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September 7, 2010, 7:16 pm, 761326
The short answer is: No. The long answer is: No. Neither answer deterred Oracle investors, who were cheered by the hiring of H-P’s former top boss.

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September 7, 2010, 5:16 pm, 761300
Nymex crude fell $0.51 per barrel, or 0.68% to $74.09. Comex gold gained $8.10 per troy ounce, or 0.65% to $1257.30.


September 7, 2010, 5:16 pm, 761299
The Fed's anecdotal update on economic conditions throughout its districts looks likely to be the biggest market-moving release of the day.


September 7, 2010, 5:16 pm, 761298
The Dow Industrials fell 107.24 points, or 1.03% to 10340.69. The Nasdaq Composite declined 24.86 points, or 1.11% to 2208.89. The S&P 500 lost 12.67 points, or 1.15% to 1091.84.

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September 7, 2010, 5:16 pm, 761297
This week, President Obama is launching a series of policy proposals that acknowledge his two-year war on American business is lost. My prediction? By next year, the week of Obama’s "surrender" will be seen as a turning point for the fortunes of the U.S. economy and stock market.


September 7, 2010, 5:16 pm, 761296
Count Oracle investors as among the most excited about Mark Hurd joining the firm.


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September 7, 2010, 3:16 pm, 761210
In their perpetual hunt for insight on where the economy might be going, market watchers often find themselves looking at the computer chip production pipeline.


September 7, 2010, 3:16 pm, 761208
Several measures of investor attitudes show far more pessimism toward stocks than the market action would suggest, says Michael Santoli, associate editor at Barron's.


September 7, 2010, 3:16 pm, 761209
Morgan Stanley analysts hit the buy button on Finnish cell-phone giant Nokia, jacking up ratings on the shares two levels from "underweight" to "overweight." The shares are up about 3.2%.

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September 7, 2010, 3:16 pm, 761207
Labor Day weekend was expected to mark the semi-official end of the summertime snooze. But there's no sign that it has, at least if judging by the lethargic stock trading.

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September 7, 2010, 3:16 pm, 761206
When then-Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson called Bob Diamond on Sept., 11, 2008, to suggest that Barclays Capital bid for Lehman Brothers, it was Jerry del Missier and Rich Ricci who flanked Diamond on a commercial flight to New York. Now, almost exactly two years later, the duo have been named ...


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September 7, 2010, 1:16 pm, 761140
Oracle shares are up roughly 6% after the company hired former H-P chief Mark Hurd as co-president and appointed him to its board of directors.


September 7, 2010, 1:16 pm, 761139
Markets are jittery again amid more concerns on European banks, leaving the euro and financial shares on both sides of the Atlantic under pressure. Paul Vigna, Anna Raff and Michael Casey discuss.


September 7, 2010, 1:16 pm, 761137
Bob Diamond is getting the corner office at Barclays. Here are some analyst reactions to the news.


September 7, 2010, 1:16 pm, 761138
In the latest chapter of the European investment-banking talent wars, Bank of America Merrill Lynch is expected to announce the hiring of Nomura Holdings M&A honcho Adrian Mee to be head of international M&A.

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You know how those ornately painted matryoshka dolls open to reveal hidden dolls inside? That image came to mind after we discovered a newsworthy nugget in the eighth exhibit to ...


September 7, 2010, 11:16 am, 761061
Keep the printing presses primed and ready. That's takeaway offered by Donald Kohn, the longtime Fed honcho who retired last week.


September 7, 2010, 11:16 am, 761060
Deals of the Day gathers all the biggest news of the morning related to mergers and acquisitions, bankruptcies, financing and private equity.


September 7, 2010, 11:16 am, 761059
Propelled in part by the backing of powerful Beijing bureaucrats, green-themed Chinese companies are poised to reap billions of dollars from public offerings to new investors in coming months. And while the fees for handling the share sales should keep investment bankers happy, investors may want to ask at what ...


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September 7, 2010, 9:16 am, 760969
With Friday's better-than-expected U.S. jobs report allaying investors' worst fears about the U.S., traders are once again turning their full attention to Europe.


September 7, 2010, 9:16 am, 760968
An internal "non-paper" (sic!) of the European Commission Services detailing proposed measures to introduce a financial transaction tax in the EU shows how torn apart Europe is over this issue.
As the document lists only 5 coutries where ideas have developed beyond the headline stage we can expect to see ...


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The stock market may be dragging, but home prices are soaring, fueling a national obsession with real estate. Your house is now your piggy bank.

—“Home Sweet Home,” Time Magazine, June 2005

Buying a house is supposed to make us better citizens, better ...


September 7, 2010, 9:13 am, 760930

President Obama proposed yesterday spending more than $50 billion over the next six years to modernize the transportation infrastructure in the United States. He is calling for renovations to or creation of 150,000 miles of roads, 4,000 miles of rail, and 150 miles of airport runways. The $50 billion would ...


September 7, 2010, 7:16 am, 760908
European investors couldn’t decide what to do with themselves with the U.S. closed for Labor Day on Monday. Now they’ve decided: Sell risky investments.


September 7, 2010, 7:16 am, 760907
Fears that Europe's banks are vulnerable to losses on risky government bond investments are sending shivers through the European bond markets, especially Ireland and Greece.


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September 7, 2010, 5:17 am, 760853
Jon Worth produced this word cloud from European Commission (EC) President Jose Manuel Barroso's "State of the European Union." Listening to Barroso his proposal for EU project bonds for infrastructure projects stuck out in financial terms. The rest? See the word cloud.


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September 6, 2010, 11:16 pm, 760752
Emerging plans to install a EU Treasury that can issue supranational debt among plans for stronger economic cohesion in the EU are met with heavy flak from many sides while the Union faces continuing strong headwinds from a languishing economy and persistently high unemployment.
The planned debt issuing agency also ...


September 6, 2010, 9:15 pm, 760726

Stocks picked up on Monday where they left off on Friday. From Bloomberg:

Global stocks rose to a four-week high and industrial metals rallied amid growing optimism about the prospects for economic growth. European bonds rebounded from three days of losses.

The MSCI World Index of shares in 24 developed markets ...


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If all this sounds like a Deja-vu to you, relax. It is a different country.
From a media report (source disclosed below):

No to 80% Mortage Cap On Housing

Several groups are up in arms over a proposal to cut housing loans by 10% from the current cap ...


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September 6, 2010, 9:13 am, 760605

I mentioned recently that I’m considering buying a multifamily home in the area close to the local Ivy League university and renting out the units, and perhaps living in one unit myself. A quick search on Yahoo Real Estate reveals two are available, priced a $665,000 and $420,000. My current ...


September 6, 2010, 7:17 am, 760592
The optimism that drenched markets following Friday's better-than-expected U.S. jobs report is fading fast in Europe.


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We don't have a lot of big-time economic or corporate news scheduled for Europe this week, but here's a quick run-down of what’s on the docket for the coming days.

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September 6, 2010, 7:17 am, 760590
Investors are feeling a whole lot better now that fears of a new recession in the U.S. and Europe are easing, but one group not feeling their love is Ireland's banks.


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September 6, 2010, 5:16 am, 760556
Hundreds of Afghans have been trying to withdraw money from the country's largest bank, amid concerns that it could collapse.
The panic was sparked by reports that Kabul Bank has lent millions of dollars to members of the political elite, who used the money to make risky investments. A slew ...


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The global economy is slowing, according to purchasing managers.

The following table shows the JPMorgan global composite indices since the output index hit a peak in April.

JPMorgan Global All-Industry Indices AprMayJunJulAug Output57.7


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