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OpenTable shares soar nearly 60 pct in IPO feast

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created May 21, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Online restaurant reservation service OpenTable Inc. proved there's still an appetite for new stock offerings despite the sour economy.





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Interest rate shock could kick-start stock exchange

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created Aug 04, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Norges Bank surprised most experts by cutting the interest rate by as much as 1.75 percentage points during the final interest rate meeting in 2008. Surprise interest rate changes like this, so-called interest rate shocks, ...


Shanda Games IPO gets tepid reception

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created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Shanda Games Ltd., a Chinese video game company, raised $1 billion Friday in the largest initial public offering of the year.


Cisco addition increases technology clout in Dow

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created Jun 01, 2009 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- Miles per hour - out. Bits per second - in.


Tech Shares Rise, Offset Worries About Housing

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created Mar 27, 2007 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

U.S. technology stocks rose on March 26, pulled higher by positive broker comments on companies such as Dell, but renewed signs of weakness in the housing market snapped a five-day winning streak for the Dow.


What spooks the stock market in October?

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created Oct 05, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- October ushers in the fourth quarter, falling leaves, football and in some, now infamous, years, financial meltdowns. Is the tenth month of the year more prone to stock market crashes than others? Economics ...


Herding leads to wrong decisions in the stock market

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created Sep 21, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

One reason for extreme fluctuations in the stock market is herding.


Japan's Access buys PalmSource for $324M

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created Sep 09, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Japan's Access said Friday it will buy out PalmSource for $324 million.


Irrational exuberance behind recent stock gains, says finance expert

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created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

A second straight week of stronger-than-expected third quarter earnings from a broad cross section of U.S. industries has held the nation's Dow Jones Industrial Average above the psychological benchmark of 10,000 points for ...


SolarWinds shares climb during first trading day

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created May 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(AP) -- Shares of SolarWinds Inc. climbed Wednesday during the network management software maker's first day of trading, marking the latest flicker of life in an IPO market that has barely registered a pulse this year.


Hard-drive makers see big run-ups on PC recovery hopes

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created Sep 25, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Investors willing to make early bets on the recovery of the PC sector have scored big with Seagate Technology and Western Digital Corp. -- two makers of hard-disk drives that have seen their market values more than triple ...



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