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<title>London worst place to do business, say top bankers</title>
<description>The continuing row over bonuses is damaging Britain&amp;#039;s reputation as a place to do business, leading international bankers have warned.</description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:40:41 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Early results point to big Romney win in Nevada</title>
<description>WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- Mitt Romney is on track for a big win in Nevada&amp;#039;s Republican presidential caucuses on Saturday, early results showed. With most caucuses completed across the state,  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:33:53 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Low interest rates appeal to the already indebted</title>
<description>The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel now is offering JS Everywhere, a new digital subscription package, which gives you unlimited access to JSOnline, the daily e-Edition, Journal Sentinel mobile site and  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:12:35 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>UK fund managers are back buying &amp;#039;safer&amp;#039; Italian bonds</title>
<description>The ECB has been buying the bonds to bring down the interest rate, which broke the much-feared 7 per cent barrier last year; they are now down to around 5.6 per cent. Andrew Cole, a director at  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:11:39 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>European Stocks Post Biggest Weekly Rally of 2012; Xstrata Gains</title>
<description>Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- European stocks posted the biggest weekly gain this year, sending the Stoxx Europe 600 Index to its highest level in six months, as manufacturing increased globally and the  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:02:54 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>From Bonds to Books</title>
<description>It&amp;#039;s not a normal career path that begins with selling bonds and ends with writing novels, and I was first among the skeptics who doubted my ability to make the transition.&amp;nbsp;  When I first  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 17:52:31 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Wall Street Split as Money Managers Fault Bank Foreclosure Deal</title>
<description>Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Wall Street&amp;rsquo;s biggest lobbying group is split over a proposed settlement of state and federal foreclosure probes, after a committee of money managers signaled it opposes  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:05:39 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Nasdaq vaults to 11-year high on surge in jobs</title>
<description>A surge in hiring in the world&amp;#039;s largest economy last month drove the Nasdaq to an 11-year high on Friday as optimism grew that the labor market is on a steady path to recovery.The broad-based  ... </description>
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<title>Saudi Tadawul bourse soars to 8-month high after Dow Jones Industrial and Nasdaq hit multi-year highs</title>
<description>The Saudi Tadawul Index added one per cent, reaching an 8-month high at 6,733.68 points Saturday. On Friday, U. S. bellwether gauges Dow Jones Insustrial Average and the NASDAQ Composite surged to a  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:24:05 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>U.S. stocks cheer surprisingly good jobs data</title>
<description>U.S. stocks leapt Friday, propelling the Nasdaq index to an 11-year high, as Wall Street embraced the nation&amp;#039;s jobless rate dropping to a three-year  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:40:43 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>U.S. stocks follow win streak with focus on Europe</title>
<description>SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Investors in U.S. stocks, which just wrapped up their best start of the year since 1987, are expected to shift their attention next week toward the ongoing euro-zone  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:40:39 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Wall Street analysts struggle to predict Apple</title>
<description>By day, Robert Leitao manages a Catholic church in Southern California. By night, he indulges his other passion: predicting Apple Inc&amp;#039;s results.  Leitao is part of a cadre of amateur  ... </description>
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<title>Junior gold stocks to prosper, copper on brink of rebound - Joe Mazumdar</title>
<description>Joe Mazumdar talks about why he sees mergers and acquisitions as key catalysts for a rebound in the junior gold space in 2012. Gold Report  ... </description>
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<title>Which top Silicon Valley stocks are most popular in Congress</title>
<description>Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal Date: Saturday, February 4, 2012, 7:24am PST - Last Modified: Saturday, February 4, 2012, 8:30am  ... </description>
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<title>Stocks and bond yields drop on Europe worries</title>
<description>The wait for an expected deal between Greece and its creditors rattled financial markets around the world Monday. Yields for ultra-safe U.S. government debt hit their lowest this year, the euro  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 10:53:41 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Key moves for surviving low interest rates</title>
<description>(Gene J. Puskar | The Associated Press)  If you&amp;#039;ve been thinking about refinancing or becoming a homeowner, you can rest easy about mortgage rates. The bigger concern is whether you&amp;#039;ll be  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 09:33:28 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>U.S. Stocks Rise a Fifth Week on Employment, Manufacturing Data</title>
<description>Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stocks rose, giving the Standard &amp;amp; Poor&amp;rsquo;s 500 Index a fifth straight weekly advance, after reports showed employment in the world&amp;rsquo;s largest economy topped  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:42:32 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Treasuries Fall as Job Gains Cast Doubt on Fed&amp;rsquo;s Low-Rate Policy</title>
<description>Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Treasuries declined after the U.S. jobless rate unexpectedly fell to the lease in three years, raising skepticism about Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke&amp;rsquo;s  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:42:29 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Protesters hope to shut down New York&amp;#039;s Wall Street</title>
<description>NEW YORK (Reuters) - Protesters hope to shut down Wall Street on Thursday -- home to the New York Stock Exchange -- by holding a street carnival to mark the two-month anniversary of their campaign  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:36:56 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Asian Currencies Rise on Fund Inflows, Manufacturing Expansion</title>
<description>Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Asian currencies rose for a fifth week, led by Taiwan&amp;rsquo;s dollar, as foreign investors poured money into the region amid optimism the global economy is  ... </description>
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<title>Asia Stocks Equal Longest Gain Streak Since &amp;rsquo;05 on Factory Data</title>
<description>Feb. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks rose for a seventh week, with the regional benchmark matching its longest winning streak since 2005, as improved manufacturing reports in the U.S., China, India  ... </description>
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<title>Jeffrey Tucker makes the Case Against the Federal Reserve and the Banking Cartel</title>
<description>on Feb 3, 2012 The US unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent for January &amp;mdash; naturally it was a good photo opportunity for US president Barack Obama to say the economy is improving. Really? In  ... </description>
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<title>Nasdaq OMX Group Inc.&amp;#039;s Core Profit Beats Expectations</title>
<description>Nasdaq OMX Group Inc.&amp;#039;s core profit topped analysts&amp;#039; expectations for the fourth quarter, boosted by a rise in revenue from market data and technology, which helped offset a soft trading  ... </description>
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<title>Swiss Bankers&amp;#039; Nerves Fray after Wegelin Indictment by U.S.</title>
<description>The first indictment of a Swiss private bank over hiding untaxed money for wealthy Americans has heightened tension among private bankers fearful of being next in the firing line.  The United States  ... </description>
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<title>Dow finishes at highest since 2008, Nasdaq at highest since 2000</title>
<description>Reporting from New York&amp;mdash;   The U.S. stock markets are officially leaving the bad times of the last three years behind them.    Stocks surged around the globe Friday, thanks to a pair of good  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:05:26 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Stocks climb from one-month low; Airlines gain, CSR drops</title>
<description>Stocks advanced on the Chinese mainland, lifting the benchmark index from a one-month low, as airlines climbed on speculation that competition from the high-speed rail industry will fall after a  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 04:28:20 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Bankers are paid too much, says RBS chairman</title>
<description>BANKERS&amp;rsquo; pay is too high and needs to be &amp;#039;;corrected&amp;#039;;, the chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland Sir Philip Hampton said yesterday.  But Sir Philip said that, relative to other  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:51:35 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Spain Restructures Banks, Cuts Bankers&amp;#039; Salaries</title>
<description>The Spanish government Friday approved a bank reform aimed at injecting credit into the stagnant economy and restoring investor confidence, including heavy cuts into the salaries of top bankers.    ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 01:27:59 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Stocks, Commodities Rally as Treasuries Retreat on Jobs Growth</title>
<description>Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- Stocks surged, extending the best start to a year for the Standard &amp;amp; Poor&amp;rsquo;s 500 Index since 1987, and Treasuries slid as better-than-forecast growth in U.S. jobs  ... </description>
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<title>Micron says Mark Durcan to take CEO duties for now</title>
<description>+2.98% said late Friday that President and Chief Operating Officer Mark Durcan will assume the responsibilies of chief executive officer until the board appoints a successor. Earlier Friday,  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:33:42 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Bankers, Tampa small business owners talk credit at upcoming workshop</title>
<description>Follow this company           will be in Tampa to talk with small business owners about obtaining financing.  The Feb. 24 workshop, &amp;quot;The State of Small Business in Tampa,&amp;quot; was initiated by  ... </description>
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<title>CPI moves to the Nasdaq</title>
<description>said today that the company&amp;#039;s stock will start trading on the Nasdaq over-the counter market on Feb. 9.  The change comes after after the New York Stock Exchange announced that trading of CPI  ... </description>
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<title>Ruddick leads Charlotte stocks</title>
<description>Follow this company           &amp;#039;s shares jumping 8 percent in value.  Ruddick (NYSE:RDK) closed at $44.40, up $3.35. The Charlotte-based parent of the Harris Teeter  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 04 Feb 2012 00:19:46 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>With sparse data, focus returns to Europe</title>
<description>US earnings season passes the halfway mark and there is little on the economic calendar to give the market direction. Economic data expected next week includes weekly initial jobless claims, the  ... </description>
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<title>Man Accused Of Brutal Bucktown Rape Bonds Out</title>
<description>CHICAGO (STMW) &amp;mdash; A Pilsen man accused of raping a 26-year-old woman, then dragging her back into her Bucktown apartment as she tried to escape before strangling her into unconsciousness is  ... </description>
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<title>Why small companies&amp;#039; stocks deserve a closer look</title>
<description>Since the 2008 financial crisis, the nation&amp;#039;s professional stock-pickers - who manage billions for pension funds, endowments and wealthy families - have said stocks were too stuck-together to  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:56:38 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>OSC finds Zungui Haixi, principals broke securities laws</title>
<description>ZUN-X and well as the company&amp;rsquo;s chairman and chief executive officer, broke the province&amp;rsquo;s securities laws.The regulator said Friday that the shoe manufacturer failed to maintain an  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:43:18 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Stocks jump on reports of strong January job growth; oil rises for first time in a week</title>
<description>NEW YORK  - A drop in the unemployment rate to its lowest level in three years propelled the Dow Jones industrial average Friday to its highest close since May 2008, before the financial meltdown  ... </description>
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<title>For Brazil Equities, Possibly A Case Of Too Hot, Too Fast</title>
<description>Brazilian equities are on a tear lately, slowly recovering from the doldrums of 2011. Anyone who bought in at the end of the year can tap themselves on the back for impeccable timing. For those who  ... </description>
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<title>Fed Said to Seek Offers for More AIG-Linked Mortgage Bonds</title>
<description>Feb. 3 (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of New York is seeking offers for more of the mortgage bonds assumed in the government rescue of American International Group Inc. after a potential  ... </description>
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<title>Judge approves $725M securities suit settlement by AIG with Ohio pension funds</title>
<description>NEW YORK&amp;mdash;A federal judge on Friday approved a $725 million settlement of a securities class action lawsuit that the state of Ohio brought against American International Group Inc.     ... </description>
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<title>Wall St. soars; Clovis up 13%, M.D.C. up 11%</title>
<description>The Dow -- bolstered by an upbeat jobs report -- climbed to its highest close since 2008 Friday, while the Nasdaq attained an 11-year high. In Colorado, Clovis Oncology and M.D.C. Holdings led  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:58:06 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Miliband urges bankers to change</title>
<description>Ed Miliband is to warn bankers they must embrace change or face social isolation.In a speech in London&amp;#039;s Canary Wharf financial district on Friday, the Labour leader will urge a return to  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:57:22 -0500</pubDate>
<source url="http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/">Belfast Telegraph</source>
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<title>GM soars as auto stocks gain on jobs report</title>
<description>Alex Potter, a senior research analyst at Piper Jaffray, called the unemployment data &amp;quot;a huge metric to follow for domestic car consumption.&amp;quot; &amp;quot;There&amp;#039;s a lot of optimism  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:41:13 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Place your bets on Facebook&amp;#039;s IPO -- literally</title>
<description>filed for an IPO , but it likely won&amp;#039;t start trading for months. For those who can&amp;#039;t wait to gamble on the stock market, bookies are accepting bets.Paddy Power -- the largest Irish  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:41:01 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Job gains boost stocks</title>
<description>An upbeat jobs report propelled U.S. stock indexes to dizzying highs Friday on the New York Stock Exchange.  The Dow Jones industrial average gained 156.82 points or 1.23 percent to close the  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:31:46 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Aeropostale names Hirtler-Garvey as board chair</title>
<description>-1.13% said late Friday that its board appointed Karin Hirtler-Garvey to succeed Chairman Julian Geiger, who is resigning the post and his seat on the board. Hirtler-Garvey, who has served on  ... </description>
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<title>Oil closes up on day, but lower on week</title>
<description>SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Crude-oil futures closed higher Friday, marking an end to a five-session decline, with a gain in U.S. jobs last month lifting prospects for demand, but prices still  ... </description>
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<title>Micron CEO dies in plane crash</title>
<description>+2.98% on Friday said Steve Appleton, the company&amp;#039;s chief executive and chairman, died Friday morning in a small-plane crash in Boise, Idaho. Appleton was 51. Trading in Micron shares was  ... </description>
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<description>SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Gold futures fell $19 an ounce Friday to log their first decline in four sessions, as positive U.S. economic data lured investors away the precious metal market and  ... </description>
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<description>CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- The NFL will feature five additional Thursday night games starting next season, the league said Friday. On its cable-television channel, NFL Network, there will be 13  ... </description>
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<title>Komen reconsiders Planned Parenthood funding</title>
<description>CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Susan G. Komen For the Cure said Friday it has reconsidered its plan to cut funding to Planned Parenthood after the considerable backlash it touched off with that decision  ... </description>
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<description>WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) - President Barack Obama on Friday said the January jobs data confirmed that the economy was growing stronger and said Congress should not do anything to &amp;quot;muck it  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:11:37 -0500</pubDate>
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<description>SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Tech stocks closed out an upbeat week with broad gains Friday, but enthusiasm was muted late in the day following the announcement that Micron Technology Inc. Chief  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:11:35 -0500</pubDate>
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<description>CHICAGO (MarketWatch) -- Most media and entertainment shares were higher Friday morning in step with a broader market cheered by a better-than-expected jobs report. The Dow Jones U.S. Broadcasting  ... </description>
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<description>LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- A drop in government business for Health Net Inc., coupled with a Goldman Sachs analyst&amp;#039;s dim view on health insurers in general drove down the sector&amp;#039;s shares  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:11:30 -0500</pubDate>
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<description>SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Canadian stocks rose Friday shaking off weak jobs data with gains in the non-gold mining and industrial sectors. The S&amp;amp;P/TSX Composite  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:11:26 -0500</pubDate>
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<description>LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Mexican stocks climbed Friday following a stronger-than-expected monthly jobs report from the United States, Mexico&amp;#039;s largest trading partner. Mexico&amp;#039;s  ... </description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:11:19 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Tyson shares gain 6% on beef outlook</title>
<description>+1.46% percentage gainers. Tyson&amp;#039;s fiscal first-quarter earnings didn&amp;#039;t slide as much as analysts had feared. Profit was 42 cents vs. the 34 cents analysts had forecast. Tyson further  ... </description>
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<title>Gilead shares gain on higher fourth-quarter profit</title>
<description>+10.92% gained on Friday after it reported a healthy rise in quarterly earnings. The biopharmaceutical company late Thursday said its fourth-quarter profit increased to $665.1 million, or 87 cents a  ... </description>
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<title>S&amp;amp;P 500, Nasdaq up for fifth straight week</title>
<description>NASDAQ traded symbols and their current financial status. Intraday data delayed 15 minutes for Nasdaq, and 20 minutes for other exchanges. Dow Jones IndexesSM from Dow Jones &amp;amp; Company, Inc. SEHK  ... </description>
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<title>Genworth shots up 15% as financial sector gains</title>
<description>SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Investors bid up U.S. financial stocks at the open Friday as the stock market surged on better-than-expected U.S. jobs data. The Financial Select SPDR  ... </description>
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<title>&amp;#039;There&amp;#039;s a militant animosity bred by direct action&amp;#039;</title>
<description>Occupy Wall Street became a story himself.Following a raucous march through lower Manhattan, hundreds of Occupy demonstrators made their way to an abandoned community centre. Pool was live-streaming  ... </description>
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<title>Nasdaq at 11-year high; Dow up 1.17%, S&amp;amp;P gains 1.38%</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:49:26 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Arab stocks rally as investors upbeat over earnings</title>
<description>AMMAN: Arab stocks scored gains across-the-board last week as investors appeared upbeat over annual earnings and the improving prospects of a world recovery, financial analysts said  ... </description>
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