Market Update Close: Although there was virtually no market-moving news on the corporate front, and while many participants' early start to the Thanksgiving holiday resulted in lower than average trading volume, a bullish energy inventory report from the EIA gave traders reason to extend the rally that has sent the Dow, S&P, and Nasdaq up 5%, 5%, and 7%, respectively, this month. Crude and distillate supply -- the latter of which garners especial attention as winter arrives in some parts of the country - rose more than expected, while gasoline supply also increased last week. Buying was broad...
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Skip the Refined Carbs. Simple starches and sugars provide none of the health benefits of whole grains that are rich in fiber, vitamins, minerals and phytochemicals. For a healthier diet, choose complex carbohydrates from fruits, vegetables and grains close to their original form.
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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!
Leaders Sound Hopeful on Iraq Troop Cuts In this picture released by the U.S. Marine Corps, and made available Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2005, Albany, N.Y., native Lance Cpl. Paul J. Kolkhorst, an antitank assaultmen, left, stands ready to advance with the MarineS of Company I, 3rd Battalion, 6th Marine Regiment, Regimental Combat Team - 2 during Steel Curtain operation, in Qaim, Iraq, Tuesday, Nov. 15, 2005. (AP Photo/ U.S. Marine Corps, Sgt. Jerad W. Alexander)
1:11 pm PT Popular begins 10.5 mln share subscription offering (BPOP) 22.74 +0.15:Co begins an offering of up to 10.5 mln shares to existing shareholders in a subscription offering. Each holder of Popular is entitled to a non-transferable basic subscription right entitling the holder to acquire one share of Popular's common stock, at an initial subscription price of $21/sh for every 26 shares of Popular stock held at the close of business on the record date.
1:06 pm PT Titan Intl has reached a tentative agreement today with United Steelworkers (TWI) 17.29 :
1:02 pm PT Northwestern receives strategic merger proposal (NWEC) 29.15 +0.09:Co announces it has received a request from Black Hills Corp (BKH) to begin negotiations of a strategic merger between the two cos. Black Hills' request contemplates that NorthWestern's stockholders would receive between $33-$35 per share in stock of the combined company.
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