Friday, February 22, 2008

Channel3000 Midday Market Report

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Freddie Mac says the average for 30-year fixed rate mortgages rose to the highest level in weeks. More Details







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Feeling the pinch of a travel slowdown, hotels are tacking more fees onto guests' bills.

A decision to allow workers to sue 401(k) providers could carry costly consequences.

Oil, gold, agriculture and other similar ETFs are attracting billions from investors.

Strong subscriber growth juiced shares of handheld maker Research In Motion.

The SEC wants fund companies to keep their info short and sweet.

Stocks fell prey to recession fears as economic data disappointed. Oil fell, but metal prices kept soaring.

The manufacturing sector in the Philadelphia region continued to weaken in February, after last month's sharp drop, the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia reported Thursday....

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Shares of Research In Motion Ltd. jumped nearly 10% Thursday morning after the maker of the popular BlackBerry handheld devices lifted its forecast for subscriber growth....

After dodging mortgage-related losses that crippled its peers last year, Goldman Sachs Group (GS) is laying off an unusually high number of employees as it faces mounting woes in its leveraged lending...

Initial filings for state unemployment benefits continued to trend lower after spiking earlier in the month, government data released Thursday show....


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