Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/3388 business Business - Investing en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:22:59 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/3388 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/bs_afp/stocksusweekly afp/20091107/stocksusweekly AFP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 17:22:59 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/bs_afp/stocksusweekly"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257614264498-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=W4zXv777NJ235vugMh1Dnw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange moments before the closing bell in November 5. Wall Street's gravity-defying rally found new life over the past week, providing optimism for investors heading into what has historically been one of the best periods of the year.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Wall Street's gravity-defying rally found new life over the past week, providing optimism for investors heading into what has historically been one of the best periods of the year.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091107/bs_afp/stocksusweekly"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257614264498-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=W4zXv777NJ235vugMh1Dnw--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange moments before the closing bell in November 5. Wall Street's gravity-defying rally found new life over the past week, providing optimism for investors heading into what has historically been one of the best periods of the year.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20091107/bs_ibd_ibd/20091106feature ibd/20091107/20091106feature Investor's Business Daily business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:04:21 GMT Investor's Business Daily - Unemployment spiked to a fresh 26-year high of 10.2% in October from 9.8% in September, raising concerns about the economy and consumer spending heading into the holiday season. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20091107/bs_ibd_ibd/20091106world ibd/20091107/20091106world Investor's Business Daily business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:34 GMT Investor's Business Daily - The army pushed deeper into the last of 3 terrorist strongholds on Fri. in an offensive that has sparked a wave of retaliatory attacks, including the most recent one where gunmen wounded a senior army officer and a soldier in Islamabad. Militants hope the attacks will weaken the army's resolve, but the army pressed ahead, entering the hometown of former Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud, who was killed in a suspected U.S. missile strike in Aug. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20091107/bs_ibd_ibd/20091106nation ibd/20091107/20091106nation Investor's Business Daily business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:01:12 GMT Investor's Business Daily - The U.S. Int'l Trade Commission backed 2 Commerce Dept. investigations into charges of unfair-trade practices by China and Indonesia, days ahead of Pres. Obama's trip to Asia. The charges focus on allegations that companies from the 2 countries are selling coated paper used for magazines and greeting cards at unfairly low prices. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20091107/bs_ibd_ibd/20091106econbrief ibd/20091107/20091106econbrief Investor's Business Daily business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:00:45 GMT Investor's Business Daily - The Economic Cycle Research Institute's leading U.S. index rose a half-point 15 128.8 in the week to Oct. 30. Its annual growth rate fell 0.6 point 15 still-high 26.3%. "While (weekly leading index) growth has backed off from a record high, its continued strength promises a stronger U.S. economic recovery than most anticipate," ECRI head Lakshman Achuthan said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_nm/us_column_stocks_outlook nm/20091106/us_column_stocks_outlook Reuters business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:59:07 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_nm/us_column_stocks_outlook"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257614491875-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2UB009iAXvIZd.m5uzhjqQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange moments before the closing bell on November 5. Wall Street's gravity-defying rally found new life over the past week, providing optimism for investors heading into what has historically been one of the best periods of the year.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - As unemployment in the United States edges above 10 percent, anxious investors will look to earnings reports from major retailers for signs of life in the beaten-up consumer.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_nm/us_column_stocks_outlook"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257614491875-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2UB009iAXvIZd.m5uzhjqQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange moments before the closing bell on November 5. Wall Street's gravity-defying rally found new life over the past week, providing optimism for investors heading into what has historically been one of the best periods of the year.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20091106/bs_ibd_ibd/20091106health ibd/20091106/20091106health Investor's Business Daily business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:39:18 GMT Investor's Business Daily - Ophthalmic drug and device maker Alcon eyes big returns from a pair of deals it signed over the past two months. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/us_wall_street ap/20091106/us_wall_street AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:10:08 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/us_wall_street"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.62fc73cedf2149bab81109f7df711e5c.wall_street_nybz160.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=QhDlo3hTNaBinOc9BEJRrg--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="FILE - In the Nov, 6, 2008 file photo, people look through the windows of the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York. Stocks rose early Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, as investors shrugged off news that more jobs were lost in October than expected, pushing the unemployment rate above 10 percent for the first time since 1983.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Investors undaunted by a surprisingly weak jobs report found enough positive news to nudge stocks higher Friday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/us_wall_street"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.62fc73cedf2149bab81109f7df711e5c.wall_street_nybz160.jpg?x=130&y=81&q=85&sig=QhDlo3hTNaBinOc9BEJRrg--" align="left" height="81" width="130" alt="photo" title="FILE - In the Nov, 6, 2008 file photo, people look through the windows of the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York. Stocks rose early Friday, Nov. 6, 2009, as investors shrugged off news that more jobs were lost in October than expected, pushing the unemployment rate above 10 percent for the first time since 1983.(AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/us_bear_stearns_trial ap/20091106/us_bear_stearns_trial AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:48:50 GMT AP - Two former Bear Stearns hedge fund managers charged with lying to investors always were honest about the risks of investing in securities linked to the volatile subprime mortgage market, a defense lawyer told a jury on Friday. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/us_dollar ap/20091106/us_dollar AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:46:26 GMT AP - The safe-haven dollar got an immediate boost Friday after the government said the U.S. unemployment rate rose above 10 percent, but then gave back its gains in choppy trading as investors figured that a weak economy meant the Federal Reserve would keep interest rates at their current near-zero range for a long time. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/us_wall_street_box ap/20091106/us_wall_street_box AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:43:44 GMT AP - Investors added to the week's strong gains in the stock market after finding some positives in a surprisingly weak jobs report. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/us_new_retirement_account ap/20091106/us_new_retirement_account AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:31:13 GMT AP - Over the last year it's become abundantly clear that the stock market can devastate even seemingly healthy retirement accounts. Even so, with the guaranteed income of traditional pensions disappearing, most investors have little choice. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/us_ponzi_sentence_virginia ap/20091106/us_ponzi_sentence_virginia AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:19:59 GMT AP - A Virginia man will spend more than seven years in prison for running a Ponzi scheme that bilked more than $5 million from more than 30 investors. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/us_political_corruption_trial_new_york ap/20091106/us_political_corruption_trial_new_york AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:51:41 GMT AP - A former Teamsters official testified that then New York state Sen. Joseph Bruno told him in 1994 that Wright Investors Service wanted to manage his local's pension fund and didn't disclose he was being paid by the company. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/us_fitness_site_scam_new_york ap/20091106/us_fitness_site_scam_new_york AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:45:54 GMT AP - A former college staffer convicted of ripping off the school raised money to repay it by roping far-flung investors into funding a fictitious online fitness magazine, prosecutors said. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks nm/20091106/us_markets_stocks Reuters business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:33:55 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257614491875-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2UB009iAXvIZd.m5uzhjqQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange moments before the closing bell on November 5. Wall Street's gravity-defying rally found new life over the past week, providing optimism for investors heading into what has historically been one of the best periods of the year.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. stocks rose 3 percent for the week after ending Friday's session slightly higher, shrugging off government data showing the unemployment rate hit 10.2 percent -- the highest in 26-1/2 years.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091107/capt.photo_1257614491875-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=2UB009iAXvIZd.m5uzhjqQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange moments before the closing bell on November 5. Wall Street's gravity-defying rally found new life over the past week, providing optimism for investors heading into what has historically been one of the best periods of the year.(AFP/Getty Images/File/Spencer Platt)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/bw/20091106/bs_bw/0946b4155087841130 bw/20091106/0946b4155087841130 BusinessWeek business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:08:41 GMT BusinessWeek - The stock market's surge ended in October. After seven months of gains the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index closed at 1036.18 Oct. 30, down 2% for the month. Investors are left to ponder whether this is a pause or prelude to a deeper dive. In other words: Is the market overvalued or undervalued? As these experts show in their analysis of the market's price-earnings ratio, the answer depends on whether you're looking back or looking ahead. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/oil_prices ap/20091106/oil_prices AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:21:03 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/oil_prices"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257245940683-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=c2UtldMnBHvB_GfU5MM8mg--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="World oil prices rose back above 80 dollars on Wednesday as investors turned their attention to an upcoming US energy inventory report.(AFP/File/Thomas Coex)" border="0" /></a>AP - Oil prices tumbled Friday after the government said the U.S. unemployment rate topped 10 percent for the first time since 1983.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/oil_prices"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091104/capt.photo_1257245940683-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=77&q=85&sig=c2UtldMnBHvB_GfU5MM8mg--" align="left" height="77" width="130" alt="photo" title="World oil prices rose back above 80 dollars on Wednesday as investors turned their attention to an upcoming US energy inventory report.(AFP/File/Thomas Coex)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20091105/bs_ibd_ibd/20091105world ibd/20091105/20091105world Investor's Business Daily business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:46:39 GMT Investor's Business Daily - In an apparent bid to help its neighbor control an escalating Shiite rebellion, Saudi Arabia sent fighter jets and artillery bombardments across the border into N. Yemen to hit rebel targets. The Saudis have been increasingly worried that extremism and instability in Yemen could spill over the border. The offensive came 2 days after the killing of a Saudi soldier, blamed on the rebels. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/investing/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20091105/bs_ibd_ibd/20091105nation ibd/20091105/20091105nation Investor's Business Daily business Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:46:27 GMT Investor's Business Daily - Lt. Gen. Bob Cone said at a news conference that 1 shooter has been killed and 2 suspects were apprehended after gunmen killed 12 and wounded 31 during a shooting rampage at Fort Hood Army base in Texas. He said the suspects are all U.S. soldiers, and the primary shooter used 2 handguns in the attack. Pres. Obama decried the "horrific outburst of violence." It appeared to be the worst-ever mass shooting at a U.S. military base.