BioFuel Energy (Nasdaq: BIOF) 33.7% HIGHER; has jumped on headlines the EPA said it will decide on raising ethanol levels in gasoline in Mid-2010. STAAR Surgical (Nasdaq: STAA) 23% LOWER; the stock is tumbling on heavy volume today as it could be breaking below some technical barriers. Shares haven’t traded below the $3 level since early Sept...

StreetInsider.com Notable ETF Movers: HIGHER; iShares FTSE/Xinhua China 25 Index (NYSE: FXI) up 2.84% to $44.94, and iShares MSCI Japan Index (NYSE: EWJ) up 3% to $9.85. Investors are working over foreign markets as investors took a more relaxed economic stance on data from Dubai, a move by Japan’s central bank will infuse 10 trillion yen o...

UPGRADES: Citigroup upgrades Fifth Third Bancorp (NASDAQ: FITB) from Hold to Buy. SunTrust upgrades Boston Private Financial (Nasdaq: BPFH) to Buy. Price target $6.50. JP Morgan upgrades Mentor Graphics (Nasdaq: MENT) from Underweight to Overweight and raises their price target from $9.00 to $10.50. UBS upgrades Clearwire (NASDAQ: CLWR) from Sell ...

Barclays was among the talking points amid speculation that its investment banking division had missed internal targets ...

European shares held steady on Wednesday as the region’s drug companies edged higher on a positive brokerage note ...

The German exchange group is stimulating trading flow through control of the market data and indices that are the basis of many trades, writes James Wilson ...

Equity investors should not overlook the potential of the US consumer discretionary sector, says Felix Wintle at Neptune Investment ...

US retail investors have been shunning domestic equities in favour of corporate bonds this year and a rise in interest rates may hurt them, writes Aline van Duyn ...

As retailers gear up for the busiest time of the year, what is the outlook for the sector and how are consumer trends changing? Mindy Grossman, CEO of HSN Inc answers readers’ questions on Monday, December 7 ...

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