Beleaguered restaurant stocks grow appetizing

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Beleaguered restaurant stocks grow appetizing
Ron Paul , president of Technomic, a food industry research and consulting firm. "The companies could get the money, so they opened up the stores."Although major chains won't go out of business, they …

SEC short-selling ban on Fannie, Freddie to end (AP)

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SEC short-selling ban on Fannie, Freddie to end (AP)

The headquarters of mortgage lender Fannie Mae is shown in Washington in this file photo from October 3, 2006. (Jason Reed/Reuters)AP – A government order expires Tuesday that temporarily banned a certain kind of short-selling of the stocks of mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac and 17 large investment banks.


Treasury bonds rise, boosted by commodities slide

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Treasury bonds rise, boosted by commodities slide
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Treasury bonds rose Friday, sending yields sharply lower, as tumbling commodity prices eased worries about inflation and boosted expectations that the Federal Reserve will no…

Storms, stock markets lash ING Canada profit (Reuters)

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Storms, stock markets lash ING Canada profit (Reuters)
Reuters – Home and auto insurer ING Canada Inc said profit fell 42 percent in the second quarter as weak equity markets hurt investment gains and severe weather knocked underwriting income.

Beverage Stocks Lose Their Fizz

Posted by admin on August 7, 2008 under News | Be the First to Comment

Beverage Stocks Lose Their Fizz
Zacks.com reports that 43% of the 259 analysts covering PBJ holdings still rate them a "buy" or better. An erosion in this lingering bullish sentiment could pressure the beverage group steadily lower….

Subprime meltdown behind worst stock market slide since 2001-2002 (AFP)

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Subprime meltdown behind worst stock market slide since 2001-2002 (AFP)

Investors watch share prices outside the Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai. The collapse of the subprime mortgage market in the United States and the subsequent global financial crisis has provoked the sharpest fall on world stock markets since the end of the Internet bubble in 2001-2002(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP – The collapse of the subprime mortgage market in the United States and the subsequent global financial crisis has provoked the sharpest fall on world stock markets since the end of the Internet bubble in 2001-2002.


Bulls Back As Financial Stocks Recover

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Bulls Back As Financial Stocks Recover
According to a report by Capital Securities, most of the domestic stocks continue to recover from the lows seen over the last 12 months with financial sector, which is approaching its financial report…

Nasdaq second-quarter profit rises 81 percent (AP)

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Nasdaq second-quarter profit rises 81 percent (AP)
AP – Nasdaq OMX Group’s second-quarter earnings rose 81 percent from a year earlier as the company added market share.

Asian markets rally; Nikkei gains 287pts

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Asian markets rally; Nikkei gains 287pts
The Nikkei has rallied 287 points to 13,202. The Taiwan Weighted index has surged 141 points to 6,954. The Straits Times index has advanced 27 points to 2,887, and the Seoul Composite index added 33 …

Subprime meltdown behind worst stock market slide since 2001-2002 (AFP)

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Subprime meltdown behind worst stock market slide since 2001-2002 (AFP)

Investors watch share prices outside the Bombay Stock Exchange in Mumbai. The collapse of the subprime mortgage market in the United States and the subsequent global financial crisis has provoked the sharpest fall on world stock markets since the end of the Internet bubble in 2001-2002(AFP/File/Indranil Mukherjee)AFP – The collapse of the subprime mortgage market in the United States and the subsequent global financial crisis has provoked the sharpest fall on world stock markets since the end of the Internet bubble in 2001-2002.