(CBS/AP) Democrats are complaining about President Obama's escalation of the war in Afghanistan and Republicans are unhappy with his promise to withdraw troops in 18 months, but... Full Article at CBS News
2009-12-02 08:20:51 - we believe that the terms of our most recent proposal remain superior,” said Patrick O’Dea, President & CEO of Peet's. “As provided for in our existing merger agreement with Diedrich, we will take the next few days to... Full Article at PR-Inside.com
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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Bolstered by a barrage of early holiday sales leading up to the Black Friday weekend and easy comparisons against the year-earlier doldrums, retailers will likely see a gain in November sales. Full Article at MarketWatch
The U.S stocks fluctuated throughout the closing session despite the plummet of the technology shares as the billionaire investor; Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway Inc agreed on buying the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp for $26 billion, a deal is forecasted to close by the first quarter of 2010, wh...
banks including Citigroup Inc., Morgan Stanley and UBS AG increased salaries for some employees this year as they adjusted bonus policies.
Citigroup Inc. and Morgan Stanley led the most U.S. corporate bond sales in four months this week... Borrowers sold at least $39 billion of debt... Including high-yield, high-risk, or junk, debt, companies have borrowed at least $932 billion in bonds this year, a 37% increase from 2008.
This looks like a very vanilla contrarian play ... The stock is still lower than where it closed Friday and there was negativity yesterday because of the downgrade. So I think someone is picking this as a good entry point.