News centerSolar Capital shares drop in trading debutNEW YORK (AP) - Shares of Solar Capital, the week's first initial public offering, are down 3 percent as the investment company's shares made their trading debut. 1:09 PM ET
Harman shares soar on return to profitSAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Shares of Harman International Industries Inc. surged as much as 15% to $41.05 Tuesday as investors reacted to a sharp turnaround in its quarterly results. The company, which makes audio, GPS and "infotainment" systems primarily for the automotive industry, said late Monday it swung to a profit in the fiscal second-quarter, posting net income of $16 million. It had a net loss of $219 million a year ago. Excluding one-time items, Harman had a profit of $53 million or 40 cents a share, reversing a year-ago loss of $16 million, or 21 cents a share. Sales for the At MarketWatch 1:12 PM ET
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Sears Holdings, Apple: Money Flow Leaders (SHLD, AAPL)At Wall Street Journal 1:01 PM ET
Dow Up 2% on Reports Europe Must Save Greece; Flight to German Bonds BreaksAt Barron's 12:58 PM ET
Washington state tourism spending drops by $1.2B in 2009Tourists to Washington state spent $1.2 billion less in 2009 than a year earlier, state officials said Tuesday. 1:13 PM ET Wrap Account Rip-Off?Vermont city's complaint against Morgan Stanley highlights potential pitfalls of popular investment accounts. At Forbes 1:20 PM ET
/ KILL - Zweig Total Return FundEditors and other readers are advised to disregard the news release with the headline "The Zweig Fund, Inc. Discloses Sources of Distribution," issued earlier today by Zweig Total Return Fund (NYSE: ZF). It was issued in error by the company. 12:56 PM ET
Tutor Perini Corporation Announces Conference Call to Discuss Fourth Quarter 2009 ResultsTutor Perini Corporation (NYSE: TPC), a leading civil and building construction company, announced today that it will host a conference call at 1:30 PM Pacific Time on Thursday, February 25, 2010, 1:14 PM ET
BMO Financial Group Executive Named to Elite Business Travel Industry "Most Influential" ListWellesley Guided BMO into a Position as a Major T&E Corporate Card Issuer, Bolstered by Diners Club International AcquisitionTORONTO, Feb. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - Terry Wellesley, executive 1:17 PM ET
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Stern Is Synonymous With SiriusHoward Stern replacing Simon Cowell? I don't think so. At Motley Fool 10:12 AM ET
Google's Display-Ad Sales Should Top $1 BillionGoogle CEO Eric Schmidt hinted in July that display advertising would probably be the next of his company's businesses to generate $1 billion in sales. Analysts say 2010 is the year he'll deliver on that prediction. Display ads are likely to contribute a little more than $1 billion, or about 4% of Google's (GOOG) total sales this year -- an increase of as much 40% over last year -- say analysts, including Doug Anmuth at Barclays Capital. That marks an important threshold for Mountain View [Calif.]-based Google, which makes most of its sales from ads placed alongside search results and which 2/8/10 11:00 PM ET
Random Thoughts: The Greek System!Something about headlines always gives me a nose-scrunch. Perhaps in the wise words of our fallen friend Bennet Sedacca "What the market knows ain't worth knowing." There's a fine line between being early and being wrong of course; it's called profitability. Was I wrong to own size Fannie Mae (FNM) $70-line puts in my personal account for years rolling them month after month as I waited for the mortgage giant to implode? Yes I finally tossed it on my restricted list just weeks before it cascaded lower (lesson learned: always sync your time horizon with your risk profile).Were we ... At Minyanville 1:02 PM ET
Dow Roars on Heavy Industry, Hope on GreeceThe Dow regains 10,000, as investors grow more optimistic that Greece's debt problems will be addressed soon. Basic materials and energy stocks lead the rally. At TheStreet.com 1:21 PM ET
Market Report -- In Play (CKH)Seacor Hldgs announces fuel operations resume at Haiti's main terminal Co announced that emergency repairs have enabled tanker shipments of fuel to resume to Haiti. Terminal Varreux is located five 12:59 PM ET
Automatic Data Processing Declares Regular Quarterly DividendROSELAND, N.J., Feb. 9, 2010 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The board of directors of Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (Nasdaq:ADP) has declared a regular quarterly dividend of 34 cents per share payable April 1, 2010 to shareholders of record on March 12, 2010. 12:24 PM ET
Strong Momentum for Solar, Wind and Smart Grids in 2010ChangeWave's latest Alternative Energy survey shows strong growth in 2010 for the wind and solar sectors, along with momentum for smart grid technologies. But which companies are best positioned to profit? At InvestorPlace 10:32 AM ET
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