News centerTop 2 booksellers report losses, their shares fallNEW YORK (AP) - Barnes & Noble Inc. and Borders Group Inc., the nation's two largest brick-and-mortar book sellers, both posted quarterly losses Thursday and forecast a difficult holiday season, saying competition from discount chains and online retailers is stiffening. 4:11 PM ET Facebook creates dual-class stock structure: WSJSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Facebook, the popular social networking site, has created a dual-class stock structure, a move that could potentially pave the way for an initial public offering, The Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition Tuesday. The company is in the process of converting all current shareholders to Class B stock, which carries more voting power than Class A stock, according to the Journal. But for now, the company has no plans for an IPO, the newspaper said. At MarketWatch 3:32 PM ET
REUTER MONEYGRAPH-IMF SDR RATES-Nov 24 US 1.60168At Thomson Reuters 4:08 PM ET
Fannie Looks to Level Foreclosed-Home Playing FieldAt Wall Street Journal 4:00 PM ET
TiVo To License Viewing Data To Google; Could A Bigger Deal Follow?At Barron's 2:40 PM ET
Neos Therapeutics closes $24.2M roundA local contract manufacturer of pharmaceuticals has closed a $24.2 million funding round. 3:17 PM ET Ten Black Friday BargainsSome retailers start price-slashing early, but day-after-Thanksgiving doorbusters abound. At Forbes 4:03 PM ET
U.S. Patent Office Rejects All 17 Claims in Three Rambus Patents Asserted Against NVIDIA in International Trade Commission ActionNVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) today announced thatthe assigned patent examiner at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office(USPTO) has rejected all 17 claims in three Rambus patents that the companyhad asserted against NVIDIA in the International Trade Commission (ITC). 4:05 PM ET
Harrington West Financial Group, Inc. Notifies NASDAQ of Its Voluntary Withdrawal from Listing on the NASDAQ Global MarketHarrington West Financial Group, Inc. (NASDAQ: HWFG), the holding company for Los Padres Bank, FSB, announced today that it had notified NASDAQ of its decision to voluntarily withdraw shares of its 4:15 PM ET
Gerdau Ameristeel Announces $610 Million RefinancingTAMPA, FL, Nov. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Gerdau Ameristeel Corporation (the "Company") (NYSE: GNA; TSX: GNA) today announced that the Company has entered into a loan agreement pursuant to which a 4:15 PM ET
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Mo' Money, No Problem for Analog DevicesAnalog Devices delivers despite a lousy product mix. Now imagine what it can do in a richer customer environment. At Motley Fool 1:13 PM ET
Checking the Health of the Housing RecoveryThere are yet more signs that the crippled U.S. housing sector is getting back on its feet. On Nov. 23 news arrived that U.S. existing home sales jumped 10.1% in October. Homes were bought and sold at the rate of 6.1 million per year -- much better than the 4.5 million rate in the beginning of the year. More data are expected in coming days on home prices and new-home sales. 3:00 AM ET
While Everything Else Is Crumbling, Commodities Are Getting StrongerAn interesting fact about human nature is that the capacity to learn is actually trumped by the ability to forget. The caveat to this is that it keeps people from going completely insane because they can block out bad memories to the point that they’re no longer even a part of their psyche.Reminiscing about March 2009 should jog investors’ memories enough to realize that our economic and market structure may never be the same. Investors who believe the worst is in the rearview mirror might need to refocus on the road that brought us to this point and look ... At Minyanville 3:34 PM ET
($) Analog Devices Moves Sharply HigherI expect the stock to continue higher through year-end. At TheStreet.com 4:01 PM ET
Market Report -- In Play ()Conferences and Shareholder/Analyst Meetings of Interest Events of interest for tomorrow, Nov 25, include: PBR Analyst Meeting. Treasury: $32 bln 7-yr Treasury Note Auction. Miscellaneous: Bond 3:55 PM ET
NASDAQ Announces Mid-Month Open Short Interest Positions in NASDAQ Stocks as of Settlement Date November 13, 2009NEW YORK, Nov. 24, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- At the end of the settlement date of November 13, 2009, short interest in 2,429 NASDAQ Global Market(SM) securities totaled 6,317,281,042 shares compared with 6,187,719,999 shares in 2,430 Global Market issues reported for the prior settlement date of October 30, 2009. The mid-November short interest represents 2.76 days average daily NASDAQ Global Market share volume for the reporting period, compared with 2.95 days for the prior reporting period. 4:05 PM ET
6 Options Trades to Be Thankful ForBank some tasty profits this Thanksgiving with these options trades. At InvestorPlace 3:44 PM ET
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