Copyright (c) 2009 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reserved. http://news.yahoo.com/i/1196 business Stock Markets News en-us Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:36:15 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/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_berkshire_hathaway ap/20091107/us_earns_berkshire_hathaway AP business Sat, 07 Nov 2009 01:31:46 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_berkshire_hathaway"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.525f5c92346b4de6a11224742f8e9fa5.earns_berkshire_hathaway_nybz201.jpg?x=104&y=130&q=85&sig=AyAhzGzcTXHJEoPVXITvHw--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="FILE - In this May 2, 2009 file photo, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett speaks to a reporter prior to the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb. Buffett's company said Friday Nov. 6, 2009 that its third-quarter profit tripled as the improving economy and stock market boosted the value of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s derivative contracts. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, file)" border="0" /></a>AP - Paper gains on derivative contracts helped Berkshire Hathaway Inc. triple its third-quarter profit as its insurance businesses did well, but Warren Buffett's company said Friday that many of its other operating businesses struggled.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091107/ap_on_bi_ge/us_earns_berkshire_hathaway"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091107/capt.525f5c92346b4de6a11224742f8e9fa5.earns_berkshire_hathaway_nybz201.jpg?x=104&y=130&q=85&sig=AyAhzGzcTXHJEoPVXITvHw--" align="left" height="130" width="104" alt="photo" title="FILE - In this May 2, 2009 file photo, Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett speaks to a reporter prior to the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholders meeting in Omaha, Neb. Buffett's company said Friday Nov. 6, 2009 that its third-quarter profit tripled as the improving economy and stock market boosted the value of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s derivative contracts. (AP Photo/Nati Harnik, file)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*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/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_nm/us_column_stocks_outlook"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257483192203-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=OB4csT1M.0WHR3cAqkECWA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Preet Bharara, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks at a press conference. Law enforcement officials in New York announced charges against 14 people in a widening probe into the largest ever alleged hedge-fund insider trading scheme on Wall Street.(AFP/Getty Images/Mario Tama)" 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/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_nm/us_column_stocks_outlook"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257483192203-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=OB4csT1M.0WHR3cAqkECWA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="Preet Bharara, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks at a press conference. Law enforcement officials in New York announced charges against 14 people in a widening probe into the largest ever alleged hedge-fund insider trading scheme on Wall Street.(AFP/Getty Images/Mario Tama)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ibd/20091106/bs_ibd_ibd/20091106basereader ibd/20091106/20091106basereader Investor's Business Daily business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:55:56 GMT Investor's Business Daily - For the past five sessions, gold-mining stocks have enjoyed a rush. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_nm/us_berkshire nm/20091106/us_berkshire Reuters business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:47:41 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_nm/us_berkshire"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3744946537.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=0Gq2WKx9JSR8t2yi8S6Fww--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="Billionaire financier and Berkshire Hathaway Chief Executive Warren Buffett eats ice cream as he walks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska in this May 2, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Files" border="0" /></a>Reuters - Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway Inc (BRKa.N) (BRKb.N) on Friday said quarterly earnings tripled, as rising stock markets boosted its investment holdings and a quiet hurricane season contributed to higher insurance profit.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_nm/us_berkshire"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20091106/i/r3744946537.jpg?x=130&y=85&q=85&sig=0Gq2WKx9JSR8t2yi8S6Fww--" align="left" height="85" width="130" alt="photo" title="Billionaire financier and Berkshire Hathaway Chief Executive Warren Buffett eats ice cream as he walks during the Berkshire Hathaway Annual Shareholders meeting in Omaha, Nebraska in this May 2, 2009. REUTERS/Carlos Barria/Files" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/fl_florida_investments_sec ap/20091106/fl_florida_investments_sec AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:27:02 GMT AP - Two top Florida Democrats want changes to the makeup of the board that oversees Florida's $130 billion investment portfolio now under scrutiny from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/us_str_holdings_ipo ap/20091106/us_str_holdings_ipo AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:17:22 GMT AP - STR Holdings Inc. shares jumped Friday after the solar products company launched its initial public offering, but shares priced below expectations on the New York Stock Exchange. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*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/stocks/*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/stocks/*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/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/wl_canada_nm/canada_us_markets_canada_stocks nm/20091106/canada_us_markets_canada_stocks Reuters world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 23:08:24 GMT Reuters - Toronto's main stock index ended higher for a fourth straight session on Friday as gold miners rallied around record high bullion prices, offsetting the index's fall at the outset on weak jobs data that fueled worry about economic recovery. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/us_wall_street_stocks ap/20091106/us_wall_street_stocks AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:05:33 GMT AP - The following stocks were among those that moved substantially or traded heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange: http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*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/stocks/*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/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257483192203-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=OB4csT1M.0WHR3cAqkECWA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="Preet Bharara, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks at a press conference. Law enforcement officials in New York announced charges against 14 people in a widening probe into the largest ever alleged hedge-fund insider trading scheme on Wall Street.(AFP/Getty Images/Mario Tama)" 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/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_nm/us_markets_stocks"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1257483192203-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=OB4csT1M.0WHR3cAqkECWA--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="photo" title="Preet Bharara, US Attorney for the Southern District of New York, speaks at a press conference. Law enforcement officials in New York announced charges against 14 people in a widening probe into the largest ever alleged hedge-fund insider trading scheme on Wall Street.(AFP/Getty Images/Mario Tama)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (Reuters) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/us_nm/us_florida_inquiry nm/20091106/us_florida_inquiry Reuters us Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:14:33 GMT Reuters - U.S. federal regulators have launched a fraud investigation into the state agency that runs Florida's $110 billion pension system and another fund hit by a 2007 depositors run, according to government documents. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091106/bs_nm/us_galleon_sec nm/20091106/us_galleon_sec Reuters business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 20:00:24 GMT Reuters - A top U.S. securities regulator said some funds may now view insider trading as a central tenet of their business models, rather than as a one-time opportunity for big rewards as sometimes happened in the 1980s. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/us_economy_countries_glance ap/20091106/us_economy_countries_glance AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:32:49 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/20091106/wl_uk_afp/stocksbritain afp/20091106/stocksbritain AFP world Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:46:34 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_uk_afp/stocksbritain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1255968960419-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=kZ_t6V4I9c57D1fSxTk7yg--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="The leading stock exchange has ended on a high recovering from earlier lows that followed news the US jobless rate had climbed to a 26-year high.(AFP/File/Shaun Curry)" border="0" /></a>AFP - The leading stock exchange ended on a high on Friday recovering from earlier lows that followed news the US jobless rate had climbed to a 26-year high.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/wl_uk_afp/stocksbritain"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1255968960419-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=79&q=85&sig=kZ_t6V4I9c57D1fSxTk7yg--" align="left" height="79" width="130" alt="photo" title="The leading stock exchange has ended on a high recovering from earlier lows that followed news the US jobless rate had climbed to a 26-year high.(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/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/us_trading_scam_charges ap/20091106/us_trading_scam_charges AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:45:55 GMT AP - A former hedge fund manager arrested earlier this year has been indicted on federal charges he participated in a $7 million insider trading scam. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/world_markets ap/20091106/world_markets AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 14:15:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/world_markets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.604a1f458d0946deab78b2afa32eb5fc.south_korea_markets_sel102.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=ZhsdicRqBzfq89Ji4Orrdg--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="A South Korean currency trader passes by a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The KOSPI rose 20.22 points, or 1.3 percent, to 1,572.46. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" border="0" /></a>AP - European stocks fell and Wall Street was expected to drop on the open Friday after data showed the U.S. unemployment rate jumped to 10.2 percent in October, more than expected, as 190,000 jobs were cut.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/world_markets"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20091106/capt.604a1f458d0946deab78b2afa32eb5fc.south_korea_markets_sel102.jpg?x=130&y=76&q=85&sig=ZhsdicRqBzfq89Ji4Orrdg--" align="left" height="76" width="130" alt="photo" title="A South Korean currency trader passes by a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Nov. 6, 2009. The KOSPI rose 20.22 points, or 1.3 percent, to 1,572.46. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AP) http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*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/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091106/ap_on_bi_ge/us_florida_investments_sec ap/20091106/us_florida_investments_sec AP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:24:43 GMT AP - The Florida agency that manages $132 billion in pension and local government investments is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission. http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/bs_afp/stockseurope afp/20091106/stockseurope AFP business Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:11:51 GMT <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/bs_afp/stockseurope"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1256903380912-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=kel.upctWXoFHJabWYgTdQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="A trader watches the French CAC market curve at the independent private banking company Meeschaert Gestion Privee, in Paris in 2008. Europe's main stock markets diverged slightly on Friday ahead of the release of crucial US employment figures and as traders assessed more earnings reports.(AFP/File/Jean Ayissi)" border="0" /></a>AFP - Europe's main stock markets diverged slightly on Friday ahead of the release of crucial US employment figures and as traders assessed more earnings reports.</p><br clear="all"/> <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/stocks/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091106/bs_afp/stockseurope"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20091106/capt.photo_1256903380912-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=kel.upctWXoFHJabWYgTdQ--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="photo" title="A trader watches the French CAC market curve at the independent private banking company Meeschaert Gestion Privee, in Paris in 2008. Europe's main stock markets diverged slightly on Friday ahead of the release of crucial US employment figures and as traders assessed more earnings reports.(AFP/File/Jean Ayissi)" border="0"/></a></p><br clear="all"/> (AFP)