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U.S. home prices seen down over 40 percent: Barclays » By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. housing prices will fall by a double-digit percentage...
Oil falls nearly 4 percent on weak U.S. economy » NEW YORK (Reuters) - Swelling motor fuel stocks and a far-bigger-than-expected rise in U.S. unemploy...
Warren Buffett donates $1.5 billion Berkshire shares » NEW YORK (Reuters) - Billionaire investor Warren Buffett has donated about $1.5 billion of Berkshire...
Magna board set to approve Opel plans: sources » By Christiaan Hetzner and Angelika Gruber FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Magna's (MGa.TO: Quote, Profile, Re...
BAIC to unveil better nonbinding Opel offer: report » FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Chinese state-owned automaker Beijing Automotive (BAIC) will unveil an improve...
U.S. jobs data hurts world stocks » By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. and European stocks fell on Thursday after the U...
ECB holds rates, to start buying bonds next week » By Marcin Grajewski LUXEMBOURG (Reuters) - The European Central Bank kept euro zone interest rates ...
FACTBOX: Checking the U.S. economy's vital signs » WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Data over the next couple of months should provide a clearer signal on whethe...
U.S. staffing firm shares fall on weak jobs report » By Scott Malone BOSTON (Reuters) - Shares of staffing companies fell on Thursday after a government...
INSTANT VIEW: U.S. payrolls fall more than expected in June » NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. employers cut 467,000 jobs in June, far more than expected, while the unem...

Wall Street

China offers risky drip line to recession-hit Taiwan

By Ralph Jennings and Lee Chyen Yee - Analysis TAIPEI (Reuters) - Recession-hit Taiwan has begun to depend so heavily...

FACTBOX: Highlights of China-Taiwan trade developments to date

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Recession-hit Taiwan has begun to depend so heavily on its political rival China, a world economic powerhouse,...

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Doomed Air France plane hit sea intact: investigators

By Tim Hepher PARIS (Reuters) - The Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic last month hit the water...

Vice President Biden visits Baghdad

By Andrew Quinn BAGHDAD (Reuters) - U.S. Vice President Joe Biden made a previously unannounced visit to Baghdad on Thursday...
Monday, 06 April 2009 00:01   
Investment Analysis

The word ‘Investment’ is growing in stature day by day. More and more people are standing up and taking notice of this word. Investment is that combination of letters which gives an immense sense of security to any individual living in sanity. But looking at what is happening today, I won’t be wrong in saying that it is Investment which is causing the maximum stress to these individuals. But to study and understand investments is a really fun topic. 
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Sunday, 05 April 2009 17:31   
Stock Market Report

Stocks are securities that are held by the owners of an organization. Stockholders own the company that issued the stocks. For example, if a company issues 4000 stocks and an investor buys 1000, the investor owns 25 percent of the company. In a small company all the stocks may be held by a few individuals or institutions. In a large organization there may be many thousands of stockholders.
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Stock Market

US STOCKS-Weak jobs data sink Wall St; crude oil slumps

* June payrolls data worse than expected * Commodities ease as U.S. dollar rises * Factory orders...

US STOCKS-Wall St gains on recovery hopes, but job data looms

* Global manufacturing data underpins recovery hopes * General Mills sees solid profit, stock jumps * Investors...

Economy

U.S. job losses spike in June, dampen recovery hopes

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. employers cut far more jobs than expected last month and the unemployment rate...

WRAPUP 3-US job losses spike in June, dampen recovery hopes

* Drop in non-farm payrolls much larger than expected * Jobless rate hits 9.5 percent, highest since August 1983...
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