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NEW YORK & LONDON----The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation announced today that Misys plc, a global supplier of technology solutions to the banking and the financial services industry, will link its Loan IQ Solution to DTCC’s Loan/SERV Reconciliation Service this September, enabling clients to view and reconcile loan positions on a daily basis.

Treasury price fell Thursday ahead of a $15 billion auction of 30-year bonds as well as economic reports on retail sales and weekly unemployment claims.

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. today reported diluted earnings per share from continuing operations for the second quarter of fiscal year 2010 of $0.88, at the top of the company's guidance of $0.83 to $0.88.

Be pre-emptive if you're concerned about job security.

Germany and France achieved a shock return to economic growth in the second quarter of the year, ending their recessions earlier than many policymakers and economists expected, but failed to drag the euro zone with them.

Asian stocks and commodities rose on Thursday after the Federal Reserve said it spotted stability in the U.S. economy, spurring investors to buy back shares and other riskier assets and sell U.S. dollars.

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Internet Gold Golden Lines Ltd., today reported its financial results for the second quarter of 2009.

NEW YORK----In conjunction with Fitch Ratings' revision of the 'AA' Insurer Financial Strength rating of Assured Guaranty Corp. to Rating Watch Negative from Evolving on Aug. 10, 2009, Fitch revises Assured Guaranty-insured municipal bonds with no Fitch unenhanced ratings, as well as those Assured Guaranty-insured municipal bonds with unenhanced ratings of below 'AA' to Rating Watch Negative.

NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings has downgraded the underlying rating on approximately $1 billion outstanding bonds issued on behalf of Bon Secours Health System, Inc. to 'A-'. The Outlook is Stable.

DENVER----Speaking as a special guest at the Project New West Summit, energy expert T. Boone Pickens updated Western senators, governors and state leaders on the level of foreign oil imported by the United States in July 2009.

Oil prices rose above $71 a barrel Thursday as stock markets rallied and after the International Energy Agency boosted its global crude demand forecast.

DENVER----MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P. announced today that it priced an upsized public offering of 5,200,000 primary common units at $20.95 per common unit. In addition, an entity controlled by a director of the general partner of the Partnership is selling an additional 300,000 secondary common units at the same public offering price.

LITTLETON, Colo.----ADA-ES, Inc. today announced financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2009.

The outlook for North Dakota's wheat has improved dramatically over the past month, with cool weather and timely rain. The state could see its highest spring wheat production in more than a decade.

U.S. farmers weathered soggy summer conditions to produce what is expected to be the second-largest corn crop on record and the biggest soybean crop in history, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday.

DENVER----ROYAL GOLD, INC. , a leading precious metals royalty company, today announced record royalty revenue of $73.8 million for fiscal 2009 , an 11% increase over revenues of $66.3 million in fiscal 2008.

MIDLAND, Texas----Clayton Williams Energy, Inc. today filed a Form 8-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission to provide financial guidance disclosures for the year ending December 31, 2009.

DUBLIN----Research and Markets has announced the addition of Global Markets Direct's new report "Gamma Camera Clinical Trial Analysis" to their offering.

HONG KONG----Alibaba.com Limited :

Elizabeth Warren doesn't look or sound scary. She's a 61-year-old Harvard Law School professor from Oklahoma who has written personal finance books, some with her daughter.

The number of Americans filing for initial unemployment insurance fell last week, the government said Thursday.

One of Wall Street reform's littlest known provisions is getting big attention for giving a government agency a possible loophole for avoiding journalists' requests for information.

Corporate chiefs may seem hardboiled, but they can be sensitive, too. Take the ruckus they've been raising over what they perceive to be rough treatment from the Obama White House.

California's 200,000 state workers just can't catch a break.

Foreclosure filings climbed in 75% of the nation's metro areas during the first half of 2010, according to a report issued Thursday.

Cash-strapped cities and counties have been cutting jobs to cope with massive budget shortfalls -- and that tally could edge up to nearly 500,000 if Congress doesn't step up to help.

State and local governments are facing a vicious cycle thanks to our financial crisis. Since home prices haven't really recovered, tax revenues are down. Since tax revenues are down, governments are cutting jobs, which means cutting services to homeowners. That means governments are spending less money in their communities, and employing less people, perpetuating the decline in property values that caused tax revenues to decrease in the first place.

The economy showed continued signs of modest improvement in recent months, the Federal Reserve said Wednesday in its latest snapshot of regional economic conditions.

At the G20 summit in Toronto last month, the leaders of world's largest economies embraced a brave new theme: Halting the alarming, potentially ruinous growth in already mountainous sovereign debt.

EUR/USD Current price: 1.4155 Pair remains trapped in the 1.4105/1.4200 range it has been for the past 24 hours, and consolidation will likely extend ahead of Wednesday afternoon FOMC Minutes. Nikkei 225 opened 0.9% down, yet flat indicators in the hourly gave no clear clues; bigger time frames are slightly bullish at this point thus the pair will need to clearly break above 1.4200 to confirm some upside continuation. At this point sentiment remains mixed across the board. Support levels:

The longs have finally been convinced to take some of their profits off of the table. Despite what might have occurred given the dramatic gains, the selling pressure was moderate at best. Investors are looking forward to the Fed's comments regarding the state of the economy. Oh yeah, and they also might be interested in the interest rate decision. We have been suggesting that the rally has gotten away from what may be the reality, and the Fed's wording could have a large impact on whether the

After a slow start to the news week, traders were able to gnaw their teeth on this afternoons 3-year note auction. However, with the 10 and 30-year auctions and the FOMC interest rate decision looming, the market is bracing itself for volatility. Today's auction went relatively well; $37 billion in 3-year notes were met with a bid to cover of 2.89 and a lower than expected yield of 1.78%. Additionally, foreign buyers stepped up their game; the indirect bidder participation was 62.5%. Much of

Today’s Treasury auction saw great demand which helped drive up the price of September Treasury Bonds.  Investors were encouraged to buy the 3-year Notes at the auction because of the attractive yield and the weakness in the equity markets.  Overseas demand was particularly stronger compared to the last three months.  This could be an indication that foreign central banks are regaining confidence in the U.S. ability to pay back its debt obligations.    U.S. equity

Japanese Yen traders shrugged off discouraging news by the Bank of Japan and instead focused on the U.S. equity markets for direction.    The BoJ offered no support for the Yen following a rather pessimistic outlook for the Japanese economy.  Japanese interest rates were kept at historically low levels while the BoJ felt that a turn around in the global economy would not have a significantly strong effect on the Japanese economy.    The commentary from the BoJ was

FXstreet.com (Buenos Aires) - Considering the risk of the event, European majors will likely spend the Asian session consolidating in past Tuesday’s range ahead of FOMC Minutes. Market players will be focusing in QE and if the FED plans either to extend it, or plan an exit, as rates are widely expect to remain unchanged. For next session however, and adding thin trading flows due to summer holidays and the lack of cues ahead of FED’s announcements, EUR/USD will likely remain between 1.4110/1.4200 as well as GBP/USD between 1.6430/1.6520 range.

Different scenario for Japanese yen, as Nikkei 225 is expected to fall following Wall Street; the currency is hovering around the 96.00 level against greenback and is likely to continue strengthening, thus the movement will remain limited also ahead of FOMC.

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FXstreet.com (Córdoba) – Markets in the US fell the day before the FED’s decision. Crude-oil futures ended below $70 a barrel. The Yen was the main winner of the day among currencies, rising across the board. Dollar finished mix practically unchanged against EUR and GBP.

USD/JPY tumbled for the second day in a row. The pair fell from 97.05 to 95.75, from there rebounded but is having difficulties to get back above 96.00. After reaching a one-month high on Friday at 97.80, the Dollar weakened and has accumulated a decline of more than 180 pips.

The Yen rose across the board. Against European currencies completed the second day with sharp gains. GBP/JPY plunged below 160.00 to 157.80. Currently the pair is back above 158.25 but far from Friday’s high at 163.05. EUR/JPY fell from 137.45 to 135.20 and currently is attempting to reach levels on top of 136.00.

Dollar ended mix. EUR/USD finished Tuesday at the same levels it had at the begging of the day. Same situation applies to GBP/USD. Cable ended only a few pips below the opening price. It was the fourth consecutive day with losses for the pair.

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Q2 Productivity Surge is Temporary Productivity of the U.S economy rose 6.4% in the second quarter after a 0.3% increase in the prior quarter. Although output declined, hours worked fell more sharply and led to an increase in productivity. Productivity gains toward the end of a recession and the beginning of recovery are typical (see chart 1) and they reflect cost cutting strategies of firms. The surge in productivity registered in the second quarter is not representative of the long-term

8/11/2009 3:20 PM: EUR/$..1.4146 $/JPY..96.00 GBP/$..1.6478 $/CHF..1.0816 AUD/$..0.8296 $/CAD..1.1012 USD Edges Up, Eyes FOMC The dollar and yen were higher in Tuesday trading amid renewed declines in the equity bourses. The Nasdaq and the S&P 500 were lower by 1% and the Dow Jones softer by 0.75% in afternoon trading. Earlier US economic reports were mixed with Q2 labor costs falling by more than expected to -5.8%, compared with a negative revised Q1 figure at -2.7% and a sharply higher

Weaker data out of China overnight continued to weigh on risk trades during the NY session, with commodity currencies (AUD, CAD, and NZD) coming under pressure.  Slower Chinese exports and imports suggest waning demand for commodities and thus diminished appeal of holding long AUD or CAD positions, in particular.  Negative banking analyst comments hurt financial shares in the US, which led broader markets lower by more than 1%, sending JPY-crosses (carry trades) lower in

Stocks turned lower in early trading Thursday as disappointing reports on jobs and retail sales deflated some of investors' optimism about the economy.

Shares of solar cell wafer maker LDK Solar Co. Ltd. tumbled on Thursday, the morning after the company posted a second-quarter loss as it wrote down the plummeting value of its inventory.

U.S. stocks opened slightly higher on Thursday after Wal-Mart Stores Inc reported quarterly results that beat expectations.

Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc.'s second quarter results, due out Thursday, may give a sense of how well the company can keep its dominant grip on ticket selling.

Shares of Advance Auto Parts Inc. fell in premarket trading Thursday as two analysts described its do-it-yourself business as soft and lackluster despite an increase in second-quarter profit and revenue.

Semiconductor companies are seeing orders pick up in August, pointing to a strong third quarter for a hard-hit industry, a Robert W. Baird analyst said Thursday.

An analyst on Thursday reiterated his "Buy" rating on shares of URS Corp., saying the engineering and construction contractor's increasingly diverse end markets and global presence should boost its value.

Preppy retailer J. Crew Group Inc.'s trendy merchandise, strong customer traffic and top-notch management were among the reasons that led an analyst to upgrade the stock on Thursday.

U-Store-It Trust, which provides business and personal self-storage facilities, is on the right track as it seeks to reduce its debt, but refinancing costs could cut into earnings, an analyst said Thursday.

Interpublic Group of Cos. is set to restore its profit margins as the economy recovers, a Deutsche Bank analyst said Thursday, upgrading shares to "Buy" from "Hold."

PHOENIX (Reuters) - Police arrested at least 30 protesters who took to the streets of Phoenix on Thursday after Arizona adopted a new immigration law, even though its most intrusive provisions had already been blocked by a U.S. court.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - New claims for unemployment benefits slipped last week, but stayed at a stubbornly high level that underscored the labor market recovery was having trouble gaining traction.

BOISE, Idaho (Reuters) - More than 2,000 miles from the Gulf of Mexico shoreline, a panel of U.S. judges heard arguments from lawyers on Thursday on how piles of spill-related lawsuits against BP Plc should be merged.

HATTIESBURG, Miss./CHICAGO (Reuters) - Bob Dudley is not one to wear his disappointment on his sleeve.

KABUL (Reuters) - The body of a second U.S. sailor who went missing in Afghanistan last week has been recovered, an Afghan police chief said on Thursday.

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Heavy monsoon rains in Islamabad on Thursday hampered recovery efforts at the site of a Pakistani plane crash that killed all 152 people on board a day earlier, a senior police officer said.

CAIRO (Reuters) - The Arab League said on Thursday it would back face-to-face peace talks between the Palestinians and Israel when the Palestinians believe the time is right.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Senate Republicans voiced objections on Thursday to the new START nuclear arms treaty with Russia, raising concerns that could delay efforts to hand President Barack Obama a foreign policy victory ahead of the November elections.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A House of Representatives ethics panel on Thursday began reviewing a "tentative agreement" to settle charges against Democratic Representative Charles Rangel, a congressional source said on Thursday.

TOKYO/DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said on Thursday it would recall nearly 417,000 high-end passenger cars and SUVs in the United States and Canada to fix steering problems.