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Freeport shares fall as copper prices slides

Gold Trading — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 14:07:02 +0000

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Shares of miner Freeport McMoRan Copper and Gold Inc. fell 1.8% on Tuesday as copper futures prices dropped on active commodity markets.

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B. of A. to exit asset, debt guarantee programs

Gold Trading — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:30:56 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Bank of America Corp.

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Pfizer, Wyeth to divest some animal drug assets

Gold Trading — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 16:18:03 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Pfizer Inc. and Wyeth said late Monday they agreed to divest cetain animal health assets to Boehringer Ingelheim as a result of Pfizer’s pending acquisiiton of Wyeth. Financial terms were not disclosed.

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AMR shares slide on stock, note offering

Gold Trading — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:22:39 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — AMR Corp. , the parent company of American Airlines, said late Monday it plans to offer 30 million shares of common stock in a secondary offering along with $250 million in new notes for general corporate purposes

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U.S. stocks hit oil slick; Nasdaq ends higher

Gold Trading — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 15:15:21 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — U.S. stocks sank Monday, with the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average posting their biggest percentage losses since Sept. 1, weighed down by falling commodity prices and profit-taking after the past few weeks’ steep runs

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Equities version of commodity futures index starts

Gold Trading — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:29:58 +0000

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The Thomson Reuters/Jefferies CRB Global Commodity Equity Index Fund on Monday began trading on the New York Stock Exchange. The exchange-traded fund, designed to replicate the half-century-old CRB commodity futures Index , consists of 50 energy stocks, 35 agricultural stocks, 35 base metal stocks and 30 precious metals stocks. The index is “an alternative for investors looking for exposure to commodities without exposure to the commodities futures market,” said Art Hogan, chief market strategist, Jefferies & Co

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Moody’s may downgrade ING ratings on EC probe

Gold Trading — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:25:37 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Moody’s Investors Service said Monday it may downgrade various ratings of ING Groep NV because of a further probe by the European Commission of an Alt-A Back-up facility provided by the Dutch government. Moody’s has a C+ bank financial strength rating and a Aa3 long-term senior debt ratings on ING Bank NV, and an A1 senior debt rating on ING Groep.

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RBS says reported capital raising plan ‘tentative’

Gold Trading — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:16:38 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Royal Bank of Scotland said Monday it is currently in negotiations with the U.K. government to finalize a proposed capital raising plan, but that such a plan is tentative. RBS is reportedly considering selling up to 4 billion pounds, or about $6.5 billion, of B-shares to existing investors to lessen the government’s stake in the bank.

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California’s RANs may yield under 2%

Gold Trading — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:56:41 +0000

NEW YORK (Marketwatch) — Investors in California’s short-term debt sale this week are likely to garner yields under 2%, possibly making the deal unattractive for many advisers.

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Obama stumps for student loan bill in N.Y. speech

Gold Trading — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 11:32:16 +0000

WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — President Barack Obama on Monday pushed for Senate passage of a student-loan bill that would free up about $80 billion over 10 years for the White House’s education goals. The bill, passed by the House last week, would end a program subsidizing private lenders and make the government the sole provider of federally guaranteed college loans. “I look forward to winning this fight in the Senate, as we just have in the House, and signing this bill into law,” Obama said in a speech in Troy, N.Y

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