Market Update Close: The market failed to extend Monday's gain that was inspired by Ben Bernanke's nomination to replace Alan Greenspan as Chairman of the Federal Reserve. It should be credited, however, with demonstrating resilience in the face of surging energy prices, rising bond yields, and a cautious-sounding sales outlook from chip maker Texas Instruments (TXN 28.55 -2.37). By the session's close, each of the indices had largely pared their intraday declines, and the Dow and S&P respectively erased only a small portion of yesterday's gains. The Nasdaq, however, fared worse and took back a...
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Picking the Best Canned Soup. Keep your eye on the total fat -- it should be no more than 3 grams. Some canned cream soups pack a whopping 25 grams. Others pour almost an entire day's worth of sodium in one can; if a can has more than 500mg of sodium, put it back.
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JESSICA'S DIVA DEMANDS
Jessica Simpson, 25, likes to act clueless, but she can swing her celebrity weight like a pro. According to a studio source, weeks before the press tour for The Dukes of Hazzard began, "we were bombarded with a six-page pamphlet of demands for Jessica from the office of her dad, Joe Simpson." Among Jessica's requests: paid accommodations for her hairstylist and assistant in the same hotel as Jessica; a wardrobe budget estimated in the thousands of dollars; cases of Evian water; and paid private... •JEN FREAKS OVER ANGELINA'S NEW BABY •JULIA STILES, GWYNETH PALTROW AND MORE!
US military death toll in Iraq reaches 2,000 U.S army soldiers stand in the sand while waiting for a helicopter landing at Forward Operation Base Ramagen in Tikrit, Iraq, October 23, 2005. (Jorge Silva/Reuters)
3:32 pm PT Briefing Breakout Report : -Technical- The following stocks have staged strong volume breakouts above recent consolidation/resistance areas. The list can be used as an indication of "money flow" for further trading/investment ideas. ASPM, AVY, BER, BMS, BNI, CATY, CSGP, DD, DPZ, FBTX, FRGO, GME, ICBC, ILMN, ILSE, MEOH, MSA, MUSA, MVK, NCI, NITE, PACT, PCR, PTV, QDEL, RNOW, SEE, SLB, SNWL, SON, TNB, WCC, WSO, XRAY.
2:49 pm PT Buffalo Wild Wings correction (BWLD) : -Update- Earlier we reported that co reported revenues of $42.7 mln, below consensus estimates , this was incorrect. Company reported revenues of $51.7 mln vs $51.5 mln consensus. We have corrected the original entry.
2:34 pm PT First Advantage misses by $0.01 (FADV) :Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings of $0.30 per share, $0.01 worse than the Reuters Estimates consensus of $0.31; revenues rose 26.7% year/year to $169.9 mln vs the $166.1 mln consensus.
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