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22 hours ago ago from Private Equity Fund LLC
Citibank shares dropped 3.09 percent after Wednesday's stock sale raised $20.5 billion, but diluted stock value. Bank of America shares rose 0.59 percent. Wells Fargo & Co., which raised $12.3 billion Tuesday fared better, its share value up 0.7 percent. In midmorning trading, the Dow Jones industrial average lost 60.61 points, 0.58 percent, to 10,380.51. The Standard & Poor's 500 lost 0.61 percent, 6.73 points, to 1,102.45. The Nasdaq ...
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The turmoil began last week with the bail out of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. This raised hopes of a similar bail out of the Lehman Brothers. To say that investor’s were shocked when Lehman’s was not only denied a bailout, but filed for insolvency would be an understatement. Lehman’s collapse sent shockwaves throughout equity markets sparking a domino effect that knocked over Merrill Lynch, AIG and HBOS. Even the most seasoned investors had a ...
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19 hours ago ago from Kitsap Business and Economy
Dow now at 10,341, down 99 points. NEW YORK (AP) — A rising dollar and disappointing corporate forecasts pushed stocks lower and Treasurys higher on Thursday. Major stock indexes slid more than 1 percent, including the Dow Jones industrial average, which fell 120 points. The dollar jumped to a three-month high against the euro, a sign of risk-aversion in the market. Investor confidence was further sapped as a forecast from FedEx ...
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17 hours ago ago from Payday Loans
NEW YORK (Reuters) U.S. stocks fell on Thursday as a rebound in the dollar dampened appetite for risk, while a FedEx forecast weighed on transportation shares and a prominent analyst cut estimates for two major banks, compounding losses for financials shares. The dollar (.DXY) jumped 1.2 percent against a basket of currencies. In recent months. equities have risen sharply while the greenback dropped, as investors took advantage of the ...
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New Jobless Claims Up Again As Market Suffers From 'Fits And Starts'
23 hours ago ago from Huffington Post
WASHINGTON The number of newly laid off workers filing claims for unemployment benefits unexpectedly rose last week as the recovery of the nation's battered labor market proceeds in fits and starts. The Labor Department said Thursday that the number of new jobless claims rose to 480,000 last week, up 7,000 from the previous week. That was a worse performance than the decline to 465,000 that economists had expected. The four-week average ...
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45 minutes ago ago from The New York Times
European stock markets rose Friday after encouraging German economic data. And on Wall Street, futures indexes pointed to a higher open ahead of what could be a volatile session as traders close out positions ahead of the Christmas and New Year holidays. The FTSE 100 index in London rose 52.49 points, or 1 percent, while the DAX in Frankfurt rose 39.73 points, or 0.7 percent. The CAC-40 in Paris was 20.27 points, or 0.5 percent, higher. ...
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