China Wind, Fannie, Sterling Bancshares: U.S. Equity Preview
Dec. 28 (Bloomberg) — Shares of the following companies may have unusual moves in U.S. trading tomorrow. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are as of 5:30 p.m. in New York.
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BHP Billiton, Potash, Rio Tinto, Vivus: U.S. Equity Preview
Shares of the following companies may have unusual moves in U.S. trading. Stock symbols are in parentheses, and prices are as of 7:45 a.m.
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Special Reuters Report: America’s Route to Recovery
When Bob Hagan was a boy in Youngstown, Ohio, people equated the coke dust they swept off their doorsteps each day with opportunity, for it came from the steel mills that built this city. After …
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Even as economy mends, a jobless decade may loom
Call it the Terrible Teens. The decade ahead could be a brutal one for America’s unemployed — and for people with jobs hoping for pay raises.
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Monday December 28, 2009 – 13:12 EST
LAS VEGAS, Nevada — If you don’t like terrible news, stop reading now. Besides, if you’re a regular Review-Journal reader, you’ve heard everything we’re about to tell you.
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AND THAT’S THE WEEK THAT WAS… For the Week Finished December 25, 2009
By Ron Brounes. Market Matters… Read more » »
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Thirty-Year Fixed Mortgage Rate Rises For Third Consecutive Week; Some State Rates Near 5.00%
The weekly average rate borrowers were quoted on Zillow Mortgage Marketplace for 30-year fixed mortgages increased five basis points last week to 4.77 percent, up from 4.72 percent the week prior, according to the Zillow Mortgage Rate Monitor, compiled by leading real [...]

The winners and losers of 2009 are …
It was a year of two personalities. One that started off with Australia looking down the barrel of a recession that one former prime minister probably thought we didn’t have to have. But despite a record number of Australian companies reporting billion-plus losses, the bears were chased back [...]

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