Stocks so awful, best to just keep walking

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Stocks so awful, best to just keep walking
Yesterday, we looked at the Dangerous Model Portfolio, a list of Canadian stocks best avoided, one of the many model portfolios developed by Toronto-based equity research firm CPMS Computerized Portfo…

Fed fallout weighs on dollar (Reuters)

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Fed fallout weighs on dollar (Reuters)

A secury guard is reflected on a board showing Nikkei stock price index outside a brokerage in Tokyo, December 12, 2008. (Toru Hanai/Reuters)Reuters – The dollar hit a 2-1/2 month low against the euro and held close to a 13-year low versus the yen on Thursday, pressured by the Federal Reserve’s aggressive rate cut this week, while European stocks ticked higher.


Glance-STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-PureCircle up on FDA approval for sweetener

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Glance-STOCKS NEWS EUROPE-PureCircle up on FDA approval for sweetener
STOCKS NEWS Reuters Results diary Stocks on the move Real-time Equity News 10:57GMT 18Dec2008-PureCircle up after gets FDA approval for sweetener ——————————————————…

Wall St tumbles after S&P threatens GE, oil falls (Reuters)

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Wall St tumbles after S&P threatens GE, oil falls (Reuters)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange December 18, 2008. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)Reuters – Stocks fell for the second day on Thursday after Standard & Poor’s threatened to strip General Electric of its ‘AAA’ credit rating and slumping oil prices crippled energy shares.


U.S. stocks fall; TSX glitch halts trading

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U.S. stocks fall; TSX glitch halts trading
TORONTO – Canadian-listed stocks were shut out of trading on the country’s primary exchange Wednesday after a morning glitch paralyzed both the Toronto Stock Exchange and small-cap Venture Exchange,…

Obama taps veteran regulator to head under-fire SEC (AFP)

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Obama taps veteran regulator to head under-fire SEC (AFP)

Mary Schapiro followed by Gary Gensler arrives before US president-elect Barack Obama gives a press conference in Chicago. Obama Thursday nominated Mary Schapiro to take over the Securities and Exchange Commission, an agency under withering fire for its lapses in the current market turmoil.(AFP/Nicholas Kamm)AFP – President-elect Barack Obama Thursday nominated Mary Schapiro to take over the Securities and Exchange Commission, an agency under withering fire for its lapses in the current market turmoil.


Wall Street edges lower amid downbeat corporate news

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Wall Street edges lower amid downbeat corporate news
Wall Street closed lower on Wednesday, as the market digested a bunch of downbeat corporate news and investors cashed out after the previous big rally. Worse-than-expected earnings reports weighed on …

Fallout over Madoff ripples through Washington (AP)

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Fallout over Madoff ripples through Washington (AP)

Bernard Madoff, chairman of Madoff Investment Securities, returns to his Manhattan apartment after making a court appearance Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2008 in New York.  The judge in Madoff's fraud case has set new conditions for his bail, including a curfew and ankle-monitoring bracelet for the disgraced investor.  (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)AP – As Bernard Madoff returned home to his Manhattan apartment, it was impossible to overlook the disorder he has brought on with his alleged $50 billion investment fraud.


Computer Glitch Shuts Down Toronto Stock Exchange For The Day – Canadian Commentary

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Computer Glitch Shuts Down Toronto Stock Exchange For The Day – Canadian Commentary
(RTTNews) – Toronto Stock Exchange and TSX Venture Exchange was unexpectedly closed on Wednesday due to continuing technical issues with its data feeds. The TSX said it intends to open the exchanges …

Madoff in house arrest, SEC under fire (Reuters)

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Madoff in house arrest, SEC under fire (Reuters)

Bernard Madoff walks back to his apartment in New York December 17, 2008. (Shannon Stapleton/Reuters)Reuters – Disgraced Wall Street investment manager Bernard Madoff, accused of orchestrating a $50 billion fraud, was put under house arrest on Wednesday.