted: July 13, 2012 at 10:44 am

The stock markets losing streak may soon be snapped. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 1.21%, the Nasdaq is up 0.98% and the S&P 500 is up 1.13%. Today's big ...
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Bridgepoint Tanks on Accreditation Review

Posted: July 13, 2012 at 10:33 am

Shares of Bridgepoint Education Inc. (NYSE: BPI) are collapsing today following the company’s disclosure that the for-profit school’s accrediting agency has asked for a report from Bridgepoint’s Ashford University, which ...
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Today’s Market Winners and Losers

Posted: July 12, 2012 at 11:06 am

The market is down Thursday over concerns on China's GDP growth, which could not be offset by a drop in jobless benefit applications. The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down ...
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Underwater Mortgages Decline in First Quarter

Posted: July 12, 2012 at 10:44 am

Research firm CoreLogic (NYSE: CLGX) reported today that both the number and total value of residential properties with negative equity declined in the first quarter of the year. As a ...
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Today’s Market Winners and Losers

Posted: July 11, 2012 at 10:43 am

The broader stock market is down slightly Wednesday, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average down 0.35%, the Nasdaq down 0.26% and the S&P 500 down 0.02%. Today's winner was a ...
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Boeing Adds Another Big Order

Posted: July 10, 2012 at 12:17 pm

Boeing Co. (NYSE: BA) announced another big order for its 737 MAX aircraft. The airplane leasing division of General Electric Co. (NYSE: GE) has ordered 75 of the 737 MAX ...
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Today’s Market Winners and Losers

Posted: July 10, 2012 at 11:40 am

Stocks are mixed today, with the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 0.11%,  the Nasdaq down 0.43% and the S&P 500 down 0.18% as of late morning. The big trading ...
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