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STOCK, Shares, NYSE News, Aug 18, 2011


Exchanges Edgy on Europe's New Tax
Zacks.com
Yesterday, the shares of stock exchange giants such as NYSE Euronext Inc. (NYX - Analyst Report), NASDAQ OMX Group Inc. (NDAQ - Analyst Report) IntercontinentalExchange Inc. (ICE - Analyst Report) and more witnessed sharp declines as the leaders of ...
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Quick View: The devil in the Tobin tax detail
Financial Times
The immediate response was for investors to sell shares in groups that operate a trading platform in the region such as stock exchanges, inter-dealer brokers and contracts-for-difference providers.NYSE Euronext, the company to the UK's Liffe futures ...
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European shares slide as EU meeting disappoints
Reuters
DE), London Stock Exchange Group and NYSE Euronext shares traded in Paris fell up to 6 percent as Sarkozy and Merkel unveiled a plan to tax financial transactions. UBS analysts said the tax -- often known as a Tobin tax after economist James Tobin who ...
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This Defensive Stock Delivers Growth and a High Yield
StreetAuthority
These are great names that will work over time. But what if you could buy decent food brands with strong earnings per share (EPS) growth and pick up more than 100 basis points in yield? You can if you take look at B&G Foods (NYSE: BGS). ...
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US HOT STOCKS: NetApp, JDS Uniphase Active In Late Trading
Wall Street Journal
US stocks closed mixed Wednesday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 4.3 points to 11410 and the Standard & Poor's 500 added 1.1 points to 1194 but the Nasdaq Composite slid 12 points to 2511. Among the companies whose shares are actively ...
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US HOT STOCKS: Dell, Target, Blue Coat, First Solar
Wall Street Journal
US stocks traded lower Wednesday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average recently fell 33 points to 11373, the Standard & Poor's 500 slid 2.1 points to 1191 and the Nasdaq Composite lost 20 points to 2504. Among the companies whose shares are actively ...
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What's Behind the Rally in Bonds?
PBS Nightly Business Report
KRAMER: I still own Citigroup (NYSE: C). It`s going to be a much longer story. The same with the Morgan Stanleys and JPMorgans. But eventually this group is going to go from unloved to beloved, and we`re going to see it finally start to move. ...
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Most Stocks Fell, as Technology Slumped (AAPL, ANF, AXP, BAC, CAT, CRM, CSIQ ...
TradersHuddle.com
Consumer discretionary stocks were under pressure after participants reacted negatively to the earnings report from Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF). Concern over higher inflationary pressures impacting their bottom line, pushed shares of the specialty ...
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Bank of America look to rescue stock price with federal deal
Director of Finance online
Bank of America shares continue to underperform on Wall Street, yesterday shares closed 4.64% lower at 740. Elsewhere, world stocks ticked lower while top-rated government bonds rallied on Wednesday as investors grew concerned that French and German ...
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It's Time to Bail on Bank Stocks
Money Morning
That is, most bank stocks - including some of the weakest and least investment-worthy - have surged since my article's publication. Even following a lukewarm second quarter and last week's market meltdown, the top six banks - Citigroup Inc. (NYSE: C), ...
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Limited Brands Reports Second Quarter 2011 Earnings
Sacramento Bee
A non-taxable gain of $147.1 million, or $0.47 per share, and a pre-tax expense of $113.4 million, or $0.22 per share, related to the charitable contribution of all of the company's remaining shares of Express (NYSE: EXPR) to the Limited Brands ...
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Global Markets Overview 08/18/2011
International Business Times AU
Shares in London Stock Exchange Group PLC dropped 2.8%, Deutsche Boerse AG fell 5.8% and the Paris-listed shares of NYSE Euronext dropped 4.7%. Interdealer broker Icap PLC, which acts as a broker to financial institutions, was also hit by worries over ...
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International Business Times AU
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Wal-Mart, Home Depot, Agilent Technology ...
PR Newswire (press release)
Til then, stocks will likely remain quite volatile. The TJX Companies Inc. (NYSE: TJX) reported adjusted earnings of 90 cents per share for the second quarter ended July 30, 2011. This surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 89 cents and increased ...
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Dow ends higher, Nasdaq dragged lower by tech shares; SABMiller, Target in focus
Proactive Investors Australia
Foster's shareholders appear to expect the offer to improve; company shares closed at A$4.96 Wednesday in Sydney. Target Corp. (NYSE:TGT) shares traded up 2% on positive earnings news. For the quarter ending July 30, earnings rose 3.7% to $704 million. ...
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Income Investing with ETFs in a Low-Yield Environment
Investing Daily
SPDR S&P Dividend (NYSE: SDY) is another attractive option in a low-yield environment. The fund tracks the S&P High Yield Dividend Aristocrats Index, which screens the S&P 1500 Index for companies that have increased dividends in each of the past 25 ...
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Stock Futures Higher ahead of PPI. Stocks to Watch: ANF, AAPL, BAC, CSIQ, DE ...
TradersHuddle.com
Abercrombie & Fitch (NYSE:ANF), the specialty retailer, was climbing 1.24% to $71.90 in pre-market, trading above calculated resistance of $71.87 after earnings beat expectations. The company said it earned $0.35 per share, $0.06 better than consensus, ...
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ETF Strategies to Profit During Times of Stagflation
Registered Rep.
Layers of utilities and preferred shares can be quickly and cheaply added with exchange-traded funds (ETFs). No dealer agreements are needed and the assets are completely portable. The Utilities Select SPDR (NYSE Arca: XLU), the largest of the ...
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Expect More Market Volatility, It Is Whipsaw Wednesday (NYSE:UUP) (NYSE:FXE ...
Inthemoneystocks.com
The futures have bounced into positive territory after bond yields on European Union debt declined earlier. The decline in European debt yields was due to European Central Bank intervention. It is possible that this could help keep the markets together ...
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Do Financial Skies All Fall Together? 'Not Hardly,' Says Corporate Bond Pro ...
SYS-CON Media (press release)
The Child Group Wealth Management advisors are registered with National Asset Management, Inc., a SEC Registered Investment Advisor and affiliate of vFinance Investments, Inc. Accounts are carried by National Financial Services LLC, Member NYSE/SIPC, ...
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Gold Boom or Bubble
PBS Nightly Business Report
And this is why investors have been yanking billions of dollars out of stock and bond mutual funds. The Investment Company Institute tracks the numbers, $40.3 billion pulled out of those investments last week alone. Stock funds saw $30 billion in ...
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LDV Capital Management to Host Dinner for BankAtlantic Bancorp in Miami, Florida
MarketWatch (press release)
LDV has received recent acclaim for its monthly corporate dinner events, in conjunction with theStock and Bond Club of South Florida; and also its annual "Spring Break for Wall Street Growth and Value Investor Conferences": ...
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The Corner
Coon Rapids Herald
Bart Ward is the chief executive officer of Ward & Co. Ltd., an Anoka-based registered investment advisor, specializing in the management of stock and bond portfolios in companies which are listed on the NYSE.
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xPLAB, PHB, PHH, MKTX, LPLA Had Unusual Volume | Stock Market News
By Alex Fredricks
Shares closed at $7.24 +28.83%. Photronics Inc. is a manufacturer of photomasks, which are high precision photographic quartz plates containing microscopic images of electronic circuits. PS HIGH Yield Corporate BOND (AMEX:PHB) had a 95.7% volume ... PHH Corp (NYSE:PHH) had a 73.5% volume spike trading 3538642 shares. PHH's 30-day average volume is 937755. Shares closed at $17.62 +7.44%. PHH Corporation is an outsource provider of mortgage and fleet management services. ...
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