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Facebook Fires Manager Over Insider Trading

Employee violated company policy on secondary stock markets: TechCrunch

(Newser) - Facebook gave one of its managers the boot after he violated company policy on insider trading, reports TechCrunch . Former corporate development manager Michael Brown bought company stock in the burgeoning secondary trading market, sources tell the site. Because Facebook is a private company, he apparently didn't violate any federal laws,...

SEC Investigates Jim Cramer's Website

Inquiry involves TheStreet.com's accounting

(Newser) - The SEC is investigating The Street.com —the website co-founded by CNBC host and Jon Stewart target Jim Cramer—over some questionable accounting regarding a former subsidiary. The agency wants to examine how the website recorded revenue for Promotions.com, a marketing company it acquired in 2007 and sold...

So Much for 'Tough' Reform: Insurance Stocks Soaring

Good job standing up to the special interests, Barack

(Newser) - Barack Obama praised the Senate yesterday for “standing up to the special interests who prevented reform for decades,” which seems pretty laughable, given that health care stocks soared on the news. Evan Bayh’s wife, for example, has made up to $250,000 over the last six weeks...

Ignore Dubai at Your Own Peril
  Ignore Dubai 
  at Your Own Peril  

note to investors
Dec 4, 2009 10:08 AM CST

Ignore Dubai at Your Own Peril

$30B default could still take out other economies

(Newser) - The Dubai disaster should have been a wake up call. But investors, seduced by an "extraordinarily precarious" recovery, basically ignored it and kept busy building yet another bubble, writes Sebastian Mallaby in the Washington Post . Even if Dubai, with its artificial island and indoor ski resort, is an extreme...

Facebook Edges Closer to Going Public

It revamps stock but says it has no IPO plans 'at this time'

(Newser) - Facebook revamped its stock structure today in a move sure to heat up speculation that it's going public. The company will have two classes of shares, A and B, reports the Wall Street Journal . Everyone currently on board will hold B shares, with 10 times the voting power of A...

Stocks Inch Up as Builders Merge
 Stocks Inch Up as 
 Builders Merge 
Market Open
Apr 8, 2009 8:44 AM CDT

Stocks Inch Up as Builders Merge

(Newser) - Stocks crept higher at the open, as a pair of homebuilders planned a big merger and the government sought to help life insurers. The Dow inched up 25 points, and the S&P 0.6%, while the Nasdaq jumped 1.3%. Centex shares soared 28% on news that it would...

Automakers Lead Sharp Selloff Worldwide
 Automakers Lead 
 Sharp Selloff Worldwide 
MARKETS
Mar 30, 2009 5:35 AM CDT

Automakers Lead Sharp Selloff Worldwide

Nikkei drops 4.5%, Europe opens down

(Newser) - Stocks in Asia and Europe plummeted today amid global fears for the auto industry and hesitation that this week's G20 summit in London might not deliver on ambitious goals. In Tokyo the Nikkei dropped 4.5%, with Toyota, Honda and Nissan all posting substantial falls. At midmorning stocks in London,...

Battered Markets Crawl Into 2009
 Battered Markets
 Crawl Into 2009 
ANALYSIS
Jan 1, 2009 9:22 AM CST

Battered Markets Crawl Into 2009

2008 finishes as the worst year for the Dow since 1931

(Newser) - Weary relief that 2008 was finally over greeted the final bell at the New York Stock Exchange yesterday, but shaken investors worry about what 2009 holds, the New York Times reports. The final tally confirmed that the year was the worst for stockholders since the Great Depression. Stock plunges across...

Ailing Biotech Firms Need Shot in the Arm

Flatlining economy threatens breakthrough medical research

(Newser) - For the first time in years, the biotech industry is in desperate need of a lifeline, Bloomberg reports, as the economic crisis threatens to shove companies into bankruptcy and derail the development of potentially life-saving drugs. “I’m looking down the barrel of a gun,” admitted one CEO....

Ignore Market Until February
 Ignore Market Until February 
OPINION
Nov 20, 2008 5:43 PM CST

Ignore Market Until February

End-of-year effects cause distorting swings

(Newser) - The stock market can be a great synthesizer of millions of individual judgment calls about economic growth, government policy, and world events, writes Andy Kessler in the Wall Street Journal. But it’s also subject to end-of-year distortions, especially in down times like these. What's an investor to do? "...

Stock Tips for Bargain Hunters
 Stock Tips for Bargain Hunters 
Nov 9, 2008 7:04 PM CST

Stock Tips for Bargain Hunters

Look for minimal fees and free trades to help you save money

(Newser) - While stocks have sunk to their lowest in years, there's a silver-lining for penny-pinchers. “Buying into the slumping market today should pay off big time when it finally bounces back,” reports US News and World Report, which offers 5 easy tips to get you started.
  • Index funds: Minimal
...

These Stocks Will Flourish During Obama Years
These Stocks Will Flourish During Obama Years
ANALYSIS
Nov 5, 2008 11:08 AM CST

These Stocks Will Flourish During Obama Years

Health care, infrastructure, alternative energy look are looking up

(Newser) - Oilmen cheered when George Bush moved into the White House, and investors in Internet companies saw their portfolios gain ground under Bill Clinton. But what's going to be hot once Barak Obama moves into the White House? In Time, Stephen Gandel suggests three sectors and a handful of companies that...

Kerkorian Pulls Out of Ford
Kerkorian Pulls Out of Ford
Oct 21, 2008 8:46 AM CDT

Kerkorian Pulls Out of Ford

Biggest non-family stockowner begins dumping stake, looks to energy instead

(Newser) - Billionaire investor Kirk Kerkorian, an old hand at investing in Detroit, began his Ford escape today, selling 7.3 million shares of common stock in the company at $2.43 per share, the Wall Street Journal reports. As recently as February Kerkorian was building his stake in the embattled automaker,...

Cratering Dow Sinks Cramer Cred (but Doubles Ratings)

'It’s just a bear trying to do a show in this environment,' Mad Money host says

(Newser) - Jim Cramer was long Wall Street’s most reliable cheerleader, psyching up investors on his high-octane CNBC show. He’s insisted several times this year that the worst was over—only to tell viewers this month to forsake stocks entirely. “It is harder to get it right than any...

Buffett: I'm Buying American. You Should Be, Too.

When fear is rampant, the markets discount America's future

(Newser) - “I’ve been buying American stocks,” Warren Buffett writes in the New York Times, and he'd like to see a stampede of others following suit. Sure, the financial system is a mess, global economies are faltering, unemployment is rising, and headlines will continue to terrorize markets. But markets...

Street Shrugs Off Bailout OK
 Street Shrugs Off Bailout OK 
MARKETS
Oct 3, 2008 3:35 PM CDT

Street Shrugs Off Bailout OK

Markets rack up more losses despite bill's passage

(Newser) - Investors were feeling finicky today, pushing stocks higher by 300 points after the House approved the revised $700 billion bailout, then reversing the gains and moving the major indices to sharp weekly losses, MarketWatch says. The Dow dropped 157.15 to 10,325.70. The Nasdaq lost 29.33, finishing...

Stocks Open Down on Bailout Impatience
 Stocks Open Down on Bailout Impatience
MARKET
Oct 1, 2008 8:55 AM CDT

Stocks Open Down on Bailout Impatience

Volatile session could be forthcoming

(Newser) - Stocks started off on the wrong foot this morning as investors awaited smoke signals from Congress. The Dow dropped 122 points, while the S&P and Nasdaq fell 1.3% and 0.9%, respectively. The session is likely to be a volatile one, with the Senate’s expected bailout vote...

You 'Can't Afford Not to Own Gold'
You 'Can't Afford Not to Own Gold'
Analysis
Sep 22, 2008 8:35 PM CDT

You 'Can't Afford Not to Own Gold'

Cramer urges investors to store value in gold as it surges past $900 an ounce

(Newser) - Investors simply "must own gold" in financially shaky times like these, Jim Cramer said on his Mad Money TV show today—after gold spiked 16% in the last week and topped $900 an ounce. Cramer called gold a safe haven regardless of whether Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson's $700 billion...

Stocks Jump at Bell on Central Bank Cash

Dow up 140

(Newser) - Stocks surged at the opening bell this morning, as traders registered approval of the central banks’ move to inject $360 billion into global money markets. The Dow jumped 118 points, while the S&P and Nasdaq rose 1.6% and 2% respectively. “These joint interventions are welcomed by the...

Stocks Plunging, Russia Closes Market

Micex falls 10%

(Newser) - Russia shut down trading for the second day in a row after the benchmark Micex index plummeted 10%, Bloomberg reports. The Finance Ministry announced that it was pouring $44 billion into Russia’s three top banks, Sberbank, VTB, and Gazprombank. But foreign investors have pulled $35 billion from Russia’s...

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