4:20 pm : Stocks closed Tuesday in much the same way they opened -- in lackluster fashion and relatively flat.
With the market's early focus returning to the Middle East, Iran unexpectedly saying it was prepared to enter "serious negotiations" about its nuclear program initially helped calm investors' nerves and give stocks a modest boost.
That is until Chicago Fed President Michael Moskow said in a prepared speech at 1:00 ET that policy makers may need to raise interest rates further to fight inflation -- a concern he deemed greater than the risk of economic growth
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UN permits wide use of force in Lebanon A soldier of the UN Interim Force in Lebanon near the southern port city of Tyre, August 22, 2006. REUTERS/Ammar Awad
4:51 pm PT Andersons announces pricing of common stock (ANDE) 37.25 +1.32 : Co announced pricing of its previously announced offering of 2,250,000 shares of its common stock, of which 2,000,000 shares will be sold by the Co and 250,000 shares will be sold by certain selling shareholders. The offering price is $37.00 per share. In addition, the Co has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 337,500 shares of common stock to cover over-allotments, if any.
4:24 pm PT Design Within Reach announces new effective date for resignation of Ken La Honta, Chief Financial Officer (DWRI) 6.08 +0.02 : Co announced that, upon mutual agreement, the resignation of Ken La Honta, its former CFO, was made effective as of August 16, 2006.�Co had previously announced that Mr. La Honta's resignation would be effective on the earlier of the filing of the 10-Q for�Q2 of 2006 or September 1, 2006.
4:00 pm PT Flotek Industries terminates acquisition negotiations and reaffirms EPS for FY06 (FTK) 16.19 +0.13 : Co announced it has terminated negotiations on a potential acquisition in the downhole drilling tool industry. The Co had discussed the possible acquisition at EnerCom's Oilservice Conference IV on February 16, 2006 and reaffirm our earnings guidance of $1.35 to $1.45 basic EPS for FY06.