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Investors buy emerging market debt and gold-EPFR

Investors scrambling for cover during the U.S. deficit and debt ceiling talks and Europe's ongoing sovereign debt crisis sold stock funds and bought emerging market debt and commodities, data from EPFR showed on Friday.
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Pre-Market NASDAQ Movers (FWLT, SIRI, CTSH, SOHU, PAAS, CTRP, ALLT, NVMI, KLIC, RYAAY)

The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Foster Wheeler AG, SIRIUS XM Radio, Cognizant Technology Solutions, Sohu.com, and Pan American Silver. The top pre-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Ctrip.com International, Allot Communications, Nova Measuring Instruments, Kulicke & Soffa Industries, and Ryanair Holdings.
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HighTower lands Merrill private banking team

HighTower Advisors, a firm that is expanding by poaching financial advisers from the big brokerages, on Monday said it hired a private banking team from Merrill Lynch managing more than $1 billion of client assets.
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Merrill hires 7 advisers with $813 mln in assets

Merrill Lynch, the second largest U.S. brokerage by assets and financial advisers, on Monday said it hired seven new advisers overseeing more than $800 million in combined client assets.
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HighTower lands Merrill private bankers

HighTower Advisors, a firm that is expanding by poaching financial advisers from the big brokerages, said on Monday it hired a private banking team from Merrill Lynch managing more than $1 billion of client assets.
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Money market edgy as Washington votes on debt cap

Interest rates on most Treasury bills fell on Monday after a tentative deal among top Washington lawmakers to raise the debt ceiling soothed anxiety of a sovereign debt default.
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Goldman Sachs rates desk hemorrhages traders

More than a dozen traders have quit Goldman Sachs Group Inc's (GS.N) North American government bonds and derivatives trading desk in New York in recent months as the bank takes fewer risks and big bonuses for ambitious traders dry up.
US Dollar

Dollar on Front Line in Debt Ceiling Battle

Fear the United States will lose its AAA credit rating or even default on its debt is driving foreigners away from U.S. assets, and the dollar is taking the biggest hit.
Dunkin' Brands

Dunkin' Brands IPO Priced Well Above Estimates

Dunkin' Brands (DNKN.O) has raised $422.75 million after pricing its IPO at $19 per share, well above the range set by underwriters, signaling strong demand for this week's biggest deal.
President Barack Obama meets with House Speaker John Boehner about the debt limit

Debt crisis gives investors first jolt

President Barack Obama's Democrats and their Republican rivals were further apart than ever on Tuesday in an impasse over the government's debt limit as investors braced for a looming default and downgrade.
President Barack Obama

Debt crisis sends first waves through Wall Street

President Barack Obama's Democrats and their Republican rivals were further apart than ever on Tuesday in an impasse over America's debt limit as Wall Street braced for a looming U.S. default and credit downgrade.
Government of Singapore Investment Corp's (GIC) Executive Director Tony Tan

Bulging Cash Balances Set up Sovereign Funds for Deals

Global sovereign wealth funds are set to hasten investing the billions of dollars of cash holdings they have built up in a rebound from the 2008 financial crisis that has lifted their combined assets to a record.

World Watches and Hopes U.S. Will Avoid Debt 'Suicide'

Policymakers worldwide oscillated between hope and confidence on Monday that U.S. lawmakers will break a debt impasse that threatens to trigger a default and up-end global financial markets.
Lawmakers split as debt deadline looms, markets uneasy

Lawmakers split as debt deadline looms, markets uneasy

A sharply divided Congress pursued rival budget plans on Monday that appeared unlikely to win broad support, pushing the United States closer to a ratings downgrade and debt default that would send shockwaves through global markets.

Zynga files for $1 billion IPO; will its close ties with Facebook become a risk?

Zynga Inc, developer of popular Facebook games like FarmVille and Mafia Wars, is all set to hit the capital market with an initial public offer (IPO). The company filed with regulators for an IPO of up to $1 billion on Friday, hopping that its close ties with Facebook will be a key to its future success.
Post-Market NASDAQ Movers

Post-Market NASDAQ Movers (SIGA, MOBI, NWBI, GAME, CYTX, LPHI, ACHN, CREG, HOGS, SCLN)

The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: SIGA Technologies, Sky-mobi, Northwest Bancshares, Shanda Games, and Cytori Therapeutics. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Life Partners Holdings, Achillion Pharmaceuticals, China Recycling Energy, Zhongpin, and SciClone Pharmaceuticals.

Five winners, five losers in a tough economy

Some companies will win, some companies will lose as growth slows in the American economy and inflation rises. Here's a list of five winners, and five losers.

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