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BOJ Bought No Bank-Held Stocks As Of Feb 23
, the first day it could have bought them since saying it would resume outright purchases of such shares, the central bank's latest account data showed Tuesday.
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Stanford CFO declines to cooperate in SEC Probe (Reuters)
Reuters – Stanford Financial Group’s Chief Financial Officer James Davis, accused with the company’s founder Allen Stanford of carrying out a $8 billion Ponzi scheme, has refused to cooperate in the investigation.
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Oil drops 9% as stocks slump, Iran says it won
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Crude-oil futures plunged more than 9% Monday, heading for their biggest one-session loss in nearly two months, as prices felt pressure from both falling stock prices and rek…
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Vivendi posts fourth-quarter loss (AP)
AP – French media and telecommunications giant Vivendi SA said Monday it made a loss in the fourth quarter as falling stock markets forced it to write down the value of its stake in film and television powerhouse NBC Universal.
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Market lower; Cellcom rises after report
TEL AVIV (MarketWatch) — Israel stocks declined on Monday, on weakness in Israel Chemicals, Teva Pharmaceuticals and sharp drops in banking and real estate.
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SEC accuses Idaho businessman of $40M fraud (AP)
AP – Federal regulators are accusing an Idaho businessman of conning at least $40 million from investors and using the money to make credit card payments, pay for snowmobiles and a mansion in Idaho Falls.
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STOCKS NEWS UK SMALL-Trinity Mirror falls following downgrades
STOCKS NEWS Reuters Results diary Europe Real-time Equity News UK Stocks on the move UK smallcaps 11:42GMT 02Mar2009-Trinity Mirror falls following downgrades —————————————–…
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How the Dow Jones industrials fared Friday (AP)
AP – Wall Street ended another unforgiving month with a steep loss after a spate of downbeat news unsettled investors.
Posted by admin on March 2, 2009 under News |
Pick stocks based on fundamentals
In the short term, the markets will be primarily driven by news (global as well as local), and as a result, could be quite volatile. However, analysts are optimistic on the long-term (4-6 quarters …
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SEC accuses Stanford of Madoff-type scam (AFP)
AFP – The US financial regulator has accused Texas financier Allen Stanford of committing a multi-billion-dollar fraud like that of Wall Street swindler Bernard Madoff, documents showed Saturday.