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  • Beware of shadow banks - opinion

    The Shadow, the hero of a 1930s radio show, could see the evil lurking in the hearts of men. Unfortunately, consumers can't always see the trouble lurking in another kind of shadow -- the shadow bank -- until it's too ...

  • Stocks claw back from steep losses

    U.S. stocks recovered from steep declines Thursday to end only modestly lower as investors discounted concerns about the Federal Reserve curtailing its bond buying ...

  • NEW YORK – Der Dow Jones Industrial hat am Donnerstag

    hat am Donnerstag seine anfnglichen Verlusten nahezu vollstndig eingedmmt. berraschend starke Daten vom US-Immobilienmarkt sorgten fr eine Stimmungsaufhellung, nachdem zum Handelsstart vor allem schwache Wirtschaftsdaten aus China belastet hatten. Der US-Leitindex, der tags zuvor noch auf ein Rekordhoch bei rund 15.542 Punkten gestiegen war, ging mit minus 0,08 Prozent bei 15.294,50 Punkten ...

  • US stocks end slightly lower

    US stocks have finished slightly lower, little-affected by a sharp selloff in Asian and European markets led by the 7.3 per cent plunge of Japan's Nikkei 225 ...

  • U.S. stocks end modestly lower H-P shares soar

    NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks fell modestly on Thursday, but finished well off their lowest intraday levels after upbeat U.S. economic reports and gains for Hewlett-Packard Co. countered worries about the Federal Reserve potentially tapering its bond-buying program. The S&P 500 ...


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Swordfish

The four college-age guys who sat in front of me in the theater watching Swordfish loved it--or at least certain parts of it. I could tell which parts they loved most because they would rock back and forth in their chairs, pumping their fists, barely suppressing a yelp of exultation. ...

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  • US STOCKS-Wall St sags but ends off session lows HP hits 52-wk high

    Thu May 23, 2013 4:29pm EDT * HP jumps after raising 2013 outlook; stock touches 52-week high * Encouraging economic data help stocks retreat from lows * Investors fret about timing of Fed stimulus pullback * Dow off 0.1 pct; S&P off 0.3 pct; Nasdaq off 0.1 pct By Angela Moon NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks slipped on Thursday but finished sharply off their session lows as a rally in ...

  • NYSE says to spin off not sell Euronext

    View Photo Logo of the NYSE Euronext taken on May 23, 2013 at the NYSE Euronext office in Paris. NYSE Euronext with spin off European stock exchange group Euronext via an initial public offer rather than sell it following its merger with InterContinentalExchange (ICE), a senior executive said ...

  • US STOCKS-HP supports Dow limits SPs loss in choppy trade

    Thu May 23, 2013 3:31pm EDT * HP jumps after raising 2013 outlook * Encouraging economic data help stocks retreat from lows * Investors fret about timing of Fed stimulus pullback * Dow flat; S&P 500 off 0.2 pct; Nasdaq off 0.1 pct By Angela Moon NEW YORK, May 23 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks edged down on Thursday but rebounded sharply from their session lows as a rally in Hewlett-Packard's shares ...

  • US STOCKS SNAPSHOT - Dow Nasdaq edge up in choppy trading

    NEW YORK | Thu May 23, 2013 2:59pm EDT NEW YORK May 23 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks hit session highs in a volatile session on Thursday with the Dow industrials posting a second straight swing of more than 160 points as investors digest the Federal Reserve's evolving policy stance. The Dow Jones industrial average rose 20.81 points or 0.14 percent, to 15,327.98, the S&P 500 lost 1.98 ...

  • Is bond bubble losing air

    amount of bonds the Fed buys each month within "a few meetings," while minutes from the Fed's latest policy meeting showed that some central bank members were willing to dial down the Fed's bond-buying program as soon as June. "We can call Bernanke the Hamlet Fed chairman," said Jonathan Lewis, chief investment officer at Samson Capital Advisors. "He is ...

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