4:20 pm : Although they staged several recovery attempts, the equity market's major indices spent Friday's session locked within a narrow range that encircled the flat line. Reassuring data on the inflation front catalyzed some early optimism, but trade was altogether lackluster and reflective of investors' vigilant stance ahead of the looming Q4 earnings season, set to begin in full force following the long holiday weekend, as well as Wednesday's CPI report. The convictionless tone to trade is further evidenced by the fact that Friday was 2006's�thinnest volume trading day
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U.S. Airstrike Targeted al-Qaida Hideout In this television image from Arab satellite station Al-Jazeera, Osama bin Laden, right, listens as his top deputy Ayman al-Zawahri speaks at an undisclosed location, in this image made from undated video tape broadcast by the station on April 15, 2002. A pre-dawn airstrike killed at least 17 people in a remote Pakistani tribal area Friday, Jan. 13, 2006, and U.S. networks said American jets were targeting a suspected al-Qaida hideout that may have been frequented by high-level operatives, possibly the terror group's No. 2 leader Ayman al-Zawahri. There was no confirmation from either the Pakistani or U.S. government. (AP Photo/Al-Jazeera/APTN, File)
2:05 pm PT Telephone & Data and USM receives extension from AMEX (TDS) 36.00 +0.17 : Telephone and Data Systems, Inc. (TDS) and United States Cellular Corp (USM)�announced that the American Stock Exchange (AMEX) granted them an extension until Jan. 31, 2006 to regain compliance with the AMEX listing standards. Previously the AMEX notified both companies that it had accepted their plans to regain compliance with AMEX listing standards and granted both companies an extension until Jan. 17, 2006. The companies requested additional time to complete their review and obtain the required approvals.
2:05 pm PT Ameriprise Auto & Home Insurance renews partnership with Costco Wholesale (AMP) 43.88 -0.28 : Ameriprise Auto & Home Insurance and Costco Insurance Agency, have renewed their current partnership for an additional�5 years. Ameriprise Auto & Home will continue to be Costco's exclusive source of auto and homeowners insurance for offers made directly to Costco members in participating states.
2:00 pm PT Xilinx acquires DSP design tool leader AccelChip (XLNX) 28.79 -0.02 : Co announced that it has acquired AccelChip, the provider of MATLAB synthesis software tools for building digital signal processing (DSP) systems. Financial terms of the acquisition were not disclosed, however, the acquisition represents less than one percent of the total assets of Xilinx as of the end of its third quarter ended December 31, 2005. The company anticipates booking the acquisition in the March 2006 ending quarter. The majority of AccelChip employees, located at the Company's headquarters in Milpitas, Calif. and two design centers in North America, will become employees within the Xilinx DSP Division.
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