Friday, October 7, 2011

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Stock indexes fall as investors pocket gains (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 09:06 AM PDT

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange October 4, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - The S&P 500 and Nasdaq fell on Friday as traders pocketed gains after encouraging U.S. economic data and on bets Europe will shore up its banking system.

Job gains ease recession fears but still weak (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:05 AM PDT

Reuters - Employers hired more workers than expected in September and job gains for the prior two months were revised higher, easing recession fears.

Germany, France split on bank aid before summit (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 09:10 AM PDT

French President Nicolas Sarkozy and German Chancellor Angela Merkel gesture as they address a news conference at the Chancellery in Berlin, June 17, 2011. REUTERS/Fabrizio Bensch/FilesReuters - Germany and France were split ahead of crucial talks on Sunday over how to strengthen shaky European banks and fight financial market contagion to prepare for a possible Greek default.

Former trader Emanuel Goffer sentenced to 3 years (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:45 AM PDT

Emanuel Goffer, one of the seven defendants in the Galleon insider trading case, leaves the Manhattan Federal Court after his arraignment in New York February 2, 2010. REUTERS/Jessica RinaldiReuters - A former securities trader was sentenced to three years in prison on Friday for insider trading in another victory for prosecutors in their probe of suspicious trading on Wall Street.

EU clears Microsoft's Skype acquisition (Reuters)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 08:57 AM PDT

Reuters - Microsoft secured EU approval on Friday to purchase internet voice and video service Skype for $8.5 billion, its biggest ever acquisition.

How the major stock indexes fared Thursday (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 02:38 PM PDT

AP - The Dow Jones industrial average rose by more than 100 points for a third straight day Thursday after U.S. retailers reported stronger September sales and the European Central Bank moved to support that region's lenders.

Insight: Deflating China's housing bubble (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 07:47 PM PDT

Reuters - As housing bubbles go, China's looks relatively benign.

Samsung says third-quarter to top consensus as phones boom (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 10:49 PM PDT

A man shops at a Samsung Electronics shop in Seoul July 29, 2011. REUTERS/Lee Jae-WonReuters - Samsung Electronics said its quarterly profit should top the most bullish market forecasts, with smartphones becoming its main profit engine despite intense competition from bigger rival Apple.

Finns release Somali terror suspect, hold another (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 07:46 AM PDT

AP - Finnish police have released a Somali woman arrested on suspicion of financing terrorism but are holding a Somali man as they further probe allegations that he recruited potential terrorists, authorities said Friday.

Ready to refinance? Here's how, if you qualify (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 02:04 PM PDT

AP - Mortgage rates have fallen to their lowest levels ever, making this a golden opportunity to refinance.

Merkel spells out how to bolster European banks (AP)

Posted: 07 Oct 2011 07:41 AM PDT

AP - German Chancellor Angela Merkel said Europe's banks should look first to raise money in the private sector before turning to governments to bolster their financial cushions against potential losses from the continent's sovereign debt crisis.

Retailers report solid gains for September (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 11:59 AM PDT

In this Sept. 29, 2011 photo, a woman and child leave a mall with purchases in Culver City, Calif. Americans shopped in September, but only when they thought they were getting a deal. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)AP - September offered the latest sign that Americans will shop, but only when they think they're getting a deal.

Judge sides with coal industry in EPA challenge (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 04:51 PM PDT

AP - The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency went too far when it began reviewing individual Clean Water Act permits on mountaintop mining operations, a federal judge ruled Thursday.

Amid anti-tax mood, Ark. cities raising taxes (AP)

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 06:33 PM PDT

In this photo taken Sept. 21, 2011, Mayor Ray Glover walks from the water-damaged police station and city building in Carlisle, Ark. City offices were moved to a temporary location after mold was discovered growing in the space in 2009. During the most powerful anti-tax climate in years, 16 communities in Arkansas, including Carlisle, have brought sales tax proposals to their voters so far this year, and 14 have passed. (AP Photo/Danny Johnston)AP - Like many residents in the central Arkansas town of Carlisle, James Dowdy doesn't like taxes. The 70-year-old retired farm equipment salesman complains about "tax and spend" government and said he vowed to never vote for a local tax increase after the last one he supported more than 25 years ago. But that was before cracks and potholes started eating away the town's streets and mold evicted the police from their station downtown.

New Ford Ranger truck launching outside North America (Reuters)

Posted: 06 Oct 2011 04:48 PM PDT

Reuters - Just as the Ranger rides into the sunset in the United States, the importance of Ford Motor Co's compact pickup truck is rising in the rest of the world.
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