GM Moves Thousands Of Jobs From Spring Hill To Michigan - WTVF
SPRING HILL, Tenn. - For more than 20 years General Motors was the driving force behind much of Middle Tennessee’s growth. In 2009, government bailouts, bankruptcy and company restructuring took a toll. The day before Thanksgiving, GM closed most of
Source: www.newschannel5.com

Chip maker Broadcom settles stock-option backdating lawsuit - San Jose Mercury News
The lawsuit alleged that Broadcom engaged in backdating, which involves retroactively setting a stock option’s exercise price to a low point fraud and other charges and dismissed a Securities and Exchange Commission civil action.
Source: www.mercurynews.com

Broadcom to settle options backdating lawsuit forS$160.5M - Computerworld
incurred by the Class,” said Gary King, attorney general for the state of New Mexico, in a statement. The New Mexico State Investment Council, represented by King’s office, was the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit. Claims against Broadcom and its
Source: www.computerworld.com

GM Moves Thousands Of Jobs From Spring Hill To Michigan - WTVF
SPRING HILL, Tenn. - For more than 20 years General Motors was the driving force behind much of Middle Tennessee’s growth. In 2009, government bailouts, bankruptcy and company restructuring took a toll. The day before Thanksgiving, GM closed most of
Source: www.newschannel5.com

Chip maker Broadcom settles stock-option backdating lawsuit - San Jose Mercury News
The lawsuit alleged that Broadcom engaged in backdating, which involves retroactively setting a stock option’s exercise price to a low point fraud and other charges and dismissed a Securities and Exchange Commission civil action.
Source: www.mercurynews.com

Broadcom to settle options backdating lawsuit forS$160.5M - Computerworld
incurred by the Class,” said Gary King, attorney general for the state of New Mexico, in a statement. The New Mexico State Investment Council, represented by King’s office, was the lead plaintiff in the lawsuit. Claims against Broadcom and its
Source: www.computerworld.com

MARKET SNAPSHOT: Wall Street Gets Early Jump On Christmas Gifts - CNN Money
U.S. stocks climbed Thursday as weekly jobless claims fell more than expected and materials companies were boosted by rising metals futures. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) was up 37 points, or 0.4%, at 10,504 at last check. If the measure

Futures Pare Gains Despite Jobless Claims - Wall Street Journal
Year-to-date, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has gained 1772.12 points, or 20.2%, the biggest yearly point and percentage gains since 2003. In other markets, the dollar rose against the yen, but fell against the euro. Oil futures and gold futures

MARKET SNAPSHOT: Wall Street Gets Early Jump On Christmas Gifts - CNN Money
U.S. stocks climbed Thursday as weekly jobless claims fell more than expected and materials companies were boosted by rising metals futures. The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJI) was up 37 points, or 0.4%, at 10,504 at last check. If the measure

Futures Pare Gains Despite Jobless Claims - Wall Street Journal
Year-to-date, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has gained 1772.12 points, or 20.2%, the biggest yearly point and percentage gains since 2003. In other markets, the dollar rose against the yen, but fell against the euro. Oil futures and gold futures

DJ CME Livestock Review:Cattle Complex Ends 2009 On A High Note - Investors Business Daily
CHICAGO, Dec 31, 2009 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) — Bolstered by surprisingly strong cash cattle returns, December and February Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle on the last trading day of the year ended at their highest levels in
Source: www.investors.com

China Direct Industries Reports Financial Results for the Nine - MSN Money
For the nine month transition period from January 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009 (the “2009 transition period”), revenue was $68.6 million. Revenue from continuing operations improved to $28.5 million in the three month period ended September 30, 2009
Source: news.moneycentral.msn.com

Archive for May 2005 - The Spokesman-Review
Gov. Dirk Kempthorne, business leaders and state commerce officials couldn’t say enough good things today about their just-concluded two-week trade mission to Asia. The governor led a delegation of 23 Idaho companies and organizations, and made
Source: www.spokesman.com

Dollar gains, stocks slip as year ends with bang - The Malaysian Insider
NEW YORK, Jan 1 — The dollar gained yesterday but world stocks edged lower as a number of equity markets posted their best annual performance in years in anticipation of recovery from the worst recession since the 1930s. Many commodities, stocks
Source: www.themalaysianinsider.com

Penny Stock Picks Delivering Investment Returns from Small Cap Stock - Transworld News
For penny stocks investors looking to uncover promising penny stocks the free stock newsletter provided by StockPickss.com provides a host of stock alerts that offer the potential for high-yield gains. The financial website StockPickss.com is now
Source: www.transworldnews.com

DJ CME Livestock Review:Cattle Complex Ends 2009 On A High Note - Investors Business Daily
CHICAGO, Dec 31, 2009 (Dow Jones Commodities News via Comtex) — Bolstered by surprisingly strong cash cattle returns, December and February Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle on the last trading day of the year ended at their highest levels in
Source: www.investors.com

China Direct Industries Reports Financial Results for the Nine - MSN Money
For the nine month transition period from January 1, 2009 to September 30, 2009 (the “2009 transition period”), revenue was $68.6 million. Revenue from continuing operations improved to $28.5 million in the three month period ended September 30, 2009
Source: news.moneycentral.msn.com

Archive for May 2005 - The Spokesman-Review
Gov. Dirk Kempthorne, business leaders and state commerce officials couldn’t say enough good things today about their just-concluded two-week trade mission to Asia. The governor led a delegation of 23 Idaho companies and organizations, and made
Source: www.spokesman.com

Dollar gains, stocks slip as year ends with bang - The Malaysian Insider
NEW YORK, Jan 1 — The dollar gained yesterday but world stocks edged lower as a number of equity markets posted their best annual performance in years in anticipation of recovery from the worst recession since the 1930s. Many commodities, stocks
Source: www.themalaysianinsider.com

Penny Stock Picks Delivering Investment Returns from Small Cap Stock - Transworld News
For penny stocks investors looking to uncover promising penny stocks the free stock newsletter provided by StockPickss.com provides a host of stock alerts that offer the potential for high-yield gains. The financial website StockPickss.com is now
Source: www.transworldnews.com

Which Index is the Most Important to Watch? - Safe Haven
- The DJI (Dow Industrials) has the big multi-national companies but only 30 stocks. - The S&P 500 has the broadest group of Sectors and is considered a good measure of the economy by big Institutional Investors. - The NASDAQ 100 is a nice mix of
Source: www.safehaven.com

Forex Strategy Outlook: Illiquid Markets May Produce Unexpected - Yahoo Finance
DailyFX+ System Trading Signals The past week has produced relatively mixed performance out of our most popular strategies, but it is worthwhile to note that Momentum2 has had several successful trades on the most recent US Dollar pullback. Whether
Source: biz.yahoo.com

FinSoul: Carbon trading to debut in South Korea as early as late 2010. - PRLog (free press release)
The carbon trading program, FinSoul understands, will see participating organizations being issued with emission permits, a right to emit a government set limit of greenhouse gas emissions and then being able to trade any remaining allowances for
Source: www.prlog.org

Which Index is the Most Important to Watch? - Safe Haven
- The DJI (Dow Industrials) has the big multi-national companies but only 30 stocks. - The S&P 500 has the broadest group of Sectors and is considered a good measure of the economy by big Institutional Investors. - The NASDAQ 100 is a nice mix of
Source: www.safehaven.com

Forex Strategy Outlook: Illiquid Markets May Produce Unexpected - Yahoo Finance
DailyFX+ System Trading Signals The past week has produced relatively mixed performance out of our most popular strategies, but it is worthwhile to note that Momentum2 has had several successful trades on the most recent US Dollar pullback. Whether
Source: biz.yahoo.com

FinSoul: Carbon trading to debut in South Korea as early as late 2010. - PRLog (free press release)
The carbon trading program, FinSoul understands, will see participating organizations being issued with emission permits, a right to emit a government set limit of greenhouse gas emissions and then being able to trade any remaining allowances for
Source: www.prlog.org

Gold price gains by 280% during 1999-2009 - Commodity Online
Thursday saw the US Dollar fall hard on the forex market, losing more than 3¢ to the British Pound and trading at worse than $1.44 to the European Euro – launched 10 years ago – little changed from the end of 2008. US government bonds fell as

Gold on sale as year ends - Commodity Online
The price of Gold dropped to a 3-session low at the start of London dealing on Wednesday, cutting its 2009 gains vs. the Dollar to 30% and losing 2.1% for the week so far. World stock markets fell together with government bonds. The US Dollar ticked

Gold price gains by 280% during 1999-2009 - Commodity Online
Thursday saw the US Dollar fall hard on the forex market, losing more than 3¢ to the British Pound and trading at worse than $1.44 to the European Euro – launched 10 years ago – little changed from the end of 2008. US government bonds fell as

Gold on sale as year ends - Commodity Online
The price of Gold dropped to a 3-session low at the start of London dealing on Wednesday, cutting its 2009 gains vs. the Dollar to 30% and losing 2.1% for the week so far. World stock markets fell together with government bonds. The US Dollar ticked

Treasury Pumping Another $3.8 Billlion into GMAC - Private Equity Hub
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. is injecting another $3.8 billion into GMAC Financial Services to help cover mortgage losses, in a bailout that makes the government the majority owner of the auto and home finance company. GMAC said after the capital

Trading Tools to Build Your Portfolio: Option Players Charge China BAK - Schaeffer’s Investment Research
In last week’s edition of Trading Tools, we took a gander at First Solar, Inc. (FSLR), thanks to a surge in call volume highlighted by the Schaeffer’s Most Active Options filter. Employing the same stock screener for today’s column, a different

Trucker YRC’s debt exchange succeeds, shares drop - Yahoo Finance
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (Reuters) - U.S. trucking giant YRC Worldwide (NasdaqGS: YRCW - News ) said on Thursday it averted bankruptcy by successfully negotiating a critical debt-for-equity exchange that wipes out $470 million in debt and gives the

Health Industry Execs Will Make A Bundle (MarketWatch) - Democratic Underground.com
BOSTON (MarketWatch) — From the boardrooms at the top of the big health-care companies, the future looks a lot brighter today than it did just a few months ago. Sure, the haggling over “health-care reform” isn’t finished just yet. The House and

A lot of major milestones in 2010 - Stockhouse
and high margins are well known prospects for those several banks who have flagged their interest and helps making NAU attractive as a potential loan customer. Op.ex My optimistic guess is USDm 50-100 in new equity to get Kaunisvaara fully

Thursday Options Update: YRCW, NOK & MDVN - Seekingalpha.com
YRC Worldwide ( YRCW ) – I was a little skeptical yesterday of the extreme pessimism that depicted the predictions from the options market surrounding the fate of trucking giant, YRC Worldwide. Investors stepped up to buy huge amounts of put option

Origin Agritech Ltd. Targeted by Year-End Profit Taking - Schaeffer’s Investment Research
Speculators swarmed Origin Agritech Ltd. (SEED) on Wednesday, with option volume jumping to roughly three times the expected level. During the course of the session, approximately 38,000 calls and 16,000 puts crossed the tape on this Beijing-based

Treasury Pumping Another $3.8 Billlion into GMAC - Private Equity Hub
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. is injecting another $3.8 billion into GMAC Financial Services to help cover mortgage losses, in a bailout that makes the government the majority owner of the auto and home finance company. GMAC said after the capital

Trading Tools to Build Your Portfolio: Option Players Charge China BAK - Schaeffer’s Investment Research
In last week’s edition of Trading Tools, we took a gander at First Solar, Inc. (FSLR), thanks to a surge in call volume highlighted by the Schaeffer’s Most Active Options filter. Employing the same stock screener for today’s column, a different

Trucker YRC’s debt exchange succeeds, shares drop - Yahoo Finance
OVERLAND PARK, Kansas (Reuters) - U.S. trucking giant YRC Worldwide (NasdaqGS: YRCW - News ) said on Thursday it averted bankruptcy by successfully negotiating a critical debt-for-equity exchange that wipes out $470 million in debt and gives the

Health Industry Execs Will Make A Bundle (MarketWatch) - Democratic Underground.com
BOSTON (MarketWatch) — From the boardrooms at the top of the big health-care companies, the future looks a lot brighter today than it did just a few months ago. Sure, the haggling over “health-care reform” isn’t finished just yet. The House and

A lot of major milestones in 2010 - Stockhouse
and high margins are well known prospects for those several banks who have flagged their interest and helps making NAU attractive as a potential loan customer. Op.ex My optimistic guess is USDm 50-100 in new equity to get Kaunisvaara fully

Thursday Options Update: YRCW, NOK & MDVN - Seekingalpha.com
YRC Worldwide ( YRCW ) – I was a little skeptical yesterday of the extreme pessimism that depicted the predictions from the options market surrounding the fate of trucking giant, YRC Worldwide. Investors stepped up to buy huge amounts of put option

Origin Agritech Ltd. Targeted by Year-End Profit Taking - Schaeffer’s Investment Research
Speculators swarmed Origin Agritech Ltd. (SEED) on Wednesday, with option volume jumping to roughly three times the expected level. During the course of the session, approximately 38,000 calls and 16,000 puts crossed the tape on this Beijing-based

Jobless claims fall unexpectedly as layoffs ease - Delaware Online
WASHINGTON — The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits dropped unexpectedly last week, a sign the job market is healing as the economy slowly recovers. New jobless claims have dropped steadily since September
Source: www.delawareonline.com

Jobless claims fall unexpectedly as layoffs ease - Delaware Online
WASHINGTON — The number of newly laid-off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits dropped unexpectedly last week, a sign the job market is healing as the economy slowly recovers. New jobless claims have dropped steadily since September
Source: www.delawareonline.com

Crude Oil Fluctuates as Heating Oil Climbs, Dollar Gains Against - Bloomberg
Dec. 29 (Bloomberg) — Crude oil fluctuated as heating oil rose to a two-month high on forecasts for cold weather in the U.S. and the dollar strengthened against the euro, reducing the appeal of commodities as an alternative investment. Oil touched a
Source: www.bloomberg.com

How the major stock indexes fared on Wednesday - Associated Press
Stocks ended the next-to-last day of 2009 little changed as welcome news on manufacturing helped offset a drop in commodities prices. The market drew support Wednesday from a gain in the Chicago Purchasing Managers Index, which signaled growth in
Source: hosted.ap.org

Commodities, banks drag European shares lower - Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - European shares fell by Wednesday midday, snapping a six-day winning streak in very thin trading, with commodity stocks tracking lower crude oil and metals prices and banking stocks reversing earlier gains. By 1124 GMT, the pan
Source: www.reuters.com

Futures higher ahead of housing, confidence data - WTOP
markets are also higher, while bonds and commodities are little changed. U.S. stock futures are slightly higher as investors await the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller October index of home prices. Later Tuesday, the Conference Board will release
Source: www.wtop.com

Stocks unfazed by commodities‘ drop - LoHud.com
The market drew support Wednesday from a key economic indicator that signaled growth in Midwest manufacturing for a third straight month. The Chicago Purchasing Managers Index rose to 60 in December from 56.1 in November. The report found that
Source: www.lohud.com

Australia leads Asia stocks as commodities gain - Yahoo Finance
TOKYO (Reuters) - Australian shares rose on Tuesday, helped by gains in oil and metals and by merger activity, but stock markets elsewhere in Asia lagged as year-end activity dwindled, and the dollar’s rally ran out of steam. Oil held below $79 a
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Crude Oil Fluctuates as Heating Oil Climbs, Dollar Gains Against - Bloomberg
Dec. 29 (Bloomberg) — Crude oil fluctuated as heating oil rose to a two-month high on forecasts for cold weather in the U.S. and the dollar strengthened against the euro, reducing the appeal of commodities as an alternative investment. Oil touched a
Source: www.bloomberg.com

How the major stock indexes fared on Wednesday - Associated Press
Stocks ended the next-to-last day of 2009 little changed as welcome news on manufacturing helped offset a drop in commodities prices. The market drew support Wednesday from a gain in the Chicago Purchasing Managers Index, which signaled growth in
Source: hosted.ap.org

Commodities, banks drag European shares lower - Reuters
LONDON (Reuters) - European shares fell by Wednesday midday, snapping a six-day winning streak in very thin trading, with commodity stocks tracking lower crude oil and metals prices and banking stocks reversing earlier gains. By 1124 GMT, the pan
Source: www.reuters.com

Futures higher ahead of housing, confidence data - WTOP
markets are also higher, while bonds and commodities are little changed. U.S. stock futures are slightly higher as investors await the Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller October index of home prices. Later Tuesday, the Conference Board will release
Source: www.wtop.com

Stocks unfazed by commodities’ drop - LoHud.com
The market drew support Wednesday from a key economic indicator that signaled growth in Midwest manufacturing for a third straight month. The Chicago Purchasing Managers Index rose to 60 in December from 56.1 in November. The report found that
Source: www.lohud.com

Australia leads Asia stocks as commodities gain - Yahoo Finance
TOKYO (Reuters) - Australian shares rose on Tuesday, helped by gains in oil and metals and by merger activity, but stock markets elsewhere in Asia lagged as year-end activity dwindled, and the dollar’s rally ran out of steam. Oil held below $79 a
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Pfizer Provides U.S. Regulatory Update On Prevnar 13(TM) Vaccine - StreetInsider.com
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Pfizer Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not yet completed its review of the Biologics License Application (BLA) for Prevnar 13(TM), (Pneumococcal 13-valent Conjugate Vaccine
Source: www.streetinsider.com

Pfizer Provides U.S. Regulatory Update On Prevnar 13 Vaccine - Yahoo Finance
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pfizer Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not yet completed its review of the Biologics License Application (BLA) for Prevnar 13™, (Pneumococcal 13-valent Conjugate Vaccine
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Pfizer Provides U.S. Regulatory Update On Prevnar 13™ Vaccine - MSN Money
Pfizer Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not yet completed its review of the Biologics License Application (BLA) for Prevnar 13™, (Pneumococcal 13-valent Conjugate Vaccine [Diphtheria CRM 197 Protein]), the
Source: news.moneycentral.msn.com

UPDATE 2-U.S. review of Pfizer vaccine not completed - Finanz Nachrichten
NEW YORK, Dec 30 (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have not yet completed their review of a more protective form of Pfizer Inc ’s big-selling Prevnar vaccine that fights pneumonia and meningitis, the drugmaker said on Wednesday. A decision by the U
Source: www.finanznachrichten.de

U.S. Review Of Pfizer Vaccine Not Completed - Post Chronicle
GlaxoSmithKline has a rival vaccine, called Synflorix, that is active against 10 strains. Synflorix is approved in Europe and some other markets, but not the United States. Glaxo has said it does not have plans at this time to seek approval in the
Source: www.postchronicle.com

Pfizer Provides U.S. Regulatory Update On Prevnar 13(TM) Vaccine - StreetInsider.com
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Pfizer Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not yet completed its review of the Biologics License Application (BLA) for Prevnar 13(TM), (Pneumococcal 13-valent Conjugate Vaccine
Source: www.streetinsider.com

Pfizer Provides U.S. Regulatory Update On Prevnar 13 Vaccine - Yahoo Finance
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Pfizer Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not yet completed its review of the Biologics License Application (BLA) for Prevnar 13™, (Pneumococcal 13-valent Conjugate Vaccine
Source: biz.yahoo.com

Pfizer Provides U.S. Regulatory Update On Prevnar 13™ Vaccine - MSN Money
Pfizer Inc. announced today that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has not yet completed its review of the Biologics License Application (BLA) for Prevnar 13™, (Pneumococcal 13-valent Conjugate Vaccine [Diphtheria CRM 197 Protein]), the
Source: news.moneycentral.msn.com

UPDATE 2-U.S. review of Pfizer vaccine not completed - Finanz Nachrichten
NEW YORK, Dec 30 (Reuters) - U.S. health regulators have not yet completed their review of a more protective form of Pfizer Inc ’s big-selling Prevnar vaccine that fights pneumonia and meningitis, the drugmaker said on Wednesday. A decision by the U
Source: www.finanznachrichten.de

U.S. Review Of Pfizer Vaccine Not Completed - Post Chronicle
GlaxoSmithKline has a rival vaccine, called Synflorix, that is active against 10 strains. Synflorix is approved in Europe and some other markets, but not the United States. Glaxo has said it does not have plans at this time to seek approval in the
Source: www.postchronicle.com

Eli Lilly & Co. heiress Ruth Lilly dies at 94 - The Sun News
In afternoon trading, shares of Incline Village, Calif Incyte retains codevelopment and copromotion options under the deal. INCB28050 is currently in a midstage study focused on rheumatoid arthritis. S.C. reaches settlement with company Eli Lilly

Romios Announces Closing of First Tranche of Financing - Yahoo Finance
Romios placed 8,883,329 flow-through units of the Company at a price of $0.15 per unit, for gross proceeds of $1,332,500. Each unit (a “FT Unit”) consisted of one flow-through common share of the Company and one-half (1/2) non flow-through share

Option Traders See Limited Downside in Real Estate - Seekingalpha.com
Seeing trends in options activity has led to many great trades for me, and while looking through my nightly data set I noticed that a number of REITs showed up as having the highest put/call ratios in the market yesterday. After some more digging I

After tough year, Dubai expats pack up, eye Asia - Reuters
HONG KONG (Reuters) - For lawyer Wilfred Goh, the sign it was time to leave Dubai came early in 2009, when the financial crisis took its toll, plunging the emirate’s main stock index down roughly 70 percent in a matter of months. After speaking to

What’s Up, What’s Down: Bonds Form a Double Bottom - Yahoo Finance
Rick Alexander has been a broker and analyst in the futures business for over thirty years. He is a Vice-President for Sales and Trading at the Zaner Group (zaner.com) a Chicago-based futures brokerage firm. Comments for Thursday, December 31, 2009

Eli Lilly & Co. heiress Ruth Lilly dies at 94 - The Sun News
In afternoon trading, shares of Incline Village, Calif Incyte retains codevelopment and copromotion options under the deal. INCB28050 is currently in a midstage study focused on rheumatoid arthritis. S.C. reaches settlement with company Eli Lilly

Romios Announces Closing of First Tranche of Financing - Yahoo Finance
Romios placed 8,883,329 flow-through units of the Company at a price of $0.15 per unit, for gross proceeds of $1,332,500. Each unit (a “FT Unit”) consisted of one flow-through common share of the Company and one-half (1/2) non flow-through share

Option Traders See Limited Downside in Real Estate - Seekingalpha.com
Seeing trends in options activity has led to many great trades for me, and while looking through my nightly data set I noticed that a number of REITs showed up as having the highest put/call ratios in the market yesterday. After some more digging I

After tough year, Dubai expats pack up, eye Asia - Reuters
HONG KONG (Reuters) - For lawyer Wilfred Goh, the sign it was time to leave Dubai came early in 2009, when the financial crisis took its toll, plunging the emirate’s main stock index down roughly 70 percent in a matter of months. After speaking to

What’s Up, What’s Down: Bonds Form a Double Bottom - Yahoo Finance
Rick Alexander has been a broker and analyst in the futures business for over thirty years. He is a Vice-President for Sales and Trading at the Zaner Group (zaner.com) a Chicago-based futures brokerage firm. Comments for Thursday, December 31, 2009