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Commentary video shows several candidates for break out or short sales for at least short term gains by buying the break or selling the break down on good volume and closing at least some on the first day. Today including: GIVN, PCS, PTEN, MTG, UIS, KCI, ANR, KNL.

The Governor of the Bank of England yesterday pledged to continue supporting liquidity-starved banks, but stopped short of promising to buy worthless mortgage-backed securities. Mervyn King told ...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- A multiple car crash involving at least seven vehicles has closed the Golden Gate Bridge in both directions, police said late Wednesday. Several injuries were reported. The California Highway Patrol said the accident occured around 2:40 p.m., and anticipate the bridge will be closed for about two hours.Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Fitch Ratings late Wednesday downgraded FGIC's insurer financial strength to BBB from AA and FGIC Corp.'s long-term issuer rating to BB from A. 'Going forward, Fitch believes that it will be very difficult to stabilize the ratings of FGIC until the company can both raise external capital and more effectively limit the downside risk from its SF CDOs through reinsurance or other risk mitigation initiatives,' said the ratings agency. The ratings have been removed from Rating Watch Negative but the outlook is negative.Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this news.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Private equity firms Thomas H. Lee Partners LP and Bain Capital Partners LLC said late Wednesday they are suing a group of banks who were to finance their $19 billion acquisition of Clear ChannelCommunications Inc. The deal started unraveling recently when lenders could not agree on financing details. In complaints filed in the New York Supreme Court and the Texas State Court in Bexar County, Texas, the firms petitioned Citigroup , Morgan Stanley , Credit Suisse , The Royal Bank of Scotland, Deutsche Bank and Wachovia to honor binding commitments to finance the buyout. 'It seems clear that lenders' remorse set in when credit markets worsened,' Bain and Thomas H. Lee said in a statement. 'Now they are trying to walk away from their commitment letter which clearly states that they bear all the risk that conditions in the debt markets might change.'Market Pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatc

Hank Paulson, US treasury secretary, said the Federal Reserve should ­bolster its supervision of investment banks while they access its emergency cash, but stopped short of calling for permanent regulation by the Fed

The central bank of Iceland and the country's government have launched a co-ordinated effort to stave off a possible economic crisis by issuing IKr60bn of short term loans to the money market

BANK of Queensland chief executive David Liddy criticised 'short-termist' views for hampering Australian retail banks from better balancing customers' and shareholders' welfare.

These are some stocks that have been tagged by users over at StockTickr:ABPI: ACCENTIA BIOPHARMACEUTICALS INC Outlook: Short New low on 16.07 times average volume: 3,938,482 vs. 245,139(tags: New Low on Huge Volume, short)HK: PETROHAWK ENERGY CORPORATION Outlook: Long New high on 2.27 times average volume: 6,650,966 vs. 2,927,430(tags: New High on Huge Volume, long)SYNP: SYNPLICITY INC Outlook: Long Industry: Technical [...]

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