Market Update Close: Inflation concerns were fed this morning, catalyzing a downbeat day for equities that hindered the emergence of any leadership and sustained the indices' relatively static stance below the unchanged mark. A post-lunch plunge in Exxon Mobil (XOM 56.31 -2.55), reportedly the result of a 24 mln share block trade initiated by Goldman Sachs for unknown reasons, led to a cascade of events that shoved the market lower. While the market anticipated a sizeable jump in the latest PPI read, due largely to the fact that energy prices soared 7.1% in the month trailing Katrina, total Sept....
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Saddam's day in court dawns Saddam Hussein appears before a tribunal in Baghdad in this July 1, 2004 file photo. Hussein and seven members of his Baath party, including his half-brother, will file into a marble-lined, chandelier-hung courtroom in Baghdad on October 19, 2005 to face the stares of five judges and the world. (Karen Ballard/File/Reuters)
2:35 pm PT HCR Manor Care files mixed shelf offering, 400 mln senior notes and 10.7 mln common shares (HCR) 37.11 +0.23:
2:27 pm PT Bally Fitness announces Independent Directors Adopt Short-Term Stockholder Rights Plan (BFT) 5.53 +0.41:Co announces independent Directors have implemented a Stockholder Rights Plan. Co states and is not a response to any proposed takeover or other transaction.
2:16 pm PT Teva Pharm and Wyeth Announce Settlement of Effexor XR Litigation (TEVA) 34.93 +0.03:Co announces they have reached agreement on the principal terms of a settlement of the U.S. patent infringement litigation pertaining to Teva's generic version of Wyeth's Effexor XR antidepressant pending in the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. The terms of the settlement are confidential and are subject to a number of conditions, including review of the settlement by the FTC and the approval of the District Court.