BloggingStocks: Playboy is such a mess that even the hint that a company is interested in it triggers a reaction. Oak Hill Capital Partners, a private equity firm, announced Wednesday that it has no interest in buying ailing adult media company Playboy (PLA), ... Read more

BloggingStocks: Stocks started out strong, but despite the lower producer inflation via PPI the markets were mixed and the net result was not certain until the very end of the day. Many of the Warren Buffett stocks and George Soros stocks were among the movers ... Read more

BloggingStocks: Today was another up-day that started out strong and stayed strong. Retail sales helped trump a weak NY Fed manufacturing number, and Ben Bernanke said he sees no asset bubbles in the US markets today. Here were today's unofficial closing bell ... Read more

BloggingStocks: This was one of those low-volume trading days where more stocks were up than down with the big explanation being "fewer sellers than buyers." Commodity import prices, the trade deficit, and a weak University of Michigan confidence reading failed to ... Read more

Asian stocks fall, government bonds rally as oil drops; Yuan forwards rise.China this year rejected requests to build 47 projects worth 200B to curb excessive capacity.Copper prices falls as dollar gains for second day, stockpiles at six-month high.Dollar falls versus Krone, Aussie; Europe GDP growth optimism spurs yield demand.European Stocks Advance; Richemont, British Airways, Iberia Shares climbEurozone out of recession after 0.4% growthFHA reserves fall below legal limitHealth legislation being considered would force drug makers to disclose amount spent on continuing medical education classes for doctors.[More...]