A flurry of mergers and acquisitions and upbeat economic reports help
stocks off to a strong start for March.
• Manufacturing expanding | Spending rises | Construction eases
• Data set to reveal a job market clouded by storms in February
CHILE: MARKETS COVERAGE
Chilean stocks retreat
Stocks drop in the first trading session after a massive earthquake leaves hundreds dead. Chilean peso gains as copper prices jump.
• Copper prices pare gains as power returns to Chilean mines
• Chile and copper ETFs are divergent
• Destruction in coastal Chile
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Fundraising
effort begins
• What does silver's recent weakness mean? (Minyanville)
INSURANCE | Financial Stocks
Prudential to buy AIG's Asia ops
British insurer to pay $35.5 billion for AIG's Asian arm, AIA. Much of proceeds earmarked for payback of U.S. government bailout funds.
• AIG CEO Benmosche bites the bullet (First Take)
U.S. Air Force
Boeing's C-17 jets would be cut from government's proposed 2011 budget.
MILITARY SPENDING
Battle over billions
Air Force is facing a tighter budget, forcing Boeing and Lockheed Martin, two of the military's biggest suppliers, to duke it out over federal dollars for their airlift fleet.
• Topics: Military aircraft
• Manufacturing expanding | Spending rises | Construction eases
• Data set to reveal a job market clouded by storms in February
CHILE: MARKETS COVERAGE
Chilean stocks retreat
Stocks drop in the first trading session after a massive earthquake leaves hundreds dead. Chilean peso gains as copper prices jump.
• Copper prices pare gains as power returns to Chilean mines
• Chile and copper ETFs are divergent
• Destruction in coastal Chile
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Fundraising
effort begins
• What does silver's recent weakness mean? (Minyanville)
INSURANCE | Financial Stocks
Prudential to buy AIG's Asia ops
British insurer to pay $35.5 billion for AIG's Asian arm, AIA. Much of proceeds earmarked for payback of U.S. government bailout funds.
• AIG CEO Benmosche bites the bullet (First Take)
U.S. Air Force
Battle over billions
Air Force is facing a tighter budget, forcing Boeing and Lockheed Martin, two of the military's biggest suppliers, to duke it out over federal dollars for their airlift fleet.
• Topics: Military aircraft
TRADING STRATEGIES: MARCH
Leap of faith
Mark Hulbert shows us what Greece can learn from the Asian Contagion, Jim Lowell goes nuclear, Sean Udall offers tech picks, and Thomas Kee takes the emotion out of investing. All this and more in Trading Strategies.
• Play 'D' with Jim Lowell
• Stocks and debt part ways
• Ryan Jacob on chips
• Leap of faith — full report
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THE FED
Fed's Kohn to step down
Federal Reserve Vice Chairman Donald Kohn will resign after 40 years at the central bank.
• Lacker says 'extended' is the correct word
• Dodd floats post-crisis consumer division
• Power surge at the Fed | Bernanke offers pact
CURRENCIES
Littler Britain
The pound falls sharply against the dollar, pressured by U.K. election jitters as well as concerns tied to Prudential's capital-raising plan.
• Ambitions collide with reality (First Take)
• U.K. stock market sanguine
• Topics page: Currencies
Reuters
HSBC profit's up 2%
Banking giant calls smaller-than-forecast full-year earnings growth "acceptable" in light of the severity of the global recession.
retail
Dillard's shares up 19%
Regional retailers get a lift from results at Dillard's. The department stores' sales leap 19%.
PHARMACEUTICALS
Merck KGaA to buy Millipore
German pharmaceutical giant is buying biotech-equipment maker Millipore in $7.2 billion deal.
• Astellas launches hostile bid for OSI
HEALTH
Democrats' dilemma
Will Democrats help Obama pass health overhaul if it hurts their re-election chances?
• President says he's standing firm on reform
SERVICES
RiskMetrics dealt to MSCI
Risk-management and corporate-services firm fetches $1.55 billion in cash-and-stock deal.
Past perfect for Peacock?
NBC's betting heavily on 1990s network superstars Jerry Seinfeld (shown, left) and Jay Leno, reports Jon Friedman.
• French media giant Vivendi tops forecasts
• Pearson's profit up 46%; a mixed 2010 seen
• N.Y. Times shares surge 10%
• Icahn sees a bargain in Lionsgate (First Take)
CHINA
Manufacturing growth slows
Mainland’s manufacturing growth eases at a faster-than-expected rate in February.
• Outsourcing opportunity ... for U.S. (24/7 Wall St.)
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INVESTING
Technology for tech investors
The tech sector relies on new products to create a buzz and boost company sales and earnings.
• ETF Investing: Airlines fund in holding pattern
• Jaffe: Fund 'rip-off' book is full of empty words
Video and Radio »
Digits: Google blames Microsoft
Search giant is facing several antitrust lawsuits in the U.S. and Europe. Google claims that Microsoft is behind several of these lawsuits.
• Random House opens video-game division
NEW FEATURE: MEDIA MATTERS
IMAX goes Hollywood
In this first installment of his new video series, Jon Friedman talks with Rich Gelfond, CEO of IMAX.
Market static signals
Once-clear leading economic indicators such as the Treasury yield curve are now widely disputed. But what growth trend is priced into stocks?
Storm in Europe kills at least 50
France was at the center of a violent storm that swept across Western Europe on Sunday.
Hot Stocks: Chips boost tech
An upbeat report on world-wide chip sales helps lift the technology sector.
• Ryan Jacob names chip pick — and it pays
• Rex on Tech: Weak sales slam Palm
Tax guise
Jennifer Kushinka on the value of determining whether your tax preparer is who he says he is.
Job hunting in the new world
Your old job-hunting skills may need some polishing, as Adrienne Mitchell explains.
Buffett's swagger is back
The publication of Warren Buffett's annual letter to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders reveals a rejuvenated Oracle of Omaha.
• Hire Warren Buffett as your stock picker
• MarketWatch Topics: Buffett
The Old Man and the economy
Bruce Bittles places the blame for disappointing data squarely on Old Man Winter.
The midsection
Midday markets and money news from Adrienne Mitchell and the MarketWatch Radio Network.
Vulnerability here to stay
A lack of faith in the euro zone is on display as new week begins. Markets may need to get used to it.
Clean-tech optimism
Sheeraz Haji tells MarketWatch's Russ Britt he's optimistic about funding for the industry
• Clean design for clean tech
3M chief offers some advice
3M Chief Executive Officer George Buckley shares the best management advice he's received.
Mini's new SUV
The Countryman, Mini SUV aimed at American families, will debut at the Geneva Auto Show.
Stunning Chinese temple art
Ancient wall mural is seen by few people because of its remote location in rural Shanxi Province.
At least 700 people dead
The 8.8 quake has damaged 1.5 million homes and caused massive infrastructure disruptions.
• Gauging destruction along Chile's coast
Search for survivors
In aftermath of the quake, rescue efforts continue.
rescue efforts ramp up
Huge earthquake and subsequent loss of power cuts output from world's largest producer of copper.
• Chilean stocks fall in earthquake's aftermath
• Chile, copper ETFs diverge after quake
Widespread looting
Soldiers patrol Concepción, Chile's second-largest city, in an effort to quash wave of looting.
• U.S. fundraising effort gets underway
• Obama: U.S. ready to help
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Quake caught on camera
Chile is assessing the damage from one of world's largest earthquakes in a century.
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Make sure you take all the credits available for savings, taxes paid, education and other items.
• See the complete MarketWatch Guide to Taxes
• The tax breaks that will save you the most money
• The estate tax will rise from the dead in 2010
• The most up-to-date tax news and information
Make sure you take all the credits available for savings, taxes paid, education and other items.
• See the complete MarketWatch Guide to Taxes
• The tax breaks that will save you the most money
• The estate tax will rise from the dead in 2010
• The most up-to-date tax news and information
The Week Ahead »
Europe
Interest-rate decisions, corporate earnings, airline traffic reports all in focus. Aude Lagorce reports.
Aid for luger's survivors
Athletes raise funds for the family of the Georgian luger killed on a training run in Vancouver.
Do you believe in miracles, plural?
U.S. improbably sends gold-medal hockey game to overtime with goal in closing seconds of regulation. But, for the U.S. team, a "miracle on ice" was not to be. Canada scores redemption (WSJ.com).
• How Canada struck hockey gold (blog)
• Menu of Olympics news, videos and blogs
U.S. improbably sends gold-medal hockey game to overtime with goal in closing seconds of regulation. But, for the U.S. team, a "miracle on ice" was not to be. Canada scores redemption (WSJ.com).
• How Canada struck hockey gold (blog)
• Menu of Olympics news, videos and blogs
Retirement »
The Top 10 places to retire
Asheville, N.C. (left) leads the pack as retirees expand their list of mild-climate locales they'd like to relocate to.
• See our Special Repot on retirement investing
• See our Special Report on retirements in peril
Asheville, N.C. (left) leads the pack as retirees expand their list of mild-climate locales they'd like to relocate to.
• See our Special Repot on retirement investing
• See our Special Report on retirements in peril
Peter Brimelow