Stocks Climb, Yen Drops, Default Costs Ease on U.S. Jobs, Japan - BusinessWeek
March 5 (Bloomberg) — Asia stocks advanced, heading for their second weekly gain, and the yen dropped as U.S. jobless claims fell, Greece debt concerns eased and speculation grew the Bank of Japan will take further steps to ease credit. The MSCI
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Verizon Wireless Said to Be Aiming to Release Microsoft Phones - BusinessWeek
Microsoft’s Windows dropped to a 7.9 percent share of the worldwide smartphone software market in the fourth quarter, from 12.5 percent a year earlier, while the iPhone and Android posted gains, according to ABI Research. The iPhone took 16.6
Source: www.businessweek.com

Pioneer Drilling Announces Pricing of $250 Million Offering of 9.875 - Stockhouse
Pioneer Drilling Company (NYSE Amex: PDC) today announced that it has priced a private offering of $250 million of senior unsecured notes due 2018, which will bear interest at a rate of 9.875% per annum. The notes were priced at a discount to provide
Source: www.stockhouse.com

Priceline.com Announces Pricing of $500 Million Private Offering of - Stockhouse
Any offers of the securities will be made only by means of a private offering memorandum. The notes and any priceline.com common stock issuable upon the conversion of the notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or
Source: www.stockhouse.com

Send-off planned for state soldiers to be deployed to Iraq - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Ceremonies will be held in Medford, Superior, Hayward and Chippewa Falls on Saturday and Sunday before the troops report to Fort McCoy for several weeks of training before leaving for Iraq. Soldiers were notified in October of the mobilization in
Source: www.jsonline.com

LEAD: Tokyo stocks rise on weaker yen amid report on BOJ monetary - Big Hollywood
Tokyo stocks rebounded Friday morning as investor sentiment was buoyed by a weaker yen following a news report that the Bank of Japan may implement further monetary easing. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average rose 209.91 points, or 2.07 percent, from
Source: www.breitbart.com

Stock market: Dow turns positive for the year ahead of jobs report - USA Today
NEW YORK — Optimism about the government’s February jobs report sent the Dow Jones industrials back into the black for 2010. Stocks ended Thursday with a moderate advance after managing only modest moves for much of the day. Investors seemed to set
Source: www.usatoday.com

From Nordstrom to Macy’s to Target, retailers report strong gains for - San Jose Mercury News
NEW YORK — Shoppers shrugged off the snow and worries about the economy to buy full-price spring clothing and other items at the nation’s malls, resulting in the strongest retail sales gain since November 2007, a month before the recession started
Source: www.mercurynews.com

Treasury sells Bank of America warrants for $1.54 billion - Washington Post
The Treasury Department said Thursday that it sold its warrants to buy Bank of America stock for $1.54 billion, fetching a much higher price than what market analysts and federal officials expected. After the auction, the warrants, which are
Source: www.washingtonpost.com

VERSACE: Pearls of investing wisdom from Uncle Warren - Washington Times
Last Friday, one of my favorite things to read was published. I say favorite because I find it at times humorous, always insightful and written in what we have come to call “plain English.” I’m not talking about the latest list of who’s who or
Source: www.washingtontimes.com

Stocks Climb, Yen Drops, Default Costs Ease on U.S. Jobs, Japan - BusinessWeek
March 5 (Bloomberg) — Asia stocks advanced, heading for their second weekly gain, and the yen dropped as U.S. jobless claims fell, Greece debt concerns eased and speculation grew the Bank of Japan will take further steps to ease credit. The MSCI
Source: www.businessweek.com

Verizon Wireless Said to Be Aiming to Release Microsoft Phones - BusinessWeek
Microsoft’s Windows dropped to a 7.9 percent share of the worldwide smartphone software market in the fourth quarter, from 12.5 percent a year earlier, while the iPhone and Android posted gains, according to ABI Research. The iPhone took 16.6
Source: www.businessweek.com

Pioneer Drilling Announces Pricing of $250 Million Offering of 9.875 - Stockhouse
Pioneer Drilling Company (NYSE Amex: PDC) today announced that it has priced a private offering of $250 million of senior unsecured notes due 2018, which will bear interest at a rate of 9.875% per annum. The notes were priced at a discount to provide
Source: www.stockhouse.com

Priceline.com Announces Pricing of $500 Million Private Offering of - Stockhouse
Any offers of the securities will be made only by means of a private offering memorandum. The notes and any priceline.com common stock issuable upon the conversion of the notes have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or
Source: www.stockhouse.com

Send-off planned for state soldiers to be deployed to Iraq - Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Ceremonies will be held in Medford, Superior, Hayward and Chippewa Falls on Saturday and Sunday before the troops report to Fort McCoy for several weeks of training before leaving for Iraq. Soldiers were notified in October of the mobilization in
Source: www.jsonline.com

LEAD: Tokyo stocks rise on weaker yen amid report on BOJ monetary - Big Hollywood
Tokyo stocks rebounded Friday morning as investor sentiment was buoyed by a weaker yen following a news report that the Bank of Japan may implement further monetary easing. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average rose 209.91 points, or 2.07 percent, from
Source: www.breitbart.com

Stock market: Dow turns positive for the year ahead of jobs report - USA Today
NEW YORK — Optimism about the government’s February jobs report sent the Dow Jones industrials back into the black for 2010. Stocks ended Thursday with a moderate advance after managing only modest moves for much of the day. Investors seemed to set
Source: www.usatoday.com

From Nordstrom to Macy’s to Target, retailers report strong gains for - San Jose Mercury News
NEW YORK — Shoppers shrugged off the snow and worries about the economy to buy full-price spring clothing and other items at the nation’s malls, resulting in the strongest retail sales gain since November 2007, a month before the recession started
Source: www.mercurynews.com

Treasury sells Bank of America warrants for $1.54 billion - Washington Post
The Treasury Department said Thursday that it sold its warrants to buy Bank of America stock for $1.54 billion, fetching a much higher price than what market analysts and federal officials expected. After the auction, the warrants, which are
Source: www.washingtonpost.com

VERSACE: Pearls of investing wisdom from Uncle Warren - Washington Times
Last Friday, one of my favorite things to read was published. I say favorite because I find it at times humorous, always insightful and written in what we have come to call “plain English.” I’m not talking about the latest list of who’s who or
Source: www.washingtontimes.com