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NewsWatch: Why GDP report won’t be sign of what’s in store
By MarketWatch MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE The economy probably grew at the fastest pace in 2011 in the final three months of the year, a report is expected to show this week, but the first quarter of 2012 probably won’t be as strong, analysts say. See full story. Flacco, Smith: Championship QBs without the hype Despite youth and on-field success, two NFL quarterbacks are still waiting for fan respect and big endorsement deals
22Jan2012 | tobuy | Comments Off | ContinuedGiffords to resign from Congress this week
By Kate Gibson, MarketWatch U.S.Rep. Gabrielle Giffords.
22Jan2012 | tobuy | Comments Off | ContinuedGiffords resigning from Congress to focus on recovery: reports
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Gabrielle Giffords, the Arizona lawmaker shot in an apparent assassination attempt last year, on Sunday said she would resign from Congress this week. “I have more work to do on my recovery,” Giffords said in a YouTube video to supporters. The Democratic congresswoman was critically injured in the Jan
22Jan2012 | tobuy | Comments Off | ContinuedRomney to release tax returns Tuesday
By Kate Gibson, MarketWatch CHICAGO (MarketWatch) — As a shaken-up field of Republican presidential candidates turned their attention to Florida on Sunday, Mitt Romney pushed up the release of tax returns to Tuesday.
22Jan2012 | tobuy | Comments Off | ContinuedChuck Jaffe: Put ETFs and mutual funds on the test track
By Chuck Jaffe, MarketWatch BOSTON (MarketWatch) — I was surprised this week to read that exchange-traded funds are “still popular despite not making money.” Mostly, I was stunned by how the article, at InstitutionalInvestor.com, twisted numbers and logic to come up with that headline. /conga/story/misc/investing.html 188253 Last time I checked, no investment is popular when it doesn’t make money. That said, there are reasons to buy investments during times when they are flat and down, and that’s where the Institutional Investor story — and a lot of average investors — got it wrong
22Jan2012 | tobuy | Comments Off | ContinuedFormer Penn State Coach Joe Paterno dead at 85
SAN FRANCISCO (MarkeWatch) — Joe Paterno, the winnest coach in major-college football who was fired by Penn State University in November during a child sex-abuse scandal that involved a former assistant coach, has died at age 85, according to media reports Sunday. Paterno had been hospitalized for treatment of lung cancer and a broken pelvis.
22Jan2012 | tobuy | Comments Off | ContinuedLegendary football coach Joe Paterno dead at 85: reports
SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) — Former Penn State University football coach Joe Paterno, 85, who was diagnosed with treatable lung cancer shortly after he was fired on Nov. 9, was reported in “serious” condition Saturday night at a hospital in State College, Pa., where he has been a patient since Jan
22Jan2012 | tobuy | Comments Off | ContinuedGingrich wins S.C. Republican primary
By Robert Schroeder, MarketWatch Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich wins the South Carolina Republican presidential primary election. (File photo) WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Newt Gingrich won South Carolina’s Republican primary on Saturday night, beating closest rival Mitt Romney and shaking up the race for the GOP nomination
22Jan2012 | tobuy | Comments Off | ContinuedNewsWatch: Gingrich wins S.C. Republican primary
By MarketWatch MARKETWATCH FRONT PAGE Newt Gingrich won South Carolina’s Republican primary on Saturday night, beating closest rival Mitt Romney following a series of feisty debates this week.
22Jan2012 | tobuy | Comments Off | ContinuedEconomic Preview: Why GDP report won’t be sign of what’s in store
By Jeffry Bartash, MarketWatch WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — The economy probably grew at its fastest pace in a year and a half during the fourth quarter, a key U.S.
22Jan2012 | tobuy | Comments Off | Continued