Market Gawk

United States Market and Economy

April 11th, 2007

Dow’s winning streak ends

Stocks slumped Wednesday after the minutes from the last Federal Reserve policy meeting seemed to exacerbate bets that the central bank is unlikely to cut interest rates anytime soon.

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April 11th, 2007

Indian Villagers Protest Posco Plant

The South Korean steel giant wants to build a plant in the eastern Indian state of Orissa.

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April 11th, 2007

Subprime Drag Worse Than Expected

The National Realtors Association lowered its outlook for home sales this year.

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April 11th, 2007

Alcoa (AA) After Earnings, Citi (C) Regroups, and Target (TGT) Punished for Hitting the Mark

A daily feature available on SchaeffersResearch.com is ”Behind the Headlines.” Every day, we’ll focus on the day’s action of newsworthy stocks that are generating a lot of attention…(Read More)

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April 11th, 2007

Stocks Slump In Early Trade

Stocks traded lower early Wednesday, pulling back after their recent gains.

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April 11th, 2007

Manor Care Surges On Buyout Expectations

The company said it has hired JPMorgan and traders responded by aggressively buying shares.

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April 11th, 2007

Dollar Treads Water Ahead Of FOMC Minutes (Daily FX)

Dollar traders were looking forward to the first viable market-moving economic event for the week. After grinding through two sessions of questionable liquidity and geopolitical-driven price action, today?s FOMC minutes promises to clarify the central bank?s reasoning behind heating up their inflation warning while ignoring the topical issues of heightened volatility in financial market and sub-prime defaults.

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April 11th, 2007

Nebraska Slaughterhouse Faces Fines (AP)

Four months after beef from a Hastings slaughterhouse was rejected in South Korea over fears of mad cow disease, the slaughterhouse owner faces $180,900 in fines related to 37 alleged safety and health violations.

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April 11th, 2007

Bernanke: Current Hedge Fund System OK (AP)

The current market-based system is the best way to regulate the trillion-dollar hedge fund industry although improvements can be made, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said Wednesday.

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April 11th, 2007

Layoffs Central to Citigroup’s (C) Plan

As I reported yesterday, Citigroup (C), the U.S.’s largest bank, was slated to announce its highly anticipated (especially by slightly disgruntled shareholders) restructuring plan this morning…(Read More)

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