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The sky used to be the limit for the price of designer jeans. Now the sky is falling. The $300 pair of designer jeans is now, courtesy of the recession, the $200 pair of designer jeans. ...

Google’s service could chip away at sales of stand-alone GPS devices and the subscription services offered by cellphone carriers. ...

An iPhone application takes photos of receipts and turns them into data for record-keeping programs like Quicken. ...

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1 EUR buys 1.4788 US dollar (USD) - The reference exchange rates are published both by electronic market information providers and on the ECB’s website shortly after the concertation procedure has been completed. Reference rates are published according to the same calendar as the TARGET system. ...

Treasury prices fell Thursday after a report showed the world’s biggest economy expanded last quarter and the government sold $31 billion in 7-year notes. ...

Idenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDIX) 20% LOWER; reports a Q3 loss of $0.18, 6 cents better than the analyst estimate of ($0.24). Revenue for the quarter was $3.1 million, which compares to the estimate of $3.04 million. The company expects that its current cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities can fund operations through at least ...

The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow’s trading session: Before Market Opens: Economics: 8:30am ET Personal Spending / Income PCE Prices - Street Sees -0.5% Earnings: A. H. Belo Corporation (NYSE: AHC) – no consensus Allete (NYSE: ALE) – consensus EPS $0.52 Alliant Energy (NYSE: LNT) – consen...

Transcept Pharmaceuticals (Nasdaq: TSPT) 48.7% LOWER; the stock is getting slammed this morning after the FDA asked for additional information on its New Drug Application for Intermezzo, which may require them to conduct one or more additional safety studies. Shares are down 45 percent. Click here for the full report. Central Pacific Financial Corp...