Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1196 business Stock Markets News en-us Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:14:01 GMT 5 142 18 http://news.yahoo.com/i/1196 http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142b.gif http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/bs_nm/us_column_stocks_outlook nm/20091121/us_column_stocks_outlook Reuters business Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:14:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/bs_nm/us_column_stocks_outlook"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r1103204336.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=yyuzSDsGI6jMWepBl7mH0Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A Chinese flag flies outside the New York Stock Exchange, November 20, 2009. Shares of Chinese discount hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd jumped as much as 28.6 percent in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Friday. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. stocks could sputter next week as volumes dry up in holiday-shortened trading and with a slew of economic reports likely to illustrate the recovery is still fragile.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091121/bs_nm/us_column_stocks_outlook"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r1103204336.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=yyuzSDsGI6jMWepBl7mH0Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Chinese flag flies outside the New York Stock Exchange, November 20, 2009. Shares of Chinese discount hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd jumped as much as 28.6 percent in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Friday. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_bi_ge/us_overstock_nasdaq_notification ap/20091120/us_overstock_nasdaq_notification AP business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:22:24 GMT AP - Overstock.com Inc. said Friday that it received a listing rule violation letter Thursday from the Nasdaq Stock Market related to the recent filing of its third-quarter report. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/us_wall_street ap/20091120/us_wall_street AP business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:19:35 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/us_wall_street"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.e870df57944841569a236ce572b901d7.wall_street_nysw205.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=O72OpNClioFYPpWKYKIEvw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="In this Nov. 19, 2009 photo, a Trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. The stock market lost ground for a third straight day as investors grew uneasy about a rising dollar and spiking demand for the safest government debt. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0" /></a>AP - Investors can't shake their fears that the economy isn't keeping up with the stock market.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_bi_st_ma_re/us_wall_street"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091120/capt.e870df57944841569a236ce572b901d7.wall_street_nysw205.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=O72OpNClioFYPpWKYKIEvw--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="In this Nov. 19, 2009 photo, a Trader works on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. The stock market lost ground for a third straight day as investors grew uneasy about a rising dollar and spiking demand for the safest government debt. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_bi_ge/us_wall_street_box ap/20091120/us_wall_street_box AP business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 23:08:11 GMT AP - Stocks fell for a third straight day Friday as a disappointing outlook from computer maker Dell Inc. suggested that an economic recovery could be uneven. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/wl_canada_nm/canada_us_markets_canada_stocks nm/20091120/canada_us_markets_canada_stocks Reuters world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:39:46 GMT Reuters - Toronto's main stock index fell on Friday as weaker oil prices, caused partly by a stronger U.S. dollar, weighed on resource issues, including Suncor Energy Inc. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks nm/20091120/us_markets_stocks Reuters business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:32:30 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r2034217862.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=GLKDAvgGXAGY27Ah.81j7A--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 14, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid" border="0" /></a>Reuters - U.S. stocks fell for a third straight day on Friday as investors took weaker-than-expected results from computer maker Dell and homebuilder D.R. Horton as a further sign that the recovery would be anemic.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r2034217862.jpg?x=130&y=90&q=85&sig=GLKDAvgGXAGY27Ah.81j7A--" align="left" height="90" width="130" alt="photo" title="A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, October 14, 2009. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_bi_ge/us_sec_hedge_fund_probe ap/20091120/us_sec_hedge_fund_probe AP business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:57:54 GMT AP - A new development related to the government's investigation of possible insider trading at a major hedge fund has raised questions in the case and caught the attention of two key senators. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/bs_nm/us_financial_clearing_limit nm/20091120/us_financial_clearing_limit Reuters business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:08:19 GMT Reuters - NYSE Euronext , LCH.Clearnet, BATS Global Markets and other firms partnered with banks have urged two U.S. legislators to drop a proposed "rigid" cap on dealer ownership of clearinghouses, according to a letter sent this week. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_bi_ge/us_economy_countries_glance ap/20091120/us_economy_countries_glance AP business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:18:04 GMT AP - A look at economic developments and activity in major stock markets around the world Friday: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_uk_afp/stockslondonclose afp/20091120/stockslondonclose AFP world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 17:49:56 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_uk_afp/stockslondonclose"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258738850100-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=o_KRMuA81vZAds9cZEhrjQ--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="London's FTSE 100 index closed lower, ending a week which saw the index of leading shares striking a 2009 high.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)" border="0" /></a>AFP - London's FTSE 100 index closed lower on Friday, ending a week which started with the index of leading shares striking a 2009 high.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_uk_afp/stockslondonclose"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258738850100-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=72&q=85&sig=o_KRMuA81vZAds9cZEhrjQ--" align="left" height="72" width="130" alt="photo" title="London's FTSE 100 index closed lower, ending a week which saw the index of leading shares striking a 2009 high.(AFP/File/Ben Stansall)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_bi_ge/world_markets ap/20091120/world_markets AP business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:45:01 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_bi_ge/world_markets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r1103204336.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=yyuzSDsGI6jMWepBl7mH0Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="A Chinese flag flies outside the New York Stock Exchange, November 20, 2009. Shares of Chinese discount hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd jumped as much as 28.6 percent in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Friday. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)" border="0" /></a>AP - World stock markets fell Friday amid mounting concerns about the pace of the U.S. economic recovery following a disappointing earnings update from computer maker Dell Inc.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091120/ap_on_bi_ge/world_markets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091120/i/r1103204336.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=yyuzSDsGI6jMWepBl7mH0Q--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="A Chinese flag flies outside the New York Stock Exchange, November 20, 2009. Shares of Chinese discount hotel chain 7 Days Group Holdings Ltd jumped as much as 28.6 percent in their New York Stock Exchange debut on Friday. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid (UNITED STATES BUSINESS)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091120/bs_nm/us_cloudpeak_debut nm/20091120/us_cloudpeak_debut Reuters business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:20:59 GMT Reuters - Cloud Peak Energy Inc , a unit of Rio Tinto Plc, fell in its debut on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday after its shares priced below expectations in the U.S. coal miner's initial public offering. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/bs_afp/stockseurope afp/20091120/stockseurope AFP business Fri, 20 Nov 2009 12:22:48 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/bs_afp/stockseurope"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258719631766-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ThqjToMxxvfdDj301cf3Ig--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="View of the Paris stock exchange, the Bourse, and the Eiffel tower. Europe's main stock markets have steadied one day after equities slumped on jitters regarding the economic outlook, traders say.(AFP/File/Pierre Verdy)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Europe's main stock markets steadied on Friday one day after equities slumped on jitters regarding the economic outlook, traders said.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/bs_afp/stockseurope"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258719631766-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=ThqjToMxxvfdDj301cf3Ig--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="View of the Paris stock exchange, the Bourse, and the Eiffel tower. Europe's main stock markets have steadied one day after equities slumped on jitters regarding the economic outlook, traders say.(AFP/File/Pierre Verdy)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_uk_afp/stockseuropeopen afp/20091120/stockseuropeopen AFP world Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:46:57 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_uk_afp/stockseuropeopen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258706777569-1-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=4be3kAH37kxXlvQ9qYEF1Q--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="A man walks past an electronic display board showing the FTSE 100 share index in London. Stocks in London recovered slightly at the start of trading following sharp losses one day earlier.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Stocks in London recovered slightly at the start of trading on Friday following sharp losses one day earlier.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091120/wl_uk_afp/stockseuropeopen"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091120/capt.photo_1258706777569-1-0.jpg?x=97&y=130&q=85&sig=4be3kAH37kxXlvQ9qYEF1Q--" align="left" height="130" width="97" alt="photo" title="A man walks past an electronic display board showing the FTSE 100 share index in London. Stocks in London recovered slightly at the start of trading following sharp losses one day earlier.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091119/ap_on_bi_ge/us_sec_madoff_scandal ap/20091119/us_sec_madoff_scandal AP business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 23:42:49 GMT AP - The Securities and Exchange Commission must tighten its process for deciding which investment advisers to inspect if it is to avoid colossal breakdowns like the one that allowed Bernard Madoff's multibillion-dollar fraud to go undetected for 16 years, the agency's inspector general says. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/bs_nm/us_semiconductors nm/20091119/us_semiconductors Reuters business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:23:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/bs_nm/us_semiconductors"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091119/i/r1301638242.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=di8D5ea96pquPQFoP7vvoQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="A man walks past Intel motherboard displays during the 2009 Computex exhibition in Taipei June 2, 2009. REUTERS/Nicky Loh" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Chip stocks fell on Thursday after Bank of America Merrill Lynch downgraded the sector on a possible inventory correction, although two of Europe's top chipmakers were upbeat about recovery prospects.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/bs_nm/us_semiconductors"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091119/i/r1301638242.jpg?x=130&y=98&q=85&sig=di8D5ea96pquPQFoP7vvoQ--" align="left" height="98" width="130" alt="photo" title="A man walks past Intel motherboard displays during the 2009 Computex exhibition in Taipei June 2, 2009. REUTERS/Nicky Loh" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_uk_afp/britainstocksclose afp/20091119/britainstocksclose AFP world Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:54:44 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_uk_afp/britainstocksclose"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258479294625-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=JIHK4OphfIAA6pfbZFSrkQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="The FTSE 100 slipped on Thursday amid renewed concern about the strength of recovery from the worst global economic crisis in decades after some mixed data and forecasts.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The FTSE 100 slipped on Thursday amid renewed concern about the strength of recovery from the worst global economic crisis in decades after some mixed data and forecasts.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_uk_afp/britainstocksclose"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258479294625-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=JIHK4OphfIAA6pfbZFSrkQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="photo" title="The FTSE 100 slipped on Thursday amid renewed concern about the strength of recovery from the worst global economic crisis in decades after some mixed data and forecasts.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_sthasia_afp/indiapeopleeconomypay afp/20091119/indiapeopleeconomypay AFP world Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:08:15 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_sthasia_afp/indiapeopleeconomypay"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258644502970-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=dYAJ76OYmzqX9KYRNZzNdA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="The head of India's biggest company Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani, seen here in 2008, is once again the wealthiest person in India. The number of billionaires in India almost doubled in the past 12 months to 52, mainly thanks to a recovery in global stock markets, a richlist from US magazine Forbes showed Thursday.(AFP/File/Prakash Singh)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The number of billionaires in India almost doubled in the past 12 months to 52, mainly thanks to a recovery in global stock markets, a richlist from US magazine Forbes showed Thursday.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_sthasia_afp/indiapeopleeconomypay"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258644502970-1-0.jpg?x=90&y=130&q=85&sig=dYAJ76OYmzqX9KYRNZzNdA--" align="left" height="130" width="90" alt="photo" title="The head of India's biggest company Reliance Industries, Mukesh Ambani, seen here in 2008, is once again the wealthiest person in India. The number of billionaires in India almost doubled in the past 12 months to 52, mainly thanks to a recovery in global stock markets, a richlist from US magazine Forbes showed Thursday.(AFP/File/Prakash Singh)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091119/bs_nm/us_semiconductors_research_bofamerrill nm/20091119/us_semiconductors_research_bofamerrill Reuters business Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:40:48 GMT Reuters - Semiconductor stocks fell sharply after BofA Merrill Lynch turned bearish on the industry and downgraded several chipmakers, including Intel Corp , citing a modest rise in inventories. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_uk_afp/stocksbritain afp/20091119/stocksbritain AFP world Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:16:58 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_uk_afp/stocksbritain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258619902083-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=91q2pZpQu6uTYO2cLx2IIw--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="London shares were falling following losses in Tokyo and overnight on Wall Street, as investors digested mixed economic data and outlooks for the global economy.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)" border="0" /></a>AFP - London shares were falling on Thursday following losses in Tokyo and overnight on Wall Street, as investors digested mixed economic data and outlooks for the global economy.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091119/wl_uk_afp/stocksbritain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091119/capt.photo_1258619902083-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=91q2pZpQu6uTYO2cLx2IIw--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="photo" title="London shares were falling following losses in Tokyo and overnight on Wall Street, as investors digested mixed economic data and outlooks for the global economy.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)