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Short TERM: market gaps down then holds support, DOW 36 Overnight most of the Asian...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Standard & Poor's said late Tuesday that it downgraded four mortgage insurers because house prices are falling more than expected and unemployment in the U.S. is headed higher. The rating agency lowered the counterparty credit rating on MGIC Investment Corp. to 'BBB' from 'A-' and the counterparty credit and financial strength ratings of its mortgage insurance subsidiaries to 'A' from 'AA-'. PMI Group , Old Republic and Radian Group were also downgraded, S&P said. The outlook on all four ratings is negative. Radian, which saw the ratings of its mortgage insurance unit cut to A from AA-, said it's considering selling new shares or getting investments from outside parties to bolster its capital position. The company also said it's also talking with banks that provide its credit facility to change some covenants. market pulse Stories are Rapid-fire, short news bursts on stocks and markets as they move. Visit MarketWatch.com for more information on this ne

Sellers gave it a good shot today but in the end the indices remained in their recent ranges. Volume contracted again today which works in the bulls’ favor. All of the indices have now worked off their short-term overbought conditions (based on my very fast stochastic settings). I’d often use those stochastic [...]SHARETHIS.addEntry( { title: 'April 8, 2008 stock market Recap', url: 'http://tradermike.net/2008/04/april_8_2008_stock_market_recap/' } );

BOSTON, MA (MARKET WIRE) Bright Horizons Family Solutions, Inc. (NASDAQ: BFAM) will release results for the period ended March 31, 2008, on Friday, April 25, 2008. The earnings release will be available on the Company's website and will also be available on a Current report on Form 8-K to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission shortly thereafter.

The italian airline says it has funds to survive in the 'very short term' while its takeover by Air France-KLM is on hold.

VALLEY STREAM, NY (MARKET WIRE) Ace Marketing & Promotions, Inc. (OTCBB: AMKT) announced today the extension of the expiration date of its Class A and Class B Warrants through the close of business on July 1, 2008. The Class A and Class B Warrants maintain an exercise price of $2.00 per share.

Poor countries on not on track to achieve their development targets, the World Bank and IMF say.

But Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has said the company's plan for the decades-delayed pipeline is 'critically short of meeting the state's objectives.'

Already a star in online photography, Yahoo Inc.'s Flickr is focusing its lens on a new target - video. Subscribers can now post short clips on the Web site, marking a major addition to a service that has attracted a loyal following as a destination for...

BOSTON, MA (MARKET WIRE) Empowering the sales force with tools to work remotely has evolved dramatically since the first wave of smart phones hit the streets nearly ten years ago. Sales reps have grown adept at basic applications such as email and web browsing, but often still wait for an end-of-day laptop session to access their CRM system. A recent study conducted on mobile SFA conducted by Aberdeen, a Harte-Hanks Company (NYSE: HHS), reveals that companies are increasingly turning to mobile SFA tools in order to boost sales force productivity, shorten customer response time, and increase executive insight in sales