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Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:04:48 GMT

Anyone would think the markets were suffering from an onset of schizophrenia by the way they've been acting lately. One second, all is well. . . buyers line up to chase the recovery. The next, buyers are swimming for the exits in a sea of red ink.[More...]

Insider Buys And Sells: Weekly Wrap-up (10/5/2009)

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:12:58 GMT

For all the analysts and pundits in the financial media, there is still no better judge of a company's health and future prospects than the owners and executives of those companies themselves, along with major institutional shareholders.[More...]

Daily Highlights: Sept 9, 2009

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 13:26:10 GMT

Asian stocks fall on share sales; Alibaba slumps as Chairman pares stake.China looking at investing part of its $300B sovereign-wealth fund in US realty.China plans first offering of yuan sovereign debt outside mainland China, in Hong Kong.China's steel output rises 2% as state spending spurs demand.Euro rises toward 9-month high versus Dollar on speculation of recovery.[More...]

Wall Street Gains As Oil Rallies, Chevron (NYSE: CVX) Jumps

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 21:29:53 GMT

US stocks finished higher on Tuesday as news about corporate takeovers buoyed commodity shares.[More...]

US Stock Futures Advance On M&A activity, Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) Eyed

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:49:48 GMT

US stock futures rose on Tuesday as hopes for a revival in M&A activity boosted investor sentiment.[More...]

Weekly Credit Summary: August 28

Fri, 28 Aug 2009 21:57:29 GMT

Credit underperformed equities this week as single-name tighteners edged wideners by four-to-three leaving indices (especially HY) underperforming intrinsics in general. CONSumer and ENRG names underperformed as TMT and FINLs were best with INDUstrials mixed. Financials outperformed non-financials but the strength in the former was more at the tails of the distribution while the weakness in the latter was more broad-based.[More...]

Weekly Credit Summary: August 21

Fri, 21 Aug 2009 22:22:27 GMT

Spreads ended this tempestuous week mixed with breadth generally weak (wideners outpacing tighteners by over two-to-one) and curves flattening more than steepening in single-names. HY outperformed IG as both IG and HY managed gains on the week (Friday-to-Friday close) and even more so from Monday's gap wider openings as the intraday ranges increased as the week progressed. IG and HY closed today within a few bps of their opening (low/tight) levels of last Thursday as HY reached back above $89 by the end of the week. Interestingly, given the headlines, we saw CMBS prices drop and ABX (RMBS) prices rise on the week as CRE losses are on the tip of everyone's tongues as is a residential housing bottom (not!). IG and HY intrinsics both underperformed as the indices saw tecahnicals at play as well as equities weighing positively and negatively on them every day. HVOL was a smidge wider as was[More...]

Credit Market Overview 08-19-2009

Wed, 19 Aug 2009 12:39:33 GMT

Credit Market Overview August 19, 2009 We hear the phrase “When pigs fly” when we’ve asked a question for which a simple, polite, “no” is beyond the bounds of human compassion or when someone is euphemistically trying to describe the very low probability of something occurring. Unfortunately, anyone using that phrase has never ...[More...]

Wall Street Declines On Disappointing Economic Data, Bank of America Tumbles

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 22:05:12 GMT

US stocks retreated on Tuesday as mixed economic data and electronic retailer Best Buy’s disappointing quarterly results poured cold water on investor optimism.[More...]

US Stock Futures Rise On Upbeat Housing Data, Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) Eyed

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 12:59:58 GMT

US stock futures rallied on Tuesday as better than expected housing data boosted hopes of economic recovery.[More...]

Shuttered factories pose big challenges for communities

Sun, 08 Nov 2009 07:46:00 GMT

Nov. 8--After the wood chippers go still and the boilers cool, the International Paper mill outside of Franklin will join a growing list of closed local factories.
Nearly 4 million square feet of factory space across the region is dormant or scheduled to close, not including International Paper's plant, which will add hundreds of thousands of square feet to the market when it closes next spring.
In Norfolk, Ford Motor Co.'s 2.6 million-

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Insider Buys And Sells: Weekly Wrap-up (10/5/2009)

Daily Highlights: Sept 9, 2009

Wall Street Gains As Oil Rallies, Chevron (NYSE: CVX) Jumps

US Stock Futures Advance On M&A activity, Kraft Foods (NYSE: KFT) Eyed

Weekly Credit Summary: August 28

Weekly Credit Summary: August 21

Credit Market Overview 08-19-2009

Wall Street Declines On Disappointing Economic Data, Bank of America Tumbles

US Stock Futures Rise On Upbeat Housing Data, Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) Eyed

Shuttered factories pose big challenges for communities

Closures Sting, but Region Hasn't Lost Manufacturing Base

Closures Sting, but Region Hasn't Lost Manufacturing Base

Citigroup, Best Buy, Charles Schwab big movers

Genworth Announces It Will Sell $500 Million Worth of Its Stock

Smithfield posts larger 1Q loss on big charges

Smithfield posts larger 1Q loss on big charges

Isle of Wight Assessments Could Drop If Home Sales Trend Continues

Sector Snap: Agribusiness stocks rise

Chlorine Leak Contained at South Center Street Mill

RidgewaterEquity.Com Free Fundamental Sector &Amp; Market Research on CS, SFD, MAC, BAM, RHI and MDR

Smithfield Foods Reports First Quarter Results

Smithfield Foods Reports First Quarter Results

Smithfield Foods To Host First Quarter Conference Call September 8

C. Larry Pope, President and CEO of Smithfield Foods, Inc., To Present at Barclays Capital Back-To-School Consumer Conference

Smithfield Foods Completes $225 Million Senior Secured Notes Offering

Smithfield Foods Announces Pricing of $225 Million Senior Secured Notes Offering

Smithfield Foods Announces $225 Million Senior Secured Notes Offering

StreetInvesting.Com Free Research on RIG, SPW, USG, EL, SFD and WBS

Smithfield Foods Secures New Credit Line, Completes $625 Million Senior Secured Notes Offering and Replaces Term Loan

Form 4 POULSON RICHARD J M For: Oct 02 (10K)

Form 4 POPE C LARRY For: Sep 28 (10K)

Form 4 NING GAONING For: Sep 04 (10K)

Form 4 NELSON DAVID C. For: Sep 04 (10K)

Form 4 SMITHFIELD FOODS INC For: Sep 04 Filed by: MURPHY WENDELL H (10K)

Form 4 SMITHFIELD FOODS INC For: Sep 04 Filed by: LUTER JOSEPH W III (10K)

Form 4 BURRUS ROBERT L JR For: Sep 04 (10K)

Form 4 CRAWFORD CAROL T For: Sep 04 (10K)

Form 4 SMITHFIELD FOODS INC For: Sep 04 Filed by: FRIBOURG PAUL J (10K)

Form 4 BURRUS ROBERT L JR For: Aug 26 (10K)