800,000 workers will be on vacay.
Comments »Alert: Obama Meeting Fails; Government Shutdown Looms
The Big O, in between decadent donut breaks, tried to broker a deal between democrats and republicans. Fail.
They are all idiots. Shut it down and don’t open it back up.
Government Shutdown Twitter Wire
Comments »Donald Trump Wants to See Obama’s Birth Certificate
Comments »I am saying I want to see the birth certificate. It’s very simple. I want to see the birth certificate. How come his own family doesn’t know which hospital he was born in? How come– forget about birth certificates. Let’s say there’s no birth certificate. How come in the hospital itself, okay? This is one of the…in the hospital itself, there’s no records of his birth. In other words, it doesn’t say how much they paid, where is the doctor, here’s your room bill. You know, all the…
Report: British Airstrike Damages Libyan Pipeline
Reported via CNN blog. Apparently, a British warplane bombed the shit out of a vital Libyan pipeline.
Comments »Commodities Rally as Dollar Falls
The U.S. dollar dropped by almost 0.5%, lending strength to commodities. For the day, cotton was up 5.5%, nickel +4.2%, copper +3%, lead +3%, tin +1% and oil was up 0.7%.
Comments »Today’s Winners and Losers
No. Ticker % Change
1 ORCH 37.56
2 XPRT 30.39
3 FMAR 21.07
4 BLTI 20.87
5 ABAT 20.29
6 AOB 19.74
7 SIMO 18.90
8 CTE 14.85
9 GOLF 14.65
10 CRIS 14.36
11 PRMW 14.05
12 OPXT 11.95
13 HSFT 11.95
14 NLST 11.67
15 CBEH 11.21
16 GENE 10.97
17 VVTV 10.70
18 CXZ 10.38
19 MITI 10.13
20 MYRX 10.13
21 BBBY 10.04
22 CRME 10.00
23 RIC 9.96
24 CYDE 9.89
25 WSTL 9.77
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No. Ticker % Change
1 AMSC -41.84
2 KRY -17.56
3 ONSM -15.47
4 GGR -14.97
5 MRNA -10.87
6 CCIX -9.13
7 ABCW -8.99
8 PURE -8.12
9 CRAI -8.04
10 MRGE -8.03
11 FTWR -7.63
12 MCZ -7.30
13 SUF -7.07
14 AWRE -6.93
15 RMTR -6.78
16 PUDA -6.59
17 VALV -6.59
18 NNBR -6.55
19 INHX -6.46
20 LNG -6.24
21 NTE -6.20
22 SWKS -5.89
23 CMFO -5.79
24 TGX -5.66
25 FTNT -5.60
Flash: Bed Bath & Beyond beats by $0.15, beats on revs; guides Q1 EPS in-line; guides FY12 EPS above consensus
Stock is up 9% in ah’s trading.
Comments »The Dollar Slides Again
The US dollar fell another 0.5% today, now down more than 6.5% over the past year.
Comments »Crack Spreads Retreat
Following a week of gains, crack spreads retreated today, falling 2.8% to $25.18.
Comments »Libyan Rebels Are Ingrates
In light of recent complaints regarding NATO not helping the rebels enough, a NATO spokeswoman responded by revealing the level of activity currently underway in Libya.
They flew 137 missions on Monday, 186 On Tuesday and they 198 are planned for Wednesday.
Apparently, this is not enough for the Libyan rebels, as they prefer NATO to fight and die for their freedom, instead of doing it themselves.
In other news, they are very much interested in selling some high grade light sweet crude. The rebels even set up a central bank.
Comments »Yen Continues to Weaken vs Dollar
The Japanese Yen is now trading $85.26 versus the dollar, down more than 10% since recent highs.
Comments »Flash: Commerzbank to Pay Back $14.3 Billion
The German bank is paying back bailout funds.
Comments »TEPCO Stops Radioactive Leak
TEPCO officials said they stopped the leak of radioactive water into the ocean.
Comments »SEC Unveils Plan to Prevent Flash Crashes
Libyan Rebels Want NATO to Fight For Their Freedom
Ingrates. They are not worth it.
NATO blesses us every now and then with a bombardment here and there, and is letting the people of Misrata die every day,” Abdel Fattah Younes, head of the rebel forces said in the eastern stronghold city of Benghazi. “NATO has disappointed us.”</
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Flash: Cephalon Rejects Valeants $73 Offer
Going hostile
Comments »Cuba to Drill in Gulf of Mexico this Summer
Today’s Biggest Winners/Losers
No. Ticker % Change
1 NSM 71.04
2 ISPH 24.87
3 QCOR 20.64
4 AAU 20.54
5 REVU 18.25
6 VHC 16.84
7 IBNK 16.63
8 PKT 15.54
9 UPI 15.40
10 CBST 14.81
11 HNSN 13.55
12 MDW 13.51
13 MGN 13.21
14 FMAR 12.24
15 MVG 12.21
16 VRUS 12.06
17 GOLF 11.11
18 NBIX 11.07
19 ANF 10.85
20 APP 10.81
21 QTM 10.44
22 NUGT 9.95
23 EXK 9.43
24 GRN 9.38
25 LUB 9.16
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No. Ticker % Change
1 DGW -19.30
2 LEDS -17.84
3 MERU -15.05
4 SIHI -14.69
5 AERL -13.40
6 WMGI -12.14
7 HSWI -12.13
8 ZSTN -11.51
9 HNHI.OB -10.39
10 DUST -9.64
11 IRE -8.73
12 IDI -8.52
13 PRKR -8.45
14 CTC -8.26
15 LPH -8.24
16 ACMR -7.97
17 COOL -7.95
18 LAMR -7.71
19 USAT -7.59
20 AEHR -7.56
21 LLEN -7.37
22 CHC -7.37
23 ONSM -7.18
24 FTWR -7.11
25 TBSI -7.10
Today’s Biggest Industrial Metals and Mineral Winners
No. Ticker Industry % Change
1 AAU Industrial Metals & Minerals 20.54
2 MMG Industrial Metals & Minerals 8.85
3 PZG Industrial Metals & Minerals 7.49
4 PLM Industrial Metals & Minerals 4.46
5 ZINC Industrial Metals & Minerals 4.27
6 AXU Industrial Metals & Minerals 3.89
7 SWC Industrial Metals & Minerals 3.82
8 MFN Industrial Metals & Minerals 3.81
9 GSM Industrial Metals & Minerals 3.22
10 AUMN Industrial Metals & Minerals 3.19
11 IVN Industrial Metals & Minerals 2.93
12 TCK Industrial Metals & Minerals 2.80
13 USU Industrial Metals & Minerals 2.05
Today’s Biggest Silver Winners
No. Ticker Industry % Change
1 MGN Silver 13.21
2 MVG Silver 12.21
3 EXK Silver 9.43
4 AG Silver 8.97
5 CDE Silver 5.32
6 SSRI Silver 5.23
7 SVM Silver 5.09
8 HL Silver 4.33
9 SLW Silver 4.20
10 SIL Silver 3.85
11 PAAS Silver 3.67