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Air France is holding talks about a joint venture that could see some of its short-haul flights switched to rail and increase competition for continental Europe's mainly state-owned high-speed train operators

Property tycoon Robert Tchenguiz moved against short-sellers in pub group Mitchells & Butlers, converting a derivatives holding of almost 26 per cent into shares in order to stop it being lent to those betting on price falls

Taylor Nelson Sofres, the market research group, is right to reject Sir Martin Sorrell's latest takeover approach, despite the fact that in these markets, the mooted 260p a share might seem worth havi...

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- August crude closed at $145.29 a barrel Thursday in New York, up $1.72 for the session. It's up 3.6% from Friday's closing level as traders continued to show concern over global production. Crude is 'finding support here as it pushes higher towards $150,' said Zachary Oxman, a senior trader at Wisdom Financial. 'Watch for higher lows as crude moves up towards $150 within the next week.'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.

A week ago the financial industry was getting very worried about its own prospects. Bank after bank seemed to be running short of cash as their stock prices plunged, making it harder to raise capital. wall street analysts added to the gloom with a frenzy of reports that downgraded big financial firms or at least cut their earnings projections. We likened it to a 'circular firing squad,' as analysts from different banks and brokerage houses took aim at each other's employers.All those worries remain. But there is some evidence that the stampede of negative analyst reports is slowing. In the face of his colleagues' pessimism, R.W. Baird analyst David George bravely put out a note actually upgrading Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB). Fifth Third spooked investors last month when it said it needed to slash its dividend and raise $2 billion in capital. But George suggests the worst may be over. 'Two of the major risks associated with owning the stock [i.e. a cut dividend and a capital rais

If you are someone who is interested in investing, you must certainly have heard the term, forex trading. What many investors don't know is that 'Forex' is not a new term by itself, but rather a short form of 'Foreign Exchange'. As the name implies, forex trading simply refers to Foreign Currency Trading.

Stocks gave up early gains and extended the prior session's sell-off on this short trading session Friday.At 10:03 a.m. EDT, the Nasdaq dropped...

Time is money and in today's inflationary world, we are short of both - that's why more and more professionals are investigating the work-from-home option.

These are some stocks that have been tagged by users over at StockTickr: INGN: INTROGEN THERAPEUTICS INC Outlook: Short Industry: Drug Related Products New low on 36.35 times average volume: 2,035,531 vs. 56,000 (tags: short, New Low on Huge Volume) LMNX: LUMINEX CORPORATION Outlook: Long Industry: Medical Instruments Supls New high on 4.68 times average volume: 1,323,724 vs. 283,117 (tags: long, New High on Huge [...]

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: HALO, IAG, AMSF, VQ, MNLU, SEPR, WGW, FAX.