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NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 08, 2009
Moody's warning about U.S., U.K. smacks stocks

European and U.S. stock markets fell sharply Tuesday after worse than expected German industrial production data and a warning from a leading credit ratings agency that the U.S. government needs to get its public finances in shape soon.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 08, 2009
Stock futures drift lower as dollar strengthens

Stock futures are drifting lower as investors pile on more safe-haven assets like the dollar and Treasurys.

INVESTING FIXED INCOME DEC 07, 2009
Downbeat Bernanke boosts bond buying

Treasury prices rose Monday as investors jumped back into the market, seizing on attractive prices following big declines at the end of last week.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 07, 2009
Rising dollar pushes stock futures down

Stock futures are slightly lower as the dollar strengthens and investors weigh whether the Federal Reserve may raise interest rates sooner than expected.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 07, 2009
Stocks up slightly despite stronger dollar

Stocks and the dollar gained Monday as investors tried to predict when interest rates might start rising.

YOUR PRACTICE PRACTICE MANAGEMENT DEC 07, 2009
Feds seize Ferrari from Fla. lawyer accused of $100M fraud scheme

Federal agents are seizing assets from a Florida lawyer suspected of orchestrating a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 07, 2009
Herb Allison expected to be named TARP czar

Fannie Mae CEO Herb Allison is expected to be named by the Obama administration to head the government's $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program, a published report said.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 04, 2009
Unemployment slips to 10%

YOUR PRACTICE FINTECH DEC 04, 2009
$121M award for botched transaction rocks Tokyo exchange

A court ordered the Tokyo Stock Exchange Friday to pay 10.7 billion yen ($121 million) in damages to Mizuho Securities Co. Ltd. over massive losses in a botched transaction.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 03, 2009
Stocks boosted by drop in jobless claims

U.S. stocks are higher in early trading as the government reported new jobless benefit claims fell unexpectedly for the fifth straight week.