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Friday, November 20 2009 | 07:15 PM EDT |

DJIA (DIA) S&P 500 (SPY)

Friday Roundup: Only Dow Clears Week

Closing Updates for today and the week (Market Currents)

Big Oil Hornswoggling the SEC?

After the asset-reporting shenanigans that contributed enormously to the greatest financial meltdown in living memory, unbelievably the SEC is now set to allow more or less exactly the same thing in the oil industry, Felix Salmon writes.

Learn all about it in Alan von Altendorf's 3-parter, which Salmon calls 'stunning.'

More on: Exploration & Production, Oil & Gas Majors, Government Policy

Weighing Some Mining Stocks

More on: Commodity ETFs, Metal Miners, Base Metals

Bond Watch: TIPS, Treasuries, Vigilantes

Japan: Nowhere Near Recovery?

Latest on the Pharmaceuticals Pipeline

News from: WSJ

New SA Instablogs Worth Watching

• Ian R. Campbell is a recognized Canadian business valuation authority, having authored books used by lawyers, experts and Canadian Courts in business valuation litigation matters.

• North Fork Investors' blog tracks the value-oriented investments, both long and short, of two friends and investment partners.

• Hopeful is author, trader and internet entrepreneur Brett Buchanan, who writes TheFinalPost blog from Maui.

PIMCO's Bill Gross: Reasoning About Risk

More on: US Market, Economy, Government Policy, Hedge Funds

Insurance Investment Insights

Travel Stocks: Which to Pack?

More on: Internet Travel, Leisure and Gambling stocks, Airlines

Opportunities in Copper?

Market Currents|Top Stories

5:10 PM With a billion-dollar-plus settlement with Intel (INTC) inked, AMD reverses earlier salary cuts for top executives, returning hundreds of thousands of dollars in compensation. 1 Comment
4:49 PM Despite the Thanksgiving holiday, next week is stuffed with data, especially housing (existing home sales - boosted by a tax credit - expected +2.3%; new-home sales expected -1.7%; Case-Shiller prices expected -9.3% for year ending in September) and a pair of consumer-confidence readings on Tuesday and Wednesday. Comment!
4:34 PM Bonds - $4B in bonds. Suitors including News Corp. (NWS), Time Warner (TWX), Sony (SNE) and Qualia Capital are beginning to circle around the MGM film studio - owner of the "James Bond 007" franchise as well as a 4,100-film library - which considers a sale among its options to get out from under $4B in debt. 1 Comment

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Jeff Farley: stopped out of GOOG Jan $600 calls at $9.50 ydy as big cap techs struggle

15 minutes ago
Low Sweat Investing: BDX - Annual dividend boost #37 within days? Count on it. Fine value. Funny name. My article "With a Name Like Becton Dickinson . . ." Sep17

about 3 hours ago
tunaman4u2: SPY futures monday morning could be +15 with this action... today is a clear signal that powers at be will prevent all falls.

about 4 hours ago