business - "short"

This Stalking Stocks 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: GWR, BRCD, WLSA, DTV, PDE, XTO, ALTR, FLS, DUG, PFB.

Products are intended to provide both an investment offering diversification for long-term investors and protection in the short term against market downturns

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- The chairman and chief executive of American Axle & Manufacturing Holdings Inc. and the president of the United Auto Workers are scheduled to meet Monday and possibly restart talks aimed at ending a strike that's lasted more than a month, a Dow Jones Newswires report said, citing a company representative. The labor action by the UAW, which represents 3,650 American Axle workers, has forced General Motors Corp. to idle all or part of 30 factories. the report added.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.

BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Exchange-traded funds that use leverage and short-selling have the potential for deep pitfalls and steep profits. If investors needed any reminder of this, they've only had to watch the dizzying one-day gains and jarring losses in these high-octane ETFs from the market's wild swerves.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan has endorsed Republican Sen. John McCain for president, according to Reuters, which cited an interview in El Pais this Sunday. The Spanish newspaper also quoted Greenspan as saying that the U.S. economy has more than a 50% chance of going into recession, the news service said.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.

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- Daimler AG's (DAI) Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche said he foresees an acquisition for the company's truck division, reported Dow Jones, citing a report from Germany's WirtschaftsWoche magazine. In an interview to be published Monday, Zetsche told WirtschaftsWoche that the company is considering the expansion of production capacity in Eastern Europe. A decision on whether a new plant might be built in Poland, the Czech Republic or Romania will be made 'in the second quarter,' Zetsche said, according to the magazine.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.

Lachlan Murdoch's bid to take a controlling stake in a privatised Consolidated Media Holdings hung in the balance last night amid talk of a funding shortfall and a stand-off on the price that James Packer's family company will accept for the media group.

'Forex trading' is short for 'foreign exchange trading'. It refers to the buying and/or selling of a nation's currency, using another nation's currency. This might sound a little strange since most of the time we normally exchange money for stuff that we use.

A Bahraini MP has said the kingdom's housing sector is facing a 'financial crunch' as building material costs rise. The Chamber of Deputies is to hold extraordinary sessions throughout April until mid May to discuss housing projects and strategies. It will focus on the shortage of land to meet immediate and future needs, said the Bahrain Tribune. The government has set aside DB450m for housing projects this year.

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