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Finally, we will take steps to block users who violate any of our posting standards, terms of use or privacy policies or any other policies governing this site. Stocks fell last week as Congress failed to approve a $700 billion bank bailout. The S&P 500 tumbled 22 percent since its October record high on concern that more than $550 billion in credit losses and write-downs at financial firms worldwide, a slowing economy and faster inflation will hurt profits. Financial shares in the S&P 500 retreated 6 percent this week, fueled by a 12 percent plunge in the S&P 500 Banks Index on Monday, the biggest drop since the gauge’s creation in 1989. The Treasury will auction $26 billion of three-month bills and $27 billion of six-month bills on Monday. read more

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Abroad measure of the industry represented in the S&P 500 Index was higher most of the day as investors checked progress of the government’s sweeping proposal aimed at clearing the credit logjam in the financial system. Washington Mutual, with $310 billion in assets, reportedly is under the gun from the Office of Thrift Supervision to get a deal pushed through, but analysts say it all may have to wait until Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson brokers a deal with Congress to get the high-stakes bailout plan pushed through. Banker issues fall as late sell-off dents financials – MarketWatch Intraday data provided by Interactive Data Real Time Services , a division of Interactive Data Corp. Historical and current end-of-day data provided by Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data . Intraday data delayed 15 minutes for Nasdaq, and 20 minutes for other exchanges. read more

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NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Stocks on Tuesday wavered in and out of positive terrain with investors in limbo with further hearings Wednesday on the Bush administration’s $700 billion proposal to relieve banks of bad debt and bring back the troubled credit markets. On the Nasdaq, 827 million shares changed hands, and decliners ran ahead of advancers 2 to 1. The Miami-based builder reported restructurings and other actions contributed to a narrower third-quarter loss, and the company’s chief executive called for further government action to help the industry. Become a better trader with technical analysis of the market’s trading ranges, exit and entry points, breakout signals and more — including five stocks poised to move in each issue. Historical and current end-of-day data provided by Interactive Data Pricing and Reference Data . Intraday data delayed 15 minutes for Nasdaq, and 20 minutes for other exchanges. read more

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq on Monday added nearly 100 stocks of companies involved in financial services to a temporary ban on short-selling ordered last week by U. Securities and Exchange Commission, besieged by complaints that its initial list of 799 stocks issued on Friday had missed companies with major financial operations, decided over the weekend to let exchanges add to its list. Earlier on Monday, the SEC granted limited relief to options market makers, who provide liquidity and ensure fair and orderly markets by continually posting prices at which they will buy and sell options. Thomson Reuters is the world’s largest international multimedia news agency, providing investing news, world news, business news, technology news, headline news, small business news, news alerts, personal finance, stock market, and mutual funds information available on Reuters. read more

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Fortis rebounded smartly yesterday after global regulators cracked down on short-selling in the financial sector, fuelling an 8. That was very bad news for the Irish market for much of the week, as investors sold the troubled sector aggressively. That, coupled with a series of financial-sector rescue plans unveiled in the United States and elsewhere, fuelled a 10-per-cent rebound for the index yesterday. Worries about a crumbling financial sector and a deepening global liquidity crisis contributed to losses of nearly 10 per cent in the first half of the week. But Chinese government moves to backstop the country’s banking sector gave Hong Kong investors a boost of confidence, and the market reversed its losses yesterday, ending the week virtually where it began. The statements contributed to a rebound in the currency, the rupiah, which encouraged foreign investors to step back into Indonesian equities. read more

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