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| Dow | 10023.42 | +17.46 |
| S&P 500 | 1069.30 | +2.67 |
| Nasdaq | 2112.44 | +7.12 |
| 10 Yr. % | 3.503 | -0.03 |
Live Stock Quotes
- November 6, 9:59 pm: Regulators close four more banks, in California, Michigan, Minnesota and Missouri, bringing 2009's bank-failure total to 120. Combined estimated cost to the FDIC's Deposit Insurance Fund of today's five failures: $1.5B. United Commercial Bank, based in San Francisco, was the latest and largest closure.
Post your comment!- November 6, 4:48 pm: Bank failure #116: United Security Bank of Sparta, Georgia.
1 comment!- November 6, 4:45 pm: MSNBC had a bad Friday, thanks to a really rude Twitter hack. Techcrunch calls it 'a lesson in controlling your online brand.'
Post your comment!- November 6, 4:00 pm: Squid flu? Growing frustration over reports that Goldman Sachs (GS) (along with big employers including Citigroup (C) and Morgan Stanley (MS)) is receiving hundreds of H1N1 vaccines before many hospitals do. David Weidner has a reader's limerick: "As jobless rates keep getting worse/The bankers cut lines to the nurse/Bad debts they accrue/But when there's swine flu/They finally turn risk-averse." NYC's health commissioner defends the distribution.
6 comments!- November 6, 3:48 pm: A standoff is in the works as Kraft (KFT) faces a Monday "put up or shut up" deadline from the U.K. Takeover Panel in its bid for Cadbury (CBY) - whose earlier rejection suggested that Kraft might have to raise its $16.7B bid (a 31% premium at the time). But no other suitors have emerged. Since the offer: KFT -4%, CBY +33%.
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