http://wakingthebull.com/ en Mon, 20 May 2013 18:21:48 GMT vBulletin 60 http://wakingthebull.com/images/misc/rss.png http://wakingthebull.com/ http://wakingthebull.com/showthread.php?347360-Small-cap-stock-gauge-Russell-2000-tops-1-000-mark-for-first-time&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 17:01:40 GMT Small-cap-stock gauge Russell 2000 tops 1,000 mark for first timeImage: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/bulletins/~4/qSZPlJPNIvg ... Small-cap-stock gauge Russell 2000 tops 1,000 mark for first time

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More... ]]> MarketWatch Breaking News WTB RSS http://wakingthebull.com/showthread.php?347367-Russell-2000-index-breaks-above-1-000 http://wakingthebull.com/showthread.php?347368-FTSE-100-jumps-to-highest-close-since-Sept.-2000&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 17:01:40 GMT LONDON (MarketWatch) -- U.K.'s FTSE 100 index ended at the highest closing level since September 2000 on Monday, according to FactSet, boosted by banking shares and a rally for budget airliner EasyJet PLC . The index rose 0.5% to 6,755.63. Shares of Royal Bank of Scotland Group PLC jumped 4.5% after a broker upgrade, while HSBC Holdings PLC climbed 1.5%, after the bank said John Thornton, chairman of its remuneration committee and its North America business, will step down. EasyJet shares rallied 4%, after Citigroup lifted the budget airliner's price target.
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More... ]]> MarketWatch Breaking News WTB RSS http://wakingthebull.com/showthread.php?347368-FTSE-100-jumps-to-highest-close-since-Sept.-2000 http://wakingthebull.com/showthread.php?347369-CalPers-backs-J.P.Morgan-CEO-Chairman-split&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 17:01:40 GMT NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- The California Public Employees' Retirement System, a major shareholder of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. has voted to strip Chief Executive Jamie Dimon of the dual titles of chairman and CEO, said a report in Bloomberg. CalPers, which owns nearly 13 million shares of the firm, has vote for the proxy proposal ahead of the annual shareholder meeting on Tuesday, said the report. This is just the latest blow to the CEO, after three major shareholders filed the proxy proposal citing the firm needs more oversight after the massive trading losses stemming from the "London Whale" debacle.
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More... ]]> MarketWatch Breaking News WTB RSS http://wakingthebull.com/showthread.php?347369-CalPers-backs-J.P.Morgan-CEO-Chairman-split http://wakingthebull.com/showthread.php?347370-Yahoo-slips-on-Tumblr-deal-tech-stocks-down&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 17:01:40 GMT SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Yahoo Inc.'s $1.1 billion acquisition of blogging service Tumblr took the spotlight in early tech sector action Monday. Yahoo's shares gave up 15 cents to slip to $26.45 after the deal was announced. Among other leading tech stocks, small advances came from Apple Inc. and Google Inc. . The Nasdaq Composite Index , however, was down 2 points at 3,497.
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More... ]]> MarketWatch Breaking News WTB RSS http://wakingthebull.com/showthread.php?347370-Yahoo-slips-on-Tumblr-deal-tech-stocks-down http://wakingthebull.com/showthread.php?347371-U.S.-stocks-open-lower-retreating-from-record&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 17:01:40 GMT NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks opened slightly lower on Monday after surging to record highs last week, as deal news dominated investor... NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- U.S. stocks opened slightly lower on Monday after surging to record highs last week, as deal news dominated investor attention after Yahoo Inc. said it will buy blogging site Tumblr and drug maker Actavis Inc. announced it will acquire Warner Chilcott PLC . The Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 20 points to 15,334.43 and the S&P 500 index slipped 1.75 points to 1,665.72. The Nasdaq Composite fell 3.06 points to 3,495.38.
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More... ]]> MarketWatch Breaking News WTB RSS http://wakingthebull.com/showthread.php?347371-U.S.-stocks-open-lower-retreating-from-record http://wakingthebull.com/showthread.php?347372-Qihoo-surges-on-upbeat-Q1-results-guidance&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 17:01:40 GMT NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Qihoo 360 Technology [S: QIHU] traded 13% higher in premarket action Monday after the Chinese Internet company reported first-quarter earnings of 14 cents a share and revenue of $109.9 million, both ahead of Wall Street's forecasts. Qihoo, which provides security software, a Web browser and Internet search, said it expects second-quarter revenue of $142 million to $144 million, also ahead of estimates. The volatile stock, which has been traded on the New York Stock Exchange since 2011, touched a new all-time high last week.
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More... ]]> MarketWatch Breaking News WTB RSS http://wakingthebull.com/showthread.php?347372-Qihoo-surges-on-upbeat-Q1-results-guidance http://wakingthebull.com/showthread.php?347373-Treasurys-rise-before-Chicago-Fed-president-speech&goto=newpost Mon, 20 May 2013 17:01:40 GMT NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasury prices moved higher Monday ahead of a speech by Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans at 1 p.m., which... NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Treasury prices moved higher Monday ahead of a speech by Chicago Federal Reserve President Charles Evans at 1 p.m., which kicks off a week full of Fed speakers. The 10-year note yield, which moves inversely to price, fell 2.5 basis points to 1.928%. The 30-year bond yield was down 3.5 basis points at 3.131% while the 5-year note yield was down 2 basis points to 0.816%. The Chicago Fed's National Activity Index Monday came in at negative 0.53 in April. That reading was lower than the negative 0.23 recorded in March, but had little impact on Treasury prices.
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