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Markets opened a few ticks lower this morning after a poor report on new claims for unemployment benefits in the US (our coverage here). The report that pending home sales jumped 4.1% lit a fire...
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Markets opened higher this morning and after a decline in mid-morning moved higher and wobbled around modest gain to the beginning of the last hour of trading today. This morning’s report on...
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US equities opened strongly this morning and managed to maintain solid gains throughout the day. The in-line earnings report last night from Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) and higher commodity prices —...
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A New Bailout Fund. Rumors suggest that leading eurozone nations, particularly France and Germany, may have begun the process to create a large bailout fund for the financially weak nations in the...
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JCPenney (NYSE: JCP) bought the Liz Claiborne brand from Liz Claiborne (NYSE: LIZ), along with other, smaller brand assets. The deal did not excite anyone on Wall St. JCPenney traded flat at just...
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Active traders and day traders have many stocks to choose from this Wednesday morning. We are tracking news and  moves in shares of AAPL, Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Liz Clairborne, Inc. (NYSE: LIZ),...
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The world of boutique apparel and retailing apparel is a boom or bust business it seems. Many companies start out great but either missteps occur or the trends move away from the original focus of...
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From a high of more than $2/pound, cotton prices have tumbled to around $1/pound. The collapse is likely due to what analysts think will be a record cotton crop for this year. This could be welcome...
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Today’s commodities news reflects on the sharp drop in silver, continuing softness in cotton prices, and another fall in grain prices. The fall in silver prices immediately following the...
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Time now for our daily look at commodity prices and news. Swiss-based commodities trading house Glencore International AG is expected to conduct an IPO on the Hong Kong exchange around the end of...
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