HIGHER; United States Natural Gas (NYSE: UNG) rockets 4.4% to $9.41. The ETF, and natural gas as a whole, advances on news of a larger-than-expected decline in unemployment claims and on investors purchasing contracts as a hedge against colder weather over the Thanksgiving weekend. Weather reports were mixed for key areas, such as the Midwest a...

UPGRADES: Jefferies & Co upgrades Energy XXI (NASDAQ: EXXI) from Underperform to Hold. Price target increased to $2 from $0.60 Morgan Stanley upgrades Iowa Telecommunications Services (NYSE: IWA) from Underweight to Equalweight. Citigroup is upgrading Vistaprint (NASDAQ: VPRT) to a Buy from Hold with a $62 price target (prev. $55). Click Here...

Diedrich Coffee, Inc. (NASDAQ: DDRX) has determined that the recently revised offer from Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc. (NASDAQ: GMCR) continues to be a Superior Proposal to the terms of the merger agreement with Peet’s Coffee & Tea, Inc. (NASDAQ: PEET) and the exchange offer contemplated thereby, as amended by the subsequent offer...

Rentech (AMEX: RTK) 30.4% HIGHER; hearing reports from AdelaideNow that SYNGAS has teamed up with the company and General Electric to progress South Australia’s $3 billion coal-biomass-to-diesel Clinton project. Benihana Inc. (NASDAQ: BNHN) 27.9% LOWER; reports Q2 loss of $0.07, versus the analyst estimate of $0.05. Revenue for the quarter wa...

London’s equities markets are caught in the shockwave created by the surprise news of financial problems in Dubai, with financial stocks hit hardest ...

Mounting concern over the finances of the Gulf region sent European shares lower on Wednesday as investors were issued with a stark reminder of the uncertainty still hanging over the world economy ...

The Nikkei average dropped as the yen hit a 14-year high against the dollar, pressuring exporters, but losses were braked by increases in resource-linked shares after gold hit a record high ...

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