Market Update Close: The market managed to continue its streak, closing the major indices higher and beginning the third consecutive week of gains. Although trading was choppy and left the S&P vacillating around the flat line for most of the session, the 1.8% pullback in crude that accompanied reports that gasoline has dropped $0.48 per gallon over the past month ultimately helped ignite buying action. While the subsequent selling across the Energy complex capped overall advances, the sector's afternoon bounce from its worst levels of the day enabled the broader market to trek higher. Leadership...
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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!
French riots continue despite curfew threat A car burns near a residential building in Strasbourg's northern suburb of Cronenbourg November 7, 2005. Rioters shot at police and torched more than 1,400 cars in the worst violence since unrest erupted in France's poor suburbs 11 days ago, and a man beaten by a youth became the first fatality on Monday. (Vincent Kessler/Reuters)
9:40 pm PT Amerigroup announces change in chief financial officer (AGP) 18.42 :Co announces that E. Paul Dunn Jr. is stepping down as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Dunn is stepping down immediately.
2:06 pm PT Artesian Resrces reports Q3 diluted EPS of $0.41 vs $0.36 in 3Q04; revs rose 16.8% YoY to $12.4 mln (ARTNA) 30.47 +1.15:
2:02 pm PT Terayon Comm Announces Accounting Review and Delay in Release of Third Quarter 2005 Results (TERN) 2.57 +0.21:Co announces it is reviewing the recognition of revenue for certain transactions during prior periods. The co initiated the review after determining that certain revenues recognized in the second half of fiscal year 2004 from a customer may have been recorded in incorrect periods. The revenue matters under examination relate to the timing of revenue recognition and may result in a restatement of prior period financials.