Chinese stock punters vent e-steam over not-so-virtual losses (TODAYonline) People use the internet in a business center in Beijing, January 2007. The Chinese Internet has turned into a cyber-inferno of invective and slander as furious investors have let off virtual steam against the government after near-historic drops in share prices....more...Oil prices firmer in Asian trade as US refinery output declines (The Nation) SINGAPORE - Oil prices were higher in Asian trade Thursday after news US refinery production fell last week at the same time as the peak-demand season for gasoline (petrol) kicked off, dealers said....more... Oil prices firmer (Sunday Times) Oil prices were higher in Asian trade on Thursday after news US refinery production fell last week at the same time as the peak-demand season for petrol kicked off, said dealers....more... Oil prices firmer in Asian trade as US refinery output declines (Sharewatch) SINGAPORE (XFN-ASIA) - Oil prices were higher in Asian trading hours after news that refinery production in the US fell last week at the same time as the peak season there for demand for gasoline began....more... Amazon.com (IWon - Money) 12:00 ET Dow -79.97 Nasdaq -13.33 S&P -8.89 [BRIEFING.COM] The major averages are retracing session lows midday as investors again lack the overwhelming evidence needed to support stock prices with so many indices at historic highs....more... Don't sweat the selloff, part 2 (CNN Money) The two-day selloff that took the Dow industrials down more than 200 points could be a harbinger of a volatile summer on Wall Street - but don't let it make you think the stock market is done hitting record highs this year....more... Dangerous Divergences In The Global Bond And Stock Markets (Kitco.com) Once upon a time, many years ago, the US stock market lived in fear of a violent band of traders known as the ?bond market vigilantes?....more... Ukrainian stocks hit record high, shrug off politics (Market Watch) NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Ukraine's PFTS stock index surpassed for the first time 900 points Tuesday, hitting yet another record, as the market continues to shrug off the country's ongoing political turmoil. ...more... Arkansas News Bureau (Arkansas News Bureau) Gas prices hurting in-home care providers, official says By John Lyon LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas may soon have difficulty finding in-home care providers if gas continues to cost $3 or more per gallon, a state health official told lawmakers Wednesday....more... |