16.10.13

Most Active Stocks - Less Than $10 - Tuesday Oct 15, 2013

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ARIA     AMRN      ZNGA

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Click to readStock futures up; eyes on D.C., Bank of America - Stock futures pushed higher on Wednesday as investors kept an anxious but optimistic watch on the potential for a budget deal out of Washington, D.C. A heavy earnings lineup is also promising to keep the day busy. Companies reporting ahead of the bell include Bank of America Corp., Bank of New York Mellon Corp., Abbot Laboratories and PepsiCo Inc.

Click to read - Buffett: Threat to not raise debt limit is 'political weapon of mass destruction' - Warren Buffett said Wednesday the threat to not raise the nation's debt limit "after you've already spent the money" is a "political weapon of mass destruction" comparable to poison gas and shouldn't be used.

Click to read - Sovereign Wealth Funds - Friend Or Foe? - A sovereign wealth fund (SWF) is an investment fund managed by a government agency on behalf of a nation or sovereign state. SWFs (or “sovereign funds”) generally have a mandate to invest globally in any asset class – stocks, bonds, commodities, currencies, real estate, etc. SWFs have grown substantially in size, with total assets as of September 2013 amounting to $5.857 trillion, an increase of almost 80% from $3.265 trillion in September 2007. This enormous pool of capital gives SWFs a great deal of clout in financial markets. Since the majority of SWFs are located in the Middle East and Asia, whether these largely opaque entities are friends or foes of the nations where they invest has been the subject of hot debates from time to time.

Click to read  Burger Cooks Cost $7 Billion a Year in Government Aid - Hamburger grillers and other fast-food workers at restaurants such as McDonald’s Corp. (MCD) and Wendy’s Co. get about $7 billion a year in U.S. government aid, a report published today shows. With jobs not paying enough for employees to meet their basic needs, an increasing number of working families must rely on publicly funded programs to make ends meet, according to a study from the University of California at Berkeley and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.