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Top After-Market NASDAQ Gainers and Losers

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The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Nova Measuring Instruments, China Biologic Products, MannKind, GT Solar International, and DDI. The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: SuperMedia, Human Genome Sciences, China Electric Motor, Neutral Tandem, and ArQule.
New WikiLeaks docs show US view Rudd as a blundering foreign policymaker

Former Aussie PM asked US to be prepared to 'use force' against China : Wikileaks

Australian former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd told US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton to be prepared to use 'force' against China, if it does not allow itself to be integrated into the international community, leaked US diplomatic cables reveal. Describing himself as a 'brutal realist', the former PM, who is also Australia's current Foreign Affairs minister, reportedly maintained that deploying force should be an option 'if everything goes wrong' with regards to the commun...
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Electric Vehicle sales in Asia Pacific to surpass 1.4 million by 2015

Led by strong demand in China, Japan and other Asian countries along with the various national-level initiatives and programs to promote the awareness on electric vehicles will help the Asia-Pacific region to surpass 1.4 million units in next five years, said a new report from Pike Research.
US Dollar BIll Seen

US dollar’s status under threat as China expands trade settlements in yuan

Once yuan becomes fully convertible, countries importing Chinese goods will invariably have to have a reserve of yuan. And they will have to build up a yuan reserve by offloading their dollar reserves. If a major chunk of ASEAN and Latin American countries take this path, it will seriously dent the greenback's status as the global reserve currency.
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) opens BPO shop in Philippines

India's TCS opens BPO shop in Manila, Philippines

India’s number one software services company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has opened a business process outsourcing facility in the Philippines following the path of India-based BPO companies which have operations in that country.
Cameco's chief geologist Doug McIlveen stands in a tunnel inside the uranium producer's Cigar Lake mine

Uranium ETF provides play on nuclear energy

A growing demand for nuclear energy across much of the globe will undoubtedly make uranium a prized commodity, as new power plants proliferate. Investors seeking to capitalize on this evolving energy trend might consider a new exchange-traded fund, the Global X Uranium ETF (NYSE: URA), one of the very few investment vehicles in the world that can be regarded as a pure play on uranium.
Stanford Law School

Alumni gift funds Center for Energy Policy and Finance at Stanford

The Stanford Law School and the Graduate School of Business have come together to drive the energy revolution forward through the establishment of the Steyer-Taylor Center for Energy Policy and Finance - an interdisciplinary center to study and advance the development and deployment of clean energy technologies through innovative policy and finance.
3. The value of the euro is being talked down by officials from core Europe.

Why did Germany and France spook the euro?

France and Germany, the two leading countries of the euro zone, may have intentionally engineered a competitive currency devaluation by pushing private investors to share the burden of future sovereign bailouts.
Employees work inside a Foxconn factory in the township of Longhua in the southern Guangdong province in this May 26, 2010 file photo.

Why jobs are going overseas

Decades ago, the United States had a huge competitive edge over the rest of the world. However, that advantage is slipping away and so are American jobs.
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange

US stocks rally on strong economic data

U.S. stocks rallied in early trade on Wednesday as strong data on private payrolls, and better-than-expected manufacturing reports from China and Europe buoyed sentiment.
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US futures extend gains after ADP report

Futures on major U.S. indices extended earlier gains on Wednesday after ADP reported that private-sector employment recorded the largest gain in three years in November.

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