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STOCK MARKET WATCH -- Monday, 17 December 2012 [View all]
[font size=3]STOCK MARKET WATCH, Monday, 17 December 2012[font color=black][/font]
SMW for 14 December 2012
AT THE CLOSING BELL ON 14 December 2012
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Dow Jones 13,135.01 -35.71 (-0.27%)
S&P 500 1,413.58 -5.87 (-0.41%)
[font color=black]Nasdaq 2,971.33 0.00 (0.00%)
[font color=green]10 Year 1.70% -0.01 (-0.58%)
30 Year 2.86% -0.02 (-0.69%) [font color=black]
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[font color=black][font size=2]Handy Links - Market Data and News:[/font][/font]
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Economic Calendar
Marketwatch Data
Bloomberg Economic News
Yahoo Finance
Google Finance
Bank Tracker
Credit Union Tracker
Daily Job Cuts
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[font color=black][font size=2]Handy Links - Economic Blogs:[/font][/font]
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The Big Picture
Financial Sense
Calculated Risk
Naked Capitalism
Credit Writedowns
Brad DeLong
Bonddad
Atrios
goldmansachs666
The Stand-Up Economist
The Automatic Earth
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[font color=black][font size=2]Handy Links - Government Issues:[/font][/font]
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LegitGov
Open Government
Earmark Database
USA spending.gov
[/center][font color=black][font size=2]Handy Links - Videos:[/font][/font]
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Charlie Rose talks with Roubini
Charlie Rose talks with Krugman
William Black: This Economic Disaster
Bill Moyers with Kevin Drum and David Corn
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[font color=red]Partial List of Financial Sector Officials Convicted since 1/20/09 [/font][font color=red]
2/2/12 David Higgs and Salmaan Siddiqui, Credit Suisse, plead guilty to conspiracy involving valuation of MBS
3/6/12 Allen Stanford, former Caribbean billionaire and general schmuck, convicted on 13 of 14 counts in $2.2B Ponzi scheme, faces 20+ years in prison
6/4/12 Matthew Kluger, lawyer, sentenced to 12 years in prison, along with co-conspirator stock trader Garrett Bauer (9 years) and co-conspirator Kenneth Robinson (not yet sentenced) for 17 year insider trading scheme.
6/14/12 Allen Stanford sentenced to 110 years without parole.
6/15/12 Rajat Gupta, former Goldman Sachs director, found guilty of insider trading. Could face a decade in prison when sentenced later this year.
6/22/12 Timothy S. Durham, 49, former CEO of Fair Financial Company, convicted of one count conspiracy to commit wire and securities fraud, 10 counts of wire fraud, and one count of securities fraud.
6/22/12 James F. Cochran, 56, former chairman of the board of Fair, convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit wire and securities fraud, one count of securities fraud, and six counts of wire fraud.
6/22/12 Rick D. Snow, 48, former CFO of Fair, convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit wire and securities fraud, one count of securities fraud, and three counts of wire fraud.
7/13/12 Russell Wassendorf Sr., CEO of collapsed brokerage firm Peregrine Financial Group Inc. arrested and charged with lying to regulators after admitting to authorities he embezzled "millions of dollars" and forged bank statements for "nearly twenty years."
8/22/12 Doug Whitman, Whitman Capital LLC hedge fund founder, convicted of insider trading following a trial in which he spent more than two days on the stand telling jurors he was innocent
10/26/12 UPDATE: Former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta sentenced to two years in federal prison. He will, of course, appeal. . .
11/20/12 Hedge fund manager Matthew Martoma charged with insider trading at SAC Capital Advisors, and prosecutors are looking at Martoma's boss, Steven Cohen, for possible involvement.
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Millions will qualify for new options under the health care law. Most have no idea.
Demeter
Dec 2012
#3
You first have to ask yourself, What caused the Second Amendment in the first place?
Hugin
Dec 2012
#8
I have asked myself that, and the answer is -- We're not in 18th Century Britain anymore, Toto
Tansy_Gold
Dec 2012
#20
Immediately address the issue of gun control through the introduction of legislation in Congress
Demeter
Dec 2012
#13
"One thing missing in all this anti gun talks is a discourse on mental health care."
Tansy_Gold
Dec 2012
#65
The Price Of “Collective Trauma”: Greece At The Brink of Civil War By Wolf Richter
Demeter
Dec 2012
#10
Are We Any Safer Now that the U.S. Intelligence Community Has Come Out of the Shadows?
Demeter
Dec 2012
#17
Dems Introduce Privacy Bill B4 Election; Obama Admin Reportedly Opposes Privacy Protections After
Demeter
Dec 2012
#22