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    <pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:39:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Comcast And NBC Universal Mega-Deal</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Welcome to the Wealth Daily Weekend Edition&#160;— our insights from the week in investing and links to our most-read Wealth Daily and sister publication articles.  
Another dizzying week of ups and downs was capped with good news yesterday...<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3690166>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 14:31:06 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Indian Stock Market Closing Report: Sensex Closes Up 1% For The Week</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The volatile trading session today largely mirrored the market movements during the week, which saw mixed investor sentiments. While some sectors managed to draw investor interest others continued to witness their apathy.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3688477>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 19:02:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Comcast to Pay $13.75B for NBC</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Comcast Corporation (CMCSA) is expected to pay $13.75 billion in cash and assets to gain control of NBC Universal from General Electric Company (GE).<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3688467>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 18:58:40 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>With NBC Deal Done, Comcast Becomes The New Cable Juggernaut</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Comcast Corp. (Nasdaq: CMCSA) will acquire a 51% stake in General Electric Co.’s (NYSE: GE) NBC Universal Inc. for $13.75 billion in cash and assets, giving the cable giant lucrative cable channels including SyFy, Bravo and the USA Network, as well as Universal Pictures and its related theme parks in California, Florida and Japan.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3688264>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:01:33 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Comcast Corp And General Electric JV Likely To Spur Deals In Media Industry</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[On November 2, 2009, 150 or so of the global media elite gathered at the Thomson Reuters headquarters in New York’s Times Square to listen to a panel discussion on why media deals fail. During that discussion, Leo Hindery Jr, former cable executive and now partner of investment firm InterMedia Partners said that NBC Universal and Comcast badly needed to strike a deal. A month after i.e., yesterday Comcast Corp. (NASDAQ:CMCSA) and General Electric Co. (NYSE:GE) owner of NBCU announced a deal to form a joint-venture in entertainment.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3688023>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>The Deep, Inner Meaning Of Bank of America's (BAC) TARP Repayment</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[As expected, Bank of America (BAC) will repurchase its $45 billion TARP preferreds, funded in part by an additional $18.8 billion in &quot;common stock equivalents&quot;, $4.0 billion in asset sales, and $1.7 billion in restricted stock issued to employees in lieu of cash bonuses.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3688027>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 14:19:07 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Forget Yesterday, It's All About Jobs</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[Good morning. Stocks tanked in the last half-hour on Thursday and while the major news outlets attributed the decline to either profit taking or some trepidation in front of this morning's big Jobs report, we'd like to offer a little more substantial reason for the 85 point dive on an otherwise subdued day of trading.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3687896>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:21:30 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Fed Balance Sheet Declines By $15 Billion After Improbable Reduction In MBS, Excess Reserves, Monetary Base Hit Record</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[The Federal Reserve's balance sheet declined by $15 billion to $2,183 billion from the prior week, after the Fed presumably offloaded $2.7 billion in MBS: this is the first time since QE started that MBS holdings have declined. If anyone can tell us just who the idiots are who bought MBS from the Fed (and at what price), and who the even greater idiots are who are supposed to believe this, please send us an email.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3686922>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:14:41 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Wall Street Slips On Services Data, American Express (NYSE: AXP) Slumps</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[US stocks finished down on Thursday as investors were spooked by downbeat ISM services data.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3686113>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:17:35 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Market Closing Update: Late Slide For Stocks Reflects Jobs Report Jitters</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3685718</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[Stocks pushed to new daily lows heading into the close, including a brief 100-point drop for the Dow Jones Industrial Average, as Wall Street braces for the latest monthly jobs report out early Friday. The DJIA closed down 86 points or 0.8%, the S&amp;P 500 shed 0.8% and the Nasdaq dropped 0.5%.<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3685718>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 20:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>'Monk' gets 33,000 farewell texts</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3689826</guid>
      <description><![CDATA['Monk' gets 33,000 farewell texts<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3689826>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2009 02:03:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>GE to buy $345 mln of ads from NBC Universal</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3689446</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;PHILADELPHIA - General Electric Co. has promised to buy at least $345 million in advertising from NBC Universal over five years after selling a controlling stake in the entertainment company to Comcast Corp., according to a regulatory filing Friday.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;In addition, GE is required to buy $50 million worth of ads in connection with the 2012 Olympic Games, whose rights NBC holds.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Comcast disclosed the details in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that also covered terms of GE's divestiture rights for NBC Universal, tax matters, intellectual property and others.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3689446>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:52:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>UPI NewsTrack Entertainment News</title>
      <guid>http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3689035</guid>
      <description><![CDATA[UPI NewsTrack Entertainment News<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3689035>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 17:56:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Pawlowski in spotlight at jobs summit</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Dec. 4--Allentown Mayor Ed Pawlowski walked toward the Dwight D.  Eisenhower Executive Office Building on Thursday to join more than 100  panelists from around the country at President Barack Obama's jobs summit. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;And he said  he wants more stimulus money going to small businesses through loans and to  consumers through home mortgages rather than huge lump sums given directly to  large financial institutions. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&quot;They have to find some way to free up the credit markets,&quot; Pawlowski  said before the summit.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3687969>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Astral Heights - Targacept snares big licensing deal</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Dec. 4--Targacept Inc.'s status as an independent, local company grew firmer yesterday with the stunning news of a potential $1.24 billion licensing agreement with AstraZeneca PLC. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The agreement covers Targacept's research breakthrough on treating depression with its TC-5214 drug compound. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Instead, Targacept's management used the leverage of its breakthrough to draw lucrative offers from the companies, said Don deBethizy, the president and chief executive of Targacept.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3687195>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 09:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Comcast-NBC deal shows future is in content</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;PHILADELPHIA - Comcast Corp. is buying control of NBC Universal from GE largely because Comcast wants to own more movies and TV shows. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;It's understandable why the strategy might seem dubious: Another media company, Time Warner Inc., just gave up on that and spun off its cable TV division.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Yet while Comcast seems to be taking a different approach - marrying entertainment content with the largest cable TV system in the nation - it and Time Warner have arrived at the same conclusion: The future is in content, and the pipes that carry it matter less.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3687040>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 07:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Obama calls for new ideas for creating jobs</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama promised at a White House jobs forum on Thursday to take &quot;every responsible step to accelerate job creation,&quot; including some ideas he said could be put into action quickly. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&quot;This has been a tough year, with a lot of uncertainty,&quot; Obama said as he wrapped up the half-day brainstorming session with more than 100 CEOs, academics, small business and union leaders and local officials. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;But, mindful of growing anxiety about federal deficits, Obama also tempered his upbeat talk with an acknowledgment that government resources could only go so far and that it is primarily up to the private sector to create large numbers of new jobs.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3686883>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 03:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;PHILADELPHIA - Comcast Corp. is buying control of NBC Universal from GE largely because Comcast wants to own more movies and TV shows. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;It's understandable why the strategy might seem dubious: Another media company, Time Warner Inc., just gave up on that and spun off its cable TV division.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Yet while Comcast seems to be taking a different approach - marrying entertainment content with the largest cable TV system in the nation - it and Time Warner have arrived at the same conclusion: The future is in content, and the pipes that carry it matter less.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3686757>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:49:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Obama calls for new ideas for creating jobs</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;WASHINGTON - President Barack Obama promised at a White House jobs forum on Thursday to take &quot;every responsible step to accelerate job creation,&quot; including some ideas he said could be put into action quickly. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&quot;This has been a tough year, with a lot of uncertainty,&quot; Obama said as he wrapped up the half-day brainstorming session with more than 100 CEOs, academics, small business and union leaders and local officials. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;But, mindful of growing anxiety about federal deficits, Obama also tempered his upbeat talk with an acknowledgment that government resources could only go so far and that it is primarily up to the private sector to create large numbers of new jobs.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3686755>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Fri, 04 Dec 2009 01:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Comcast-NBC deal shows future is in content</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;PHILADELPHIA - Comcast Corp. is buying control of NBC Universal from GE largely because Comcast wants to own more movies and TV shows. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;It's understandable why the strategy might seem dubious: Another media company, Time Warner Inc., just gave up on that and spun off its cable TV division.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Yet while Comcast seems to be taking a different approach - marrying entertainment content with the largest cable TV system in the nation - it and Time Warner have arrived at the same conclusion: The future is in content, and the pipes that carry it matter less.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3686388>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 23:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>ADDING MULTIMEDIA Comcast and GE to Create Leading Entertainment Company</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) and General Electric (NYSE: GE) announced   today that they have signed a definitive agreement to form a joint   venture that will be 51 percent owned by Comcast, 49 percent owned by GE   and managed by Comcast. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The joint venture, which will consist of the NBC   Universal (NBCU) businesses and Comcast's cable networks, regional   sports networks and certain digital properties and certain   unconsolidated investments, will be well positioned to compete in an   increasingly dynamic and competitive media and digital environment.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;GE Chairman and CEO Jeff Immelt said, &quot;The combination of Comcast's   cable and regional sports networks and digital media properties and NBCU   will deliver strong returns for GE shareholders and business partners.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3685980>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 21:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Comcast and GE to Create Leading Entertainment Company</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA, CMCSK) and General Electric (NYSE: GE) announced   today that they have signed a definitive agreement to form a joint   venture that will be 51 percent owned by Comcast, 49 percent owned by GE   and managed by Comcast. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The joint venture, which will consist of the NBC   Universal (NBCU) businesses and Comcast's cable networks, regional   sports networks and certain digital properties and certain   unconsolidated investments, will be well positioned to compete in an   increasingly dynamic and competitive media and digital environment.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Particular   uncertainties that could cause actual results to be materially different   than those expressed in these forward-looking statements include: the   timing of, or ability to obtain, necessary regulatory and governmental   approvals on acceptable terms; the timing and completion of the   financing of NBC Universal on contemplated terms before the closing of   the proposed joint venture; the receipt of an investment grade rating   from the rating agencies of the proposed joint venture between GE and   Comcast; adverse developments in the business and operations of NBC   Universal, including potential disruption that may make it more   difficult to maintain business and operational relationships; and the   successful combination, operation and overall performance of the joint   venture post closing.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3683377>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Thu, 03 Dec 2009 10:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>GE Invests $117 Million in EDP Renewables' Oklahoma Wind Farm and Additional $111 Million in Established Wind Farm Portfolio</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;GE Energy Financial Services, a unit of GE (NYSE: GE), in partnership   with Horizon Wind Energy LLC, --owned by EDP Renewables (NYSE Euronext:   EDPR) -- is investing $117 million in an Oklahoma wind farm.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Horizon Wind Energy's Blue Canyon V wind farm is a 99 MW expansion of a   225-megawatt wind farm near the small towns of Lawton and Elgin in   Comanche County and Apache in Caddo County in southwest Oklahoma. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&quot;Through this transaction, GE Energy Financial Services is putting   millions of dollars to work in an attractive wind project in rural   America with a developer we know and trust,&quot; said Kevin Walsh, Managing   Director and leader of Power and Renewable Energy at GE Energy Financial   Services.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3681756>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 20:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>UK Energy Minister Opens Europe's First Smart Grid Center at GE Energy's UK Headquarters</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;U.K. Energy Minister Lord Hunt today officially opened Europe's first   Smart Grid Center at a ceremony held at GE Energy's Bracknell   headquarters. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The technologies that will improve energy efficiency for consumers   across the United Kingdom will be showcased at GE's (NYSE: GE) new Smart   Grid Center, the first of its kind in Europe. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&quot;With increasing global demand for energy and on the eve of the   Copenhagen climate change talks, now is the time to re-think how we   deliver smarter, cleaner and more efficient electricity,&quot; said Magued   ElDaief, managing director of GE Energy U.K. &quot;In addition to   participating in the global dialogue to plan a better energy future, GE   has been building and testing real-world solutions that are ready to   deploy today.&quot;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3680001>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 15:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Regency Energy Partners Announces Pricing of Upsized Public Offering of Common Units</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Regency Energy Partners LP (Nasdaq: RGNC) today announced that it has &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;priced an upsized public offering of 10,500,000 common units &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;connection with the offering, Regency granted the underwriters a 30-day&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3679706>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Wed, 02 Dec 2009 13:46:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BlackRock Completes Merger With Barclays Global Investors</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK) today announced that it has completed its merger with Barclays Global Investors (&quot;BGI&quot;), including the market-leading iShares(R) exchange traded funds business. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;The combined firm will operate under the BlackRock name and the iShares brand will be retained.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Both firms maintained strong core business momentum while achieving the close of an unprecedented merger in less than six months, commented Laurence D. Fink, BlackRock's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3678000>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 22:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Regency Energy Partners Announces Offering of Common Units</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Regency Energy Partners LP (Nasdaq: RGNC) announced today the &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;common units representing limited partner interests in Regency pursuant &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;with the offering, Regency has granted the underwriters a 30-day option&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3677561>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 20:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
      <category domain="http://rss.financialcontent.com/stocksymbol">GE</category>
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      <title>Mertech to Develop BTR2SQL for MySQL</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mertech Data Systems, the leading provider of high-performance   ISAM to SQL Database Connectivity (ISDBC) drivers, announced today that   it will begin offering a Btrieve to MySQL database connectivity driver   in the first half of 2010.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Mertech's plug-in database drivers and migration tools allow   applications using Btrieve and Pervasive databases to run with a   relational database without source level changes.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&quot;We are seeing a strong interest for MySQL among Independent   Software Vendors (ISVs).&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3677435>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>BlackRock Completes Merger with Barclays Global Investors</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE:BLK) today announced that it has completed its   merger with Barclays Global Investors (&quot;BGI&quot;), including the   market-leading iShares&amp;#174; exchange traded funds business. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;Both firms maintained strong   core business momentum while achieving the close of an unprecedented   merger in less than six months,&quot; commented Laurence D. Fink, BlackRock's   Chairman and Chief Executive Officer.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;In addition to risk factors previously disclosed in BlackRock's   Securities and Exchange Commission (&quot;SEC&quot;) reports and those identified   elsewhere in this report the following factors, among others, could   cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking   statements or historical performance: (1) the introduction, withdrawal,   success and timing of business initiatives and strategies; (2) changes   and volatility in political, economic or industry conditions, the   interest rate environment or financial and capital markets, which could   result in changes in demand for products or services or in the value of   assets under management; (3) the relative and absolute investment   performance of BlackRock's investment products; (4) the impact of   increased competition; (5) the impact of capital improvement projects;   (6) the impact of future acquisitions or divestitures; (7) the   unfavorable resolution of legal proceedings; (8) the extent and timing   of any share repurchases; (9) the impact, extent and timing of   technological changes and the adequacy of intellectual property   protection; (10) the impact of legislative and regulatory actions and   reforms and regulatory, supervisory or enforcement actions of government   agencies relating to BlackRock, Barclays PLC, Bank of America   Corporation, Merrill Lynch &amp; Co., Inc. or The PNC Financial Services   Group, Inc.; (11) terrorist activities and international hostilities,   which may adversely affect the general economy, domestic and local   financial and capital markets, specific industries or BlackRock; (12)   the ability to attract and retain highly talented professionals; (13)   fluctuations in the carrying value of BlackRock's investments; (14)   fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, which may adversely   affect the value of investment advisory and administration fees earned   by BlackRock or the carrying value of certain assets and liabilities   denominated in foreign currencies; (15) the impact of changes to tax   legislation and, generally, the tax position of the Company; (16)   BlackRock's success in maintaining the distribution of its products;   (17) the impact of BlackRock electing to provide support to its products   from time to time; (18) the impact of problems at other financial   institutions or the failure or negative performance of products at other   financial institutions; and (19) the ability of BlackRock to integrate   the operations of Barclays Global Investors.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3675662>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:48:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>GE Applauds the Department of Energy's Announcement of Smart Grid Demonstration Projects across the Nation</title>
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      <description><![CDATA[&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;With one of the broadest portfolios in the industry for modernizing the   electrical grid, GE (NYSE: GE) applauds the Department of Energy's   selection of the smart grid demonstration projects which were announced   today at American Electric Power's Dolan Laboratory in Columbus, Ohio.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&quot;The Department of Energy recognizes the importance of investing in   innovative smart grid solutions to expedite the advancement of the   commercialization of these transformative technologies,&quot; said Bob   Gilligan, vice president  -- transmission &amp; distribution for GE Energy   Services. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&quot;The smart grid demonstration projects announced this   afternoon in Ohio will establish a &amp;#152;proving ground' for next-generation   smart grid tools, techniques and solutions&amp;#148;from advanced energy storage   to smart appliances to the integration of plug-in electric vehicles.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;ul&gt;<a href=http://www.istockanalyst.com/article/viewarticle/articleid/3661768>[More...]</a>]]></description>
      <pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:47:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Form  4          Spirit AeroSystems Holdi  For: Dec 02  Filed by: SCHMIDT ULRICH (10K)</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:35:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 14:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:04:00 GMT</pubDate>
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