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Indications: Stocks inch higher as Europe woes weigh
Thu, 17 May 2012 10:25:22 GMT Economic data, Facebook buzz and Wal-Mart earnings could help U.S. markets buck recent weakness even as Greece worries mount.


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London Markets: Vodafone, Standard Chartered lead FTSE 100 decline
Thu, 17 May 2012 09:45:25 GMT Shares of Vodafone Group and Standard Chartered among the stocks pressing on the downside, as Greece worries continue to weigh on markets.


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Asia Markets: Asia stocks mostly rebound after savage sell-off
Thu, 17 May 2012 08:31:08 GMT Mainland Chinese and Taiwanese stocks lead most Asian markets higher on relief buying after a string of weak performances, although Hong Kong shares suffer a late retreat amid lingering worries over Greece.


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Europe Markets: Europe stocks struggle, overshadowed by Greece
Thu, 17 May 2012 08:09:31 GMT European stock markets struggle to find footing on Thursday, with banks, oil and telecoms driving losses, as persistent worries about Greece overshadowed hopes of further easing by the Fed and upbeat Japan growth data.


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Corrections: European stocks uneasy as Greece focus remains
Thu, 17 May 2012 07:16:23 GMT A MarketWatch article published May 16 incorrectly stated the first-quarter net profit fall for Banco Espirito Santo. The story has been corrected.


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Europe Markets: European stocks uneasy as Greece focus remains
Thu, 17 May 2012 07:15:05 GMT European stocks struggled on Wednesday to shake off the fallout from political impasse in Greece.


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Robert Powell: 5 IRA timing rules that can derail your retirement
Thu, 17 May 2012 04:01:48 GMT When it comes to IRAs, timing is everything. Robert Powell looks at five rules that could derail your retirement-savings plans.


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Foreclosure activity drops in April
Thu, 17 May 2012 04:01:54 GMT The number of foreclosure filings in April fell to the lowest monthly total since July 2007, according to RealtyTrac’s most recent report, released on Thursday.


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New Yahoo plan could feature Alibaba IPO
Thu, 17 May 2012 04:01:41 GMT The changes at Yahoo give the company and Alibaba CEO Jack Ma a chance to reboot. One scenario that’s come up is for Alibaba to go public.


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Bill Mann's Canada: CP Rail proxy fight: Very nasty, not very Canadian
Thu, 17 May 2012 04:01:06 GMT The monthslong Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. proxy fight, which culminates Thursday at the railroad’s annual meeting in Calgary, is being called a corporate culture shift in Canada. It’s also been quite nasty, which isn’t very Canadian.


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| Word of the day |
Merriam-Webster's Word of the Day for May 17, 2012 is:
maffick \MAF-ik\ verb
: to celebrate with boisterous rejoicing and hilarious behavior
Examples:
Fans mafficked for hours outside the stadium, celebrating the team's dramatic victory in the division championship.
"In half an hour, after the mildest of mafficking, the last visitors of the exhibition's last day had gone out of the gates and the staff began their final acts of closing up shop." From an article in The Guardian (London), October 1, 2011
Did you know?
"Maffick" is an alteration of Mafeking Night, the British celebration of the lifting of the siege of a British military outpost during the South African War at the town of Mafikeng (also spelled Mafeking) on May 17, 1900. The South African War was fought between the British and the Afrikaners, who were Dutch and Huguenot settlers originally called Boers, over the right to govern frontier territories. Though the war did not end until 1902, the lifting of the siege of Mafikeng was a significant victory for the British because they held out against a larger Afrikaner force for 217 days until reinforcements could arrive. The rejoicing in British cities on news of the rescue produced "maffick," a word that was popular for a while, especially in journalistic writing, but is now relatively uncommon.
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