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Stocks to Watch: Stocks to watch Wednesday: Ralcorp, Deere
It’s a high-profile day for retailers as investors digest the corporate headlines for early Wednesday. Read More
Stocks to Watch: Stocks to watch Monday: Avon, Chesapeake
Running down developments of interest to U.S. investors early Monday. Read More
FundWatch: SEC’s Schapiro defends money-fund reform
Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Schapiro on Friday defended her decision to bring new regulations to the $2.5 trillion money-market fund industry by reminding a reluctant audience of the recent financial crisis. Read More
Stocks to Watch: Stocks to watch Thursday: Cisco, Tilly’s, Monster
Earnings surprises from a pair of trio of high-profile companies — Cisco, Priceline and Monster Beverage — stand out among the corporate headlines for early Thursday. Read More
Temasek, RRJ Capital invest $468 mln in Cheniere
–Investment to help Temasek expand energy and resources portfolio –Funds will be used to help finance Cheniere’s liquefaction expansion in Louisiana (Recasts lead and adds details throughout including comment from Temasek.) Singapore state investment firm Temasek Holdings Pte. Ltd. and [...]
Select Medical to buy up to $345 mln of its debt
Select Medical Holdings Corp. SEM launched an offer to purchase up to $345 million worth of its debt, a refinancing effort it plans to fund with a separate offering of senior notes. The operator of specialty hospitals and rehabilitation centers [...]
Hong Kong stocks fall as mainland China banks hit
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) — Hong Kong stocks dropped in early Thursday trade, with mainland Chinese banks among the loss-leaders after reported plans by Singaporean sovereign investment fund Temasek Holdings Pte to sell up to $2.5 billion worth of shares in [...]
Therese Poletti’s Tech Tales: Facebook should have gone public already
Mark Zuckerberg’s solo deal to buy Instagram, and its big patent deal, could delay the timing of Facebook’s anticipated IPO, which could come possibly after Memorial Day. Read More
Bumi Armada major shareholders trim stakes: report
KUALA LUMPUR -(MarketWatch)- Major shareholders of Bumi Armada Bhd. (5210.KU) are selling about 15% of the oil and gas service provider through a private placement that will raise close to MYR2.00 billion ($655 million), the Edge daily reported Friday, citing [...]
SEC charges former CalPERS CEO with fraud
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) – The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday charged the former CEO of the California Public Employees’ Retirement System – the largest public pension fund in the U.S. — with falsifying letters that defrauded a private equity firm [...]