Archive for 2009

C:NYSE: Citigroup Marshall & Ilsley End 2009 as Biggest S&P 500 Losers

Citigroup Inc (C:NYSE)., Marshall & Ilsley Corp. and Huntington Bancshares Inc. ended 2009 with the biggest drops in the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index,...

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Stocks Retreat to Finish Best Year Since 2003; Oil Advances

U.S. stocks fell, trimming thebiggest annual gain since 2003, and Treasuries slid as anunexpected drop in jobless claims added to evidence the FederalReserve may...

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Doctorow Albee Protest 11-Year Sentence for Chinese Writer Liu

Edward Albee, E.L. Doctorow andother prominent writers demanded the release of jailed Chinesewriter Liu Xiaobo at a rally today in front of New York’s mainpublic...

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Goldman Makes ‘Call of Decade’ by Promoting BRICs Chart of Day

Goldman Sachs Group Inc.’s forecastthat Brazil, Russia, India and China would eventually eclipsethe Group of Seven countries economically has been described...

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Peru Prices Rise at Slowest Pace in More Than 2 Years

Peru’s consumer prices rose at theslowest annual pace in more than two years in December as costsfor cereals, rice and other food staples declined. Prices...

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US mulling Japanese participation in F-35 fighter

The United States is considering allowing Japan to take part in a multinational project to develop the F-35 next-generation stealth fighter, a press report said...

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O’s day of reckoning

It's showtime, folks! Today's the deadline President Obama imposed on Iran's leaders to give up their nuclear ambitions and be nice. Not sure if the...

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Ban commits himself to climate change, poverty next year

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon Thursday said he will focus on addressing climate change, poverty and regional conflicts next year. “As U.N. secretary general,...

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Israel says Iran nuclear plant immune to conventional strike

Israeli Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Monday that Iran's recently diclosed second uranium enrichment plant is “immune” to conventional bombing....

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Rudy’s lesson for Barack

It's been two decades since New York City was held hostage to violent crime — murder especially. All that's changed, and therein lies a lesson for...

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Happy New Year!

Here’s wishing you a magnificent 2010! May you have a wonderful year full of fun, laughter and joy, and may the performance of your investment portfolio exceed...

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Picture du Jour: Goodbye to the “zeros decade”

As we wave goodbye to the “zeros decade”, Chart of the Day highlighted the price performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Index for each decade since...

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