Copyright (c) 2010 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/business/investing business Business - Investing en-us Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:53:25 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/business/investing http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/bs_nm/us_markets_global nm/20100210/us_markets_global Reuters business Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:53:25 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/bs_nm/us_markets_global"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r482867103.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=NZhk6Zmhlrd0ZQLY4uQT5A--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="Traders are pictured at their desks in front of the DAX board at the Frankfurt stock exchange February 8, 2010. REUTERS/Remote/Michael Leckel" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Asian stocks rose on Wednesday after reports that Europe was close to bailing out debt-strapped Greece, coaxing investors back to riskier assets, though uncertainty kept a lid on the euro.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100210/bs_nm/us_markets_global"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r482867103.jpg?x=130&y=92&q=85&sig=NZhk6Zmhlrd0ZQLY4uQT5A--" align="left" height="92" width="130" alt="photo" title="Traders are pictured at their desks in front of the DAX board at the Frankfurt stock exchange February 8, 2010. REUTERS/Remote/Michael Leckel" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20100209/bs_ibd_ibd/20100209issues01 ibd/20100209/20100209issues01 Investor's Business Daily business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:37:49 GMT Investor's Business Daily - Jobless Recession: Small business has been a key part of plans to stimulate the economy from the very start of the Obama presidency. So why is this crucial job-creating sector of our economy doing so poorly? http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20100209/bs_ibd_ibd/20100209feature ibd/20100209/20100209feature Investor's Business Daily business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:33:32 GMT Investor's Business Daily - Voters are souring on the economy and the government's remedies, according to the IBD/TIPP Economic Optimism Index released Tuesday. It fell 4.1% to 46.8 in February, back to December's level and the weakest since July. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20100209/bs_ibd_ibd/20100209world ibd/20100209/20100209world Investor's Business Daily business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:21:21 GMT Investor's Business Daily - Hundreds of NATO and Afghan forces moved into position to prepare for an assault on Marjah, the largest Taliban-controlled town in S. Afghanistan. Afghan officials urged militants to lay down their arms and warned civilians there to "keep your heads down." U.S. officials have not said when the main attack on the town will take place but have heavily publicized their plans in hopes of reducing civilian casualties. While hundreds of residents have fled, militants have prevented many townspeople from leaving, witnesses said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20100209/bs_ibd_ibd/20100209nation ibd/20100209/20100209nation Investor's Business Daily business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:21:02 GMT Investor's Business Daily - Republicans have made inroads with the late Rep. John Murtha's Western Pa. congressional district in recent years and hope to win a special election to fill the seat left open after his death on Mon. Political analysts said Tue. that they expect a competitive contest. Murtha's ability to steer federal dollars to the economically strapped district made him a powerful figure. A GOP win in the traditionally Democratic stronghold would be hugely symbolic and could create momentum for a national GOP that sees itself as resurgent heading into the 2010 midterm elections. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20100209/bs_ibd_ibd/20100209econbrief ibd/20100209/20100209econbrief Investor's Business Daily business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 23:20:44 GMT Investor's Business Daily - There were 6.1 unemployed workers for every available position in Dec., down from Nov.'s record 6.3, Labor Dept. data showed. But that remains far above the 3.4 jobless workers per job opening in Dec. '08 and the 1.7 jobless workers per opening when the recession began in Dec. '07. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_credit_markets ap/20100209/us_credit_markets AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:17:23 GMT AP - Interest rates rose in the bond market Tuesday after investors moved back into stocks and a three-year note sale generated less demand. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_multimedia_games ap/20100209/us_earns_multimedia_games AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 20:30:24 GMT AP - Multimedia Games Inc. reported a narrower fiscal first-quarter loss Tuesday, but its sales fell in the period, and investors sent its shares lower. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/eu_switzerland_ubs_earnings ap/20100209/eu_switzerland_ubs_earnings AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:28:32 GMT AP - Swiss bank UBS AG posted a fourth-quarter profit of 1.205 billion Swiss francs ($1.12 billion) Tuesday, beating analysts' expectations partly thanks to a tax credit, but disappointing investors with news that rich clients are still withdrawing large sums of money. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_usa_economy_consumers_ibd nm/20100209/us_usa_economy_consumers_ibd Reuters business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 15:28:39 GMT Reuters - U.S. consumer confidence fell in February to near a level seen at the beginning of the recession, as high unemployment and some stock market weakness sapped January's optimism, a research group said on Tuesday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks nm/20100209/us_markets_stocks Reuters business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:52:36 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r2510752389.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=YPEP9NWCTMqlZPRA975MaA--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - The Dow posted its largest one-day percentage gain in three months on Tuesday, boosted by reports of an aid plan for heavily indebted Greece.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r2510752389.jpg?x=95&y=130&q=85&sig=YPEP9NWCTMqlZPRA975MaA--" align="left" height="130" width="95" alt="photo" title="Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange, February 9, 2010. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES - Tags: BUSINESS)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_ny_developer_arrested ap/20100209/us_ny_developer_arrested AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 13:49:59 GMT AP - A real estate developer who once claimed to own $2.7 billion dollars worth of New York skyscrapers has been charged with stealing millions of dollars from investors. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_markets_oil nm/20100209/us_markets_oil Reuters business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 11:40:17 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_markets_oil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r3548688280.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=NhRb0pzcLSioQJ2ekFkGtA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="A man refuels his car at a petrol station in Sydney October 26, 2009. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Oil rose above $72 a barrel on Tuesday due to a weaker U.S. dollar and robust buying interest as investors looked for bargains following last week's price slide to near two-month lows.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_markets_oil"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100209/i/r3548688280.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=NhRb0pzcLSioQJ2ekFkGtA--" align="left" height="87" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man refuels his car at a petrol station in Sydney October 26, 2009. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/oil_prices ap/20100209/oil_prices AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:24:05 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/oil_prices"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.dbada15e386f4955a81746eaef96aefd.oil_prices_nybz178.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=3GG76GSZTIUWUPbjMVx5Dw--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2010 file photo, Kevin Richards of Norton & Haines Hauling puts away a fuel hose after topping off about 30,000 gallons of home heating oil into the underground storage tanks at Gleason's oil depot in Framingham, Mass. Heating oil prices got a boost Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, as the second powerful storm in four days threatened to dump more than a foot of snow on the East Coast. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)" border="0" /></a>AP - Heating oil prices got a boost Tuesday as the second powerful storm in four days threatened to dump more than a foot of snow on the East Coast.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/oil_prices"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100209/capt.dbada15e386f4955a81746eaef96aefd.oil_prices_nybz178.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=3GG76GSZTIUWUPbjMVx5Dw--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this Jan. 5, 2010 file photo, Kevin Richards of Norton & Haines Hauling puts away a fuel hose after topping off about 30,000 gallons of home heating oil into the underground storage tanks at Gleason's oil depot in Framingham, Mass. Heating oil prices got a boost Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010, as the second powerful storm in four days threatened to dump more than a foot of snow on the East Coast. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100209/ap_on_bi_ge/us_securities_fraud ap/20100209/us_securities_fraud AP business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:59:17 GMT AP - The president of an Albany investment firm is accused of selling fraudulent securities to investors across the country. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100209/bs_nm/us_macquarie nm/20100209/us_macquarie Reuters business Tue, 09 Feb 2010 06:14:25 GMT Reuters - Macquarie Group , Australia's top investment bank, forecast a disappointing second-half profit and gave an outlook that raised worries about its key equity business, sending its shares sliding 7 percent. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20100208/bs_ibd_ibd/20100208top10 ibd/20100208/20100208top10 Investor's Business Daily business Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:54:51 GMT Investor's Business Daily - 1 The IBD/TIPP Presidential Leadership Index fell 0.6 point 14 Feb. to 50.2, holding above the neutral 50 level due to strong support among Democrats. But Obama's approval rating among independents tumbled 7.9% -- 27.3% since Sept. -- to 40.8, with strong opposition to his handling of health care and the economy. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20100208/bs_ibd_ibd/20100208world ibd/20100208/20100208world Investor's Business Daily business Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:46:17 GMT Investor's Business Daily - Holding a 3-percentage-point 12ead, opposition leader Viktor Yanukovych appeared to be the winner in Ukraine's presidential contest, according to vote tabulations released Mon. With 99% of ballots counted, Yanukovych led PM Yulia Tymoshenko. A Yanukovych victory would mark a shift to the left of the pro-Western leadership of the past 5 years, paving the way to improved ties with neighboring Russia. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20100208/bs_ibd_ibd/20100208nation ibd/20100208/20100208nation Investor's Business Daily business Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:46:03 GMT Investor's Business Daily - Congressman John Murtha, a former Marine who became the de facto voice of veterans on Capitol Hill and later an outspoken critic of the Iraq War, died at an Arlington, Va., hospital of complications from gallbladder surgery. In 1974, Murtha became the first Vietnam War combat veteran elected to Congress. He wielded considerable clout as the ranking Dem on the House subcommittee overseeing Pentagon spending. But Murtha's tenure was also tainted by corruption allegations, ranging from the Abscam scandal in the early '80s to recent FBI probes of the now-defunct lobbying firm PMA Group . http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20100208/bs_ibd_ibd/20100208econbrief ibd/20100208/20100208econbrief Investor's Business Daily business Mon, 08 Feb 2010 23:45:13 GMT Investor's Business Daily - The Treasury will auction $81 bil of notes and bonds in its quarterly refunding this week, the same as in the prior auction. Gov't officials said they've already raised enough to fund a budget deficit set to expand 14% this year. The Treasury's decision to stop increasing the size of its debt auctions could moderate the rise in bond yields, bolstering the economy as the Federal Reserve removes emergency stimulus. The narrower yield curve may cap mortgage rates as the Fed's $1.25 tril in mortgage-bond purchases is set to expire on March 31.