4:20 pm : What was shaping up to be a respectable bounce in the aftermath of yesterday's broad-based drubbing lost steam going into the close, as many of the market leaders behind this year's early stock rally succumbed to even more aggressive profit-taking.
Before the bell, a sense that Wednesday's CPI-induced sell-off was overdone renewed some enthusiasm for stocks and even helped bonds regain some noticeable upside momentum. To wit, the yield on the 10-yr note fell 8 basis points to 5.06% after Richmond Fed President Jeffrey Lacker told reporters that,�"containing
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NATALEE'S UNCLE SAYS 'RE-ARREST DEEPAK!'
Natalee Holloway's uncle is demanding that suspect Deepak Kalpoe be re-arrested in the 10-month-old mystery of the pretty blonde honor student who disappeared in Aruba. Deepak, his brother Satish and Joran van der Sloot were with the Alabama teen, pictured center, when she was last seen leaving a bar on the island in the early hours of May 30. Her uncle Paul Reynolds told The National Enquirer that he believes Deepak, 21, should be the chief suspect instead of van der Sloot, 18. Reynolds also... STAR JONES CHEATS DEATH AS SHE UNDERGOES PLASTIC SURGERY A WILD NIGHT OUT FOR JESSE & HIS PARTY PAL LINDSAY
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Bush pushes immigration plan President Bush speaks about immigration at the Yuma Sector Border Patrol Headquarters following a tour of the international border with Mexico from the United States side in Yuma, Arizona May 18, 2006. (Larry Downing/Reuters)
12:00 am PT Aaron Rents announces pricing of public offering (RNT) 26.10 : Co announces�the pricing of its public offering of 4.0 mln�shares of non-voting Common Stock at $25.75 per share. Of the total shares to be offered, 3.0 mln�of the shares are being offered by the Company and 1.0 mln�shares are being offered by the Co's Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, R. Charles Loudermilk, Sr., as selling shareholder.
11:58 pm PT Cogent Communications announces stock offering (CCOI) 11.43 : Co announces�that it plans to sell 12 mln shares of its common stock in an underwritten public offering. The offering will consist of 4 mln shares sold by the co and 8 mln shares sold by selling stockholders.
1:56 pm PT Caremark Rx receives subpoena and letter of informal inquiry (CMX) 48.89 -0.06 : Co announces that yesterday�it received a grand jury document subpoena from the US Atty for the Southern District of New York requesting records pertaining to the granting of stock options. The co also announces that on the same day it received a letter of informal inquiry from the SEC requesting documents related to the granting of stock options and the co's relocation program. The letter from the SEC states that this informal inquiry should not be construed as an indication by the SEC or its staff that any violation of law has occurred, or as an adverse reflection upon any person, entity or security.