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  • At noon Wall Street little changed deals provide support

    U.S. stocks were little changed on Monday as acquisition activity gave support but investors were reluctant to rush into the market with indexes hovering around record levels.Deals including Yahoo Inc.'s $1.1-billion (U.S.) bid for Tumblr Inc. indicate that companies continue to search for growth through acquisitions, a bullish sign for stocks. Yahoo was up 0.8 per cent at ...

  • Financial Stocks Bank of America leads financials higher

    NEW YORK (MarketWatch) - Financial stocks were up in early trades on Monday, continuing their winning streak ahead of Fed Chief Ben Bernanke's testimony to Congress on ...

  • Tech Stocks Yahoo shares edge up after Tumblr deal

    SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Yahoo Inc.'s $1.1 billion acquisition of blogging-service operator Tumblr claimed the tech sector's spotlight on Monday, with the deal seen as a potential gamble by Chief Executive Marissa Mayer in her attempts to reinvigorate the one-time Internet ...

  • Wall St dips but deals lend support

    Deals including Yahoo's $1.1 billion bid for Tumblr indicate that companies continue to search for growth through acquisitions despite record highs, a bullish sign for ...

  • Local stocks extend run-up following Wall Street rally

    Stock markets in Shanghai and Shenzhen carried their recent winning-streak into Monday as Wall Street's rising tide buoyed most A-shares.The benchmark Shanghai Composite Index added 0.75 percent, or 17.12 points, to close at 2,299.99; while the Shenzhen Component Index added 0.66 percent, or 60.87 points, to finish at 9,307.15.The gains came after upbeat US economic data lifted the Dow ...


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Luminarias

The title of Luminarias comes from a fictional Los Angeles restaurant in which four women in their early 40s regularly gather to discuss their lives--sex, love, marriage, infidelity, work, and the like. What makes Luminarias different is that the four women are Latina. While all things Latin have been getting more and more popular in the last few years, there have been almost no mov ... ...

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  • The Too Big To Fail Federal Reserve Bank At 100 Years Of Age

    Federal Reserve Chairmen Ben Bernanke As the markets reach new highs, and scandal dominates the nation's capitol, I am compelled to examine the still unresolved challenges about whether our 100 year old central bank- the Federal Reserve- will be capable of warding off another potential systemic financial crisis like the one that almost toppled the economy in 2008. And secondarily, whether ...

  • Stocks open mixed as investors eye Federal Reserve

    CNBC's Jim Cramer explains why Yahoo is "desperate' to become part of the technical "firmament." Stocks were narrowly mixed Monday, as investors seemed to take a breather after major averages finished higher for the fourth-consecutive week and amid ongoing concerns ...

  • U.S. justices rule for PPL Corp in overseas tax case

    The court ruled on a unanimous vote that Pennsylvania-based PPL can claim $39 million in U.S. foreign tax credits against a 1997 British windfall ...

  • US stocks edge lower

    US stocks have edged lower in opening trade amid a flurry of merger and acquisition news, including the Yahoo! takeover of blogging platform ...

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