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August 18, 2006

Yamana to Buy Viceroy

Yamana to Buy Viceroy Exploration for $515 Million in Stock 
Bloomberg.com - Aug 17 4:43 AM
Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- Yamana Gold Inc., a Toronto-based mining company, agreed to buy Viceroy Exploration Ltd., owner of the Gualcamayo gold exploration project in Argentina, for about $515 million in stock.Save to My Web

Stock futures up on retail price data 
AP via Yahoo! News - Aug 16 6:00 AM
U.S. stock futures rallied Wednesday as a decline in core retail price data for July supported the tame inflation outlook provided the prior sessions wholesale price data.Save to My Web

U.S. Stock-Index Futures Are Little Changed; GM Shares Drop 
Bloomberg.com - Aug 17 4:17 AM
Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures were little changed before a report that may point to slowing growth in the world's biggest economy. ``All eyes are now on the economic data,'' said Simon Clinch, who helps oversee $4 billion at London-based F&C Asset Management.Save to My Web

U.S. Stock-Index Futures Are Little Changed; GM Shares Drop 
Bloomberg.com - Aug 17 4:47 AM
Aug. 17 (Bloomberg) -- U.S. stock-index futures were little changed amid growing evidence the world's biggest economy has slowed. ``All eyes are now on the economic data,'' said Simon Clinch, who helps oversee $4 billion at London-based F&C Asset Management.Save to My Web

SEC CHARGES FORMER COMVERSE TECHNOLOGY, INC. CEO, CFO, AND GENERAL COUNSEL IN STOCK OPTION BACKDATING SCHEME 
Accounting Education - Aug 17 6:04 AM
The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed civil charges against three former senior executives of Comverse Technology, Inc. (Comverse), alleging that they engaged in a decade-long fraudulent scheme to grant undisclosed, in-the-money options to themselves and to others by backdating stock option grants to coincide with historically low closing prices of Comverse common stock.Save to My Web

Research in Motion stock climbs 
Sharewatch - Aug 17 7:49 AM
Shares of Research in Motion rose $1.80, or 2.3 percent, to $79.52 in morning trading on the Nasdaq. The company\'s stock price has ranged from $51 to $90.53 in the past 52 weeks.Save to My Web

Posted by auctionbullet at August 18, 2006 04:42 AM