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Friday, March 20, 2009

Newfield NEWS - US STOCKS SNAPSHOT-Stocks extend slide as tech, banks weigh - Reuters - Guardian Unlimited

NEW YORK, March 20 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks extended their slide on Friday as bank shares, including JPMorgan, stumbled following news of a tepid debut of a key U.S. Federal Reserve measure to revive lending. * Industrials stocks also faltered with 3M PennYan NEWS

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Shares of Vivus Inc. (VVUS) surged as much as 31% Friday, a gain attributed to new data the company provided Thursday about its obesity treatment, Qnexa, demonstrating a stronger-than-expected reduction in patients' systolic PennYan NEWS

LONDON (Dow Jones)--Industrial production in the 16 countries that use the euro plunged in January by its largest level since records began, as output declined sharply across the board. According to figures released Friday by the European Union's PennYan NEWS

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks extended their slide on Friday as bank shares, including JPMorgan , stumbled following news of a tepid debut of a key U.S. Federal Reserve measure to revive lending. Industrials stocks also faltered with 3M dragging the PennYan NEWS

1Cast has signed deals to distribute content from Dow Jones and Bloomberg on its website and mobile applications. The aggregator already has deals with the Associated Press, CNBC and Reuters, as well as international organizations Agence France PennYan NEWS

Contrary to widely circulated anecdotal evidence, the economic downturn is not creating a corresponding jump in church attendance. Several evangelical mega-churches nationwide have reported a spike in attendance that correlates with the drop in the PennYan NEWS

WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--In a potential setback for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries, a federal appeals court Friday revived certain controversial new rules aimed at curbing abuse of the U.S. patent system and reducing the backlog of PennYan NEWS

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