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Commodities fell again Friday as investors became increasingly pessimistic about the global economy. Uneasy investors pulled money out of riskier investments like commodities and poured money into safer assets like the dollar and bonds. A stronger dollar has an especially bad effect on commodities because it makes them less attractive to overseas investors. Investors remain on edge about how some struggling European nations, including Portugal, Spain and Greece, will cope with mounting budget deficits. Greece has been veering closer to defaulting on its debt, while Portugal’s opposition blocked austerity measures Friday aimed at trimming that country’s ballooning budget deficits. read more
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This is the most successful new interest rate product launched in CME history in terms of volume and open interest growth since launch. CME Group turned in a strong fourth quarter financial performance, generating more revenue than any other quarter in 2009. I think first if you look at the overall picture, the marketing expense in 2008, a year where prior or just leading to the crisis at the end of the year, the marketing expense in 2008 was about $22 million a quarter. But within the interest rate futures complex, isn’t change in aftermarket yields, is it enough to really drive strong volume growth going forward or do we really need the Fed to kind of move benchmark rates around? read more
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Honda’s October-December profit leaps by a factor of six, as aggressive cost cutting and improved Asian car sales overcome a strong yen and slumping business in Europe and North America. Time Warner generates fourth-quarter profit and revenue ahead of analysts’ consensus, as result show strong performances for its filmed-entertainment and cable-networks divisions, and announces a dividend increase. 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, Feb 1 (Reuters) – U. Sources also noted the recent cold weather that helped firm heating oil futures and also oil infrastructure disruptions in Nigeria. EST (2126 GMT), March crude CLH0 was up $2. Earlier, March crude settled at $74. NYSE and AMEX quotes delayed by at least 20 minutes. read more
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CHICAGO — Agriculture futures slid Friday on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for March delivery dropped 13 cents US to $4. Copyright © 2010 The Canadian Press. read more
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Prices for copper have been especially hard hit by China’s efforts to slow down its economy, Kevin Davitt, a senior market analyst at LaSalle Futures Group said. Rapid growth in China has been an important factor in driving up prices for copper and other commodities recently. Traders are still on edge about President Barack Obama’s plans to restrict trading by big banks and China’s move to rein in lending and tighten interest rates. The Energy Information Administration said natural gas supplies dropped by 86 billion cubic feet last week, less than analysts expected. Benchmark crude for March delivery fell 3 cents to settle at $73. read more
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