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STOCK, Shares, NYSE News, Aug 17, 2011

Hot Option Plays: Faire Du Yoyo
Daily Markets
FedEx (NYSE:FDX) shares lost $1.75 to $80.10 and have now tumbled nearly 19 percent off the 52-week highs set a little more than one month ago. Meanwhile, trading in FDX options was busy today. About 12000 calls and 10000 puts traded on the shipping ...
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What Should You Do With Your Retirement Savings?
Motley Fool
That's real savings that means higher profits for your shares. For anxious folks, cut down your investments in stocks and bonds, suggests Freeman. But beware: When the market swings back, you will lose money when you plunk your investments back into ...
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US STOCKS-Sarkozy, Merkel plan fails to inspire Wall St
Reuters
Merkel and Sarkozy said they would propose a tax on financial transactions, which hurt shares of exchange operators. Shares of NYSE Euronext (NYX.N) fell 8.4 percent to $26.54, making it the worst performer in the S&P 500. Shares of retailers Wal-Mart ...
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US stocks fall as Germany, France propose transaction tax
Danbury News Times
(AP Photo/Richard Drew) Photo: AP, Richard Drew / AP US stocks fell on Tuesday, following the biggest three-day rally since 2009, as German and French leaders proposed a financial-transaction tax and rejected selling euro bonds to halt a debt crisis ...
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US Stocks Snap Three-Day Winning Streak, Financials Slump
Wall Street Journal
NYSE Euronext--which runs stock and derivatives markets in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and Portugal--was the S&P 500's biggest decliner. The stock dropped $2.43, or 8.4%, to 26.54. IntercontinentalExchange shares dropped 5.21, or 4.5%, to 111.22. ...
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Market Focus with Tom Hudson
PBS Nightly Business Report
Among the financial stocks getting hit today, financial exchanges with business in Europe. The NYSEEuronext (NYSE: NYX) saw its shares fall more than 8 percent. The intercontinental exchange focuses on global commodities and derivatives. ...
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Stocks Snapped 3-Session Rally on EU Woes (AA, AAPL, ANR, AUY, BAC, BIDU, EP ...
TradersHuddle.com
Despite the pullback, the stock was able to close above its calculated resistance at $15.24. Also in the sector Alcoa (NYSE:AA), the aluminum producer, fell 2.39% to $12.26 per share, posting the second biggest percentage decline in the blue chip index ...
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Financial Transaction Tax for Europe?
CNBC.com
NYSE Euronext "This is a priority for us," France's Nicolas Sarkozy said in his press conference. What does he mean? A financial transaction tax — essentially a tax on trading in financial instruments (likely stocks, bonds, and futures) — would ...
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NBR Transcripts for August 16, 2011-Full Episode
PBS Nightly Business Report
HUDSON: We should point out while the CEO has been buying recently at $5, also buying in May when the stock was at $6. Cenveo (NYSE: CVO) is another one, CVO the symbol for this commercial printer, focusing on envelopes and labels, $4.25 is its share ...
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European Markets Stall Rally Again (NYSE:BHP) (NYSE:RIO) (NYSE:FXI) (NYSE:EWG)
Inthemoneystocks.com
Generally, when the popular and highly followed Chinese index is lower traders should watch for early weakness in many of the leading commodity stocks. Stocks such as Freeport McMoRan Inc.(NYSE:FCX), Cliffs Natural Resources Inc.(NYSE:CLF), ...
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Europe fears send stocks sliding
WalesOnline
But the volatile stock market could hurt wealthy shoppers' confidence. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note fell to 2.22 % from 2.31 % late on Monday as investors moved into things considered safer. A bond's yield falls when its price rises. ...
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Institutional investors remain overweight US Retail ahead of earnings
Data Explorers
Institutional investors have been less forgiving, having reduced holdings by 20% over the year but still own an impressive 27% of the company. The stock still has convertiblebonds in issue which inflates demand to borrow the shares.
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Data Explorers

Media Digest (8/16/2011) Reuters, WSJ, NYT, FT, Bloomberg
24/7 Wall St. (blog)
(NYT) The ECB bought 22 billion euros of bonds issued by governments in the region last week. (FT) Interpublic (NYSE: IPG) sells half of its Facebook stock. (FT) Samsung will try to prove that its Galaxy tablet should be allowed in Europe despite ...
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NYPC Announces Three New Clearing Members
Citybizlist (press release)
With approximately 8000 listed issues (excluding European Structured Products), NYSE Euronext's equities markets-the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE Euronext, NYSE Amex, NYSE Alternext andNYSE Arca-represent one-third of the world's equities trading, ...
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The close: Dow's winning streak ends at three
Globe and Mail (blog)
Stock exchanges were also hit after German and French leaders proposed raising taxes on financial transactions. NYSE Euronext Inc. fell 8.4 per cent. Dell Inc. rose 1.9 per cent, but reported disappointing financial results after the close of trading. ...
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What The Market Open Tells You
San Francisco Chronicle
Some trader may look at , which is a measure of NYSE stocks trading at their offer minus the stockstrading at their bid price. It is a good gauge of the number of stocks participating in a move, and extremely short-term changes in sentiment. ...
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Three 'Bullish' Data Points
Seeking Alpha
In the meantime, Buffett is looking to buy stocks -- oh, and apparently to sell Berkshire bonds too. Berkshire is reportedly taking advantage of record low rates and issuing bonds to raise dirt-cheap capital. For Buffett right now at least, ...
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U.S. Stocks Fall as Germany, France Propose Transaction Tax
San Francisco Chronicle
16 (Bloomberg) -- US stocks fell, following the biggest three-day rally since 2009, as German and French leaders proposed a financial-transaction tax and rejected selling euro bonds to halt a debt crisis threatening economic growth. NYSE Euronext and ...
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NYSE stocks posting largest volume decreases
CNBC.com
The shares remained unchanged at $13.45. Blackrock Florida Municipal Bond Trust : Approximately 400 shares changed hands, a 91.4 decrease from its 65-day average volume. The shares remained unchanged at $13.98. CPI Corp. : Approximately 14600 shares ...
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Wall Street Breakfast: Must-Know News
Seeking Alpha
Research firm Tabb Group estimates they made $60M in US stock exchanges on August 8, when the Dow closed down 5.5% and the NYSE composite volume saw its fourth-biggest trading day on record, and $40M-$56M on other days. ...
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Stocks, Euro Decline as Germany, France Propose Transaction Tax
BusinessWeek
16 (Bloomberg) -- US stocks fell for the first time in four days and the euro slid from a three-week high against the dollar as France and Germany said they will propose a financial transaction tax and rejected the sale of common European bonds. ...
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Stocks Rebound From Session Lows After Merkel, Sarkozy Disappoint
WCYB
The leaders also proposed a financial transaction tax, which sent shares of exchange operatorsNYSE Euronext and NASDAQ OMX Group down by 10% and 4%, respectively. Jillian Miller, an analyst at BMO Capital Markets, said those drops were perhaps a bit ...
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HK, PPDI, PHYS, UL, EM Hit New 52-Week Highs | Stock Market News
By Alex Fredricks
List of stocks who have just hit new 52-week highs as of Tuesday, August 16, 2011. Petrohawk Energy CP (NYSE:HK) hit a new 52 week high of $38.60 in intraday trading and closed at $38.53 +0.13% on 6466300 shares traded. ... The index tracks publicly traded municipal bonds that cover the US dollar denominated short-term tax exempt bond market, including state and. EL PASO Electric CO (NYSE:EE) hit a new 52 week high of $35.32 in intraday trading and closed at $34.99 +1.04% ...
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