Gainers SPDR Gold Shares (NYSE: GLD) up 2.01% to $124.07. Gold is setting record highs, north of $1270/ounce, as retail sales for August failed to inspire investors into riskier equities today. Retail sales for August were up 0.4%, topping the consensus of a 0.3% increase. Ex-auto came in stronger, at a 0.6% increase. December contracts have p...

UPGRADES Soleil Securities upgrades Hologic (Nasdaq: HOLX) from Hold to Buy, with a price target increased from $16 to $20. Click Here for more color. BofA Merrill Lynch upgrades Medicis Pharma (NYSE: MRX) from Underperform to Neutral. ING Group upgrades TOTAL (NYSE: TOT) from Hold to Buy. For daily real-time Upgrades go to http://www.streetinside...

Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (Nasdaq: GMCR) to buy Van Houtte for C$915 million. The deal will be financed through cash and $1.35 billion in new debt. Also, Green Mountain has said that it is considering a possible divestiture of a unit, specifically, the FilterFresh business, and that any proceeds from such a divestiture would be used to reduce...

Arena Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: ARNA) 36.5% LOWER; is lower as FDA briefing documents have been posted. Click here to see the FDA’s full report. China Direct (Nasdaq: CDII) 28.2% HIGHER; the company announces that a subsidiary, CDI Beijing International Trading Co., Ltd., has received a contract from Beijing Tianrun Construction Co, Ltd....

Carmakers continue to make gains, helping European bourses hold steady as profit-taking hits sectors at the forefront of the late-summer rally ...

The world’s biggest futures exchange mistakenly placed orders on active energy and metals markets as it was undertaking a quality assurance procedure ...

A shortage of catalysts keeps the wider market steady, though the Footsie did creep to its 12th gain in 13 sessions ...

European equities remain flat after a successful Greek debt auction attracts investors, but German economic confidence data disappoint ...

Investors are simultaneously at their most bearish on bonds and bullish on equities, but fear over the future economic outlook is paralysing their desire to act on their belief ...

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