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Wall Street Week Ahead: Few roadblocks to equities’ climb after new high

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – With Friday's payrolls report serving as a springboard to lift Wall Street stock indexes to fresh all-time highs, investors are left to contemplate whether the gains will fizzle or if the upward momentum will continue. Investors cheered the jobs report on Friday, which showed employment rose at a faster than anticipated pace an April and hiring in the prior two months was much stronger than previously thought. … Continue reading

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Wall St edges higher as S&P 500 tops record close

By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – U.S. stocks edged higher on Thursday, with the S&P 500 rising just above its record closing high, which has acted as a significant resistance point in recent weeks. The S&P had been caught in a range, having traded within 10 points of the record closing high of 1,565.15 over the prior 13 sessions before successfully piercing that level on Thursday, while buyers moved in on signs of weakness to quickly eliminate any declines. Continue reading

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AIA Group FY Profit Surges 89%

CHARLOTTE (dpa-AFX) – Hong Kong-listed AIA Group Ltd (AAGIY) reported that its full year net income surged 89% to $3.02 billion from $1.60 billion in the prior year. Operating profit after tax up … Continue reading

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Feds to sue S&P over mortgage bond ratings

Federal prosecutors intend to bring civil charges against Standard & Poor’s for wrongdoing in its rating of mortgage bonds prior to the 2008 financial crisis. Continue reading

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Futures Fall as Election Results Trickle In

U.S. stock-index futures slipped in thin trading Tuesday evening after a rally in the prior session as traders began digesting early results in the U.S. Continue reading

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Realogy Announces Redemption of Remaining Convertible Notes

PARSIPPANY, NJ–(Marketwire – Oct 12, 2012) – Realogy Group LLC (f/k/a Realogy Corporation) (the “Company”), a subsidiary of Realogy Holdings Corp. ( NYSE : RLGY ), announced today that it will redeem all of the Company’s (i) 11.00% Series A Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 (the “Series A Convertible Notes”), (ii) 11.00% Series B Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 (the “Series B Convertible Notes”) and (iii) 11.00% Series C Convertible Senior Subordinated Notes due 2018 (the “Series C Convertible Notes” and, together with the Series A Convertible Notes and Series B Convertible Notes, the “Convertible Notes”) outstanding that have not been submitted for conversion prior to the redemption date. Earlier today, holders of approximately $1.9 billion aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes converted their Convertible Notes into shares of common stock of Realogy Holdings Corp. Continue reading

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Alleged Lindsay Lohan Attacker No Stranger to Celebs

Christian LaBella, the guy arrested early this morning for allegedly assaulting Lindsay Lohan, has several prior interactions with celebrities … and he’s posted all about it on Facebook page. Continue reading

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Justin Timberlake — The Cracked Out Bachelor Party Weekend

Justin Timberlake refused to make a complete ass out of himself during his bachelor party weekend in Cabo San Lucas this weekend … only going “partial crack” while his pals flashed some full moons at the paparazzi. Continue reading

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UK stocks up; futures, options expiries awaited

LONDON Sept 21 (Reuters) – Britain’s top share index washigher in early deals on Friday, rallying in tandem with modestgains on Wall Street and in Asia, though trading could bevolatile ahead of quadruple-witching stock futures and optionsexpiries, due around 0915 GMT. At 0707 GMT, the FTSE 100 index was up 30.56 points,or 0.5 percent, at 5,885.20, having shed 0.6 percent onThursday. Miners, up 1.1 percent, led the bounce back ascopper rallied from a drop in the prior session, spurredby hopes for major economies to continue stimulus moves thatcould boost global demand for metals Continue reading

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Verizon’s iPhone 5 being sold unlocked, allowing it to be used internationally

If you do a lot of traveling, you no doubt know how frustrating it can be if you want to take your phone with you overseas. Prior to international travel, getting an unlocked phone is a must — it’ll allow … Continue reading → Continue reading

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