Wall Street gains as gold rush ends; Apple's CEO quits Reuters About 8.21 billion shares traded on the New York Stock Exchange, the American Stock Exchange and Nasdaq, slightly lower than last year's daily average of about 8.47 billion. On the NYSE, advancers beat decliners by a ratio of more than 2 to 1. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
So You Want to Invest in Stocks Motley Fool Moving from the tangible to the somewhat less tangible, Annaly Capital (NYSE: NLY ) is a real estate investment trust that invests in mortgage bonds. Unlike Ford or many of Berkshire's businesses, it's highly unlikely that you'll run into Annaly ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Stock Market News for August 24, 2011 Zacks.com However, two Virginia based nuclear reactors at operated by North Anna Power Station Dominion Resources, Inc. (NYSE:D - Snapshot Report) were taken off-line automatically by safety systems.Shares of the company dropped by a percentage point moments ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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The Better Way to Get Your Retirement on Target Motley Fool You'll want at least a broad-index US stock fund like Vanguard Total Stock (NYSE: VTI ) , an international stock fund, and a bond fund such as iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond (NYSE: AGG ) . Add further ETFs if you want more diversification. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Hot Option Plays: Moody's Remix Daily Markets Yet, despite a 1.1 percent loss in Japan's Nikkei, stock index futures pared their losses on the data and the Dow Jones Industrial Average was able to build gains through morning trading. Bank of America (NYSE:BAC) shares rallied 8 percent and are the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
The Corner Coon Rapids Herald The fishing district was larger than the financial district, and stocks were second to bonds. In the 1880s, the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) listed just a few dozen companies (today it lists some 3100 issues), and a 300000-share day was big volume ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Buying Brocade Will Pay Off for Patient Investors Motley Fool But even though the final $503 million in revenue and $0.09 of non-GAAP earnings per share were above the midpoint of the new guidance, the canary died again. To be fair, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ ) chose the same day to start taking steps out of the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Afternoon Roundup: Today's Top Stories Motley Fool McGraw-Hill (NYSE: MHP ) , which is involved in such varied activities like publishing books and rating bonds, is said to be worth 40% more if it is divided up and sold in pieces. The company has seen its valuation drop by a third since 2006. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
The Evolution Of Ticker Symbols San Francisco Chronicle MUNI is the ticker for one ETF that invests in municipal bonds, while KORN is the name of another that invests in grain. Some ETF tickers even suggest positive aspects of a fund's risk or return, such as the Power Shares High Equity Dividend Achievers, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
NBR Transcripts-August 24, 2011-Full Episode PBS Nightly Business Report MILLER: It was at the same Jackson Hole conference a year ago that Bernanke laid the groundwork for buying Treasury bonds, known as QE2. That helped ignite an eight-month stock market rally. Many investors are hoping for the same boost to confidence ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Bank of America corp: Low stock price could force bank to raise more capital Director of Finance online Bank of America corp (NYSE:BAC) has been left fighting rumours that it may have to raise about $50bn in new capital to bolster its finances amid growing concerns about global financial liquidity. Jefferies' analyst Layla Peruzzi writes: "Our traders ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
How to Profit from the Downgrade of Japan and Its Banks IBTimes Canada The downgrade was expected by many, so it didn't have a great affect on the bond or currency markets and the Japanese stock market fell much less than it did in reaction to the recent downgrade of America's credit rating. Another reason why the bond ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Why Traders Should Play it Safe for the Rest of the Week Investorplace.com JPMorgan (NYSE:JPM) is the stock in the financial complex we keep our focus on, and the hourly chart displays the still unfilled gap from Aug. 18 (much like the S&P 500). Also note the downtrend line originating back in late July coming into play here. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Toll Brothers net income up 55% to $42M in 3Q Bizjournals.com Toll Brothers Inc. (NYSE: TOL) reported net income of $42.1 million for the third quarter, or 25 centsshare, compared with net income of $27.3 million, or 16 cents a share, for the year-ago period. Toll Brothers, one of the largest builders of luxury ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Standard & Poor's Announces Change to U.S. Index Sacramento Bee (NYSE: SCHW) in a deal expected to be completed on or about that date pending final approvals. Standard & Poor's will monitor this transaction, and post any relevant updates on its website: www.standardandpoors.com. Oritani Financial provides retail ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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How far can gold fall? Globe and Mail (blog) Gold stocks, which lagged the price of gold when it was charging higher, are getting beaten up worse now. The NYSE Arca Gold BUGS index was down 3.3 per cent in midday trading, following a 3.6 per cent decline on Tuesday. There aren'ta whole lot of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
RLI Declares Dividend Insurance News Net (press release) (NYSE:RLI) - The RLI Corp. board of directors has declared a third quarter regular cash dividend of $0.30 per share, the same amount as the prior quarter. The dividend is payable on September 20, 2011 to shareholders of record as of August 31, 2011 . ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
McGraw Hill worth more in pieces, investors and analysts say Financial Post (blog) Shares of McGraw-Hill Cos. (MHP/NYSE) surged 6% to $40.82 by Wednesday afternoon. The gain was the second-largest in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Thestock had slumped 31% in the past five years through Tuesday, ... See all stories on this topic » |
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James Webb Space Telescope Instrument Completes Cryogenic Testing Science Daily (press release) Just as the Hubble Space Telescope rewrote textbooks everywhere, Webb will find new surprises and help to answer some of the most pressing questions in astronomy," said John Mather, Nobel laureate and Webb senior project scientist at NASA Goddard. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
`Huge black hole emits light for 5 months after eating stars` 동아일보 An international joint research team including seven Korean researchers from Seoul National University's Center for the Exploration of the Origin of the Universe and the Korea Astronomy andSpace Science Institute announced in the Aug. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Harper Observatory Offers A Night With The Stars Patch.com For a schedule, visit the Harper Astronomy website. By Jeffrey Westhoff Harper College astronomyinstructor Kelly Page describes the specifications and capabilities of the main, 14-inch telescope underneath the dome of the Karl G. Henize Observatory. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Discovery: Planet really is a diamond in the sky Courier Mail Dr Michael Keith of CSIRO Astronomy and Space Science, one of the research team members, said the Parkes radio telescope revealed a spinning star called a pulsar, which emits a beam of radio waves. But the 20km diameter pulsar's radio waves were being ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
POSTPONED: 19 bands play the Mike Praytor Children Benefit TheDay.com According to the physics and astronomy departments at Princeton and MIT, there is simply no possible way to cram more excellent and diverse live music into space and time than will happen Sunday at the 5th Annual Mike Praytor Children Benefit. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Black hole eats star 한겨레 ... the first time in the world by an international joint research team consisting of a total of 58 researchers from six countries, including seven Korean scientists from Seoul National University and the Korea Astronomy and Space Science Institute. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
ASU planetarium releases fall schedule San Angelo Standard Times ... party and learn how the telescope has helped us understand our place in space, and how telescopes continue to expand our understanding of the universe. Their conversation with anastronomer will enlighten viewers on the history of the telescope, ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Lucaa dishes out robot-enhanced optics Daily News & Analysis By DNA Correspondent | Place: Pune | Agency: DNA The Pune-based Inter-university centre forastronomy and astrophysics (Iucaa) has collaborated with the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), US, to manufacture the world's first robotic adaptive ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
UPI NewsTrack Health and Science News UPI.com NASA's Swift satellite first alerted astronomers to the intense and unusual high-energy flares from a new source in the constellation Draco, a release from the space agency said Wednesday. "Incredibly, this source is still producing X-rays and may ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
EMCOR Group, Inc. Subsidiary Awarded Contract for Installation of All ... MarketWatch (press release) Encompassing 3 levels and a Penthouse, which includes 13 new leading-edge physics laboratories for the department of Physics and Astronomy, scope of work will include demolition of existing labspace, and construction and installation of a number of ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
CERN experiment confirms cosmic ray effect on climate, another blow to climate ... Tucson Citizen Astronomy & Geophysics 48: 1.18-1.24. Svensmark's book, The Chilling Stars, is a popularized version of his research. The original theory rested on data showing a strong correlation between variation in the intensity of cosmic radiation penetrating the ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Prints and the Pursuit of Knowledge in Early Modern Europe Absolutearts.com Photo: Courtesy of Adler Planetarium & Astronomy Museum. Hans Sebald Beham, Man's Head (detail), 1542. Engravings from two plates on single sheet. Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gray Collection of Engravings Fund, G8908. More. See all stories on this topic » | ||
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Why I Chose Boston University Huffington Post (blog) As the college search got more serious, I also realized that I wanted a school with a goodastronomy program that wasn't too far from my home on Long Island, New York. So, even though I applied to other schools, Boston University remained on my list. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Aviation High School Breaks Ground On New Building KUOW NPR O'Toole Kelly: "She loves science, she loves math, she loves researching, she loves to read, she loves astronomy." Deanta Kelly: "I think it's cool just because there's some pretty weird stuff up there." She'll get to study a lot of her favorite ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Brothers seek Eagle Scout status by renewing cemetery's flag poles Grant Tribune Sentinel Earning his Eagle Scout badge will be an important accomplishment to the young man who has already earned 30 merit badges, including emergency preparedness, first aid/CPR, citizenship and personal management as well as rock climbing, astronomy and ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Community Calendar Community Press A guided tour of the night sky with Canada's foremost author of astronomy books as your tour guide. In the event of inclement weather please join us upstairs at the Campbellford Legion and Terence will share with us his power point presentation. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Teradata: A Step Above In Business Intelligence Seeking Alpha According to the most recent Teradata 10-K: "...examples include web logs, radio-frequency identification, sensor and social network data, Internet text and search indexing, call detail records, genomics, astronomy, biological research and military ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Aliens to come to Earth to enslave and eat humans Pravda Andrei Finkelstein, the director of the Institute of Applied Astronomy of the Russian Academy of Sciences, said at the international conference devoted to the search for extraterrestrial life at the end of June that the origin of life was just as ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Local briefs San Angelo Standard Times Angelo State University's Global Immersion Center, formerly the Planetarium, will present four full-dome public astronomy shows this fall, beginning Sept. 1 in the Vincent Nursing-Physical Science Building, 2333 Vanderventer Ave. ... See all stories on this topic » | ||
Mount Graham International Observatory Telescope tours resume Eastern Arizona Courier ... researchers to see further and clearer into the depths of space than any other telescope in the world. The tour concludes with a return to the EAC Discovery Park Campus, where tour participants can enjoy the “History of Astronomy” Gallery exhibits, ... See all stories on this topic » |
Space and Earth Sciences News :: Researchers detail how a distant ... (PhysOrg.com) -- Two studies appearing in the Aug. 25 issue of the journal Nature provide new insights into a cosmic accident that has been streaming X-rays toward Earth since late March. NASA's ... Space and Earth Sciences News |
Astronomers Find Potential Super-Earth - Space News - redOrbit A team of scientists at Germany's Max-Planck Institute for Astronomy has discovered a potentially habitable planet about 3.6 times as massive of Earth ... www.redorbit.com/.../astronomers-find-potential-super-earth |
Astronomy and Space Exploration News » BuzzTracker News Headlines Yesterday, "amateur" astronomer César Cantú took an amazing mosaic image of the Sun, showing our star boiling and writhing under its own dynamic forces: ... www.buzztracker.com/.../astronomy_and_space_exploration |
Astronomers solve mystery of Titan's arrow Read more: http://www.spacescientific.com/msnbc-cbsnews/506-msnbc-space-news/ 16911-astronomers-solve-mystery-of-titan-s-arrow.html ... sitekhub.com/index.php?option=com...id... |
Today's Astronomy News (August 2011) - Page 2 - Astronomy Forums ... Today's Astronomy News (August 2011) - General Astronomy Forum. ... to the International SpaceStation reaches another milestone on Wednesday, Aug. 24. ... www.astronomyforum.net/.../115901-todays-astronomy-news-... |
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