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MarketWatch First Take: Penn State got off easy

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41% Say U.S. Needs Stricter Gun Laws

Sign up for free daily updates Monday, July 23, 2012 Most Americans are following the news about the horrific movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado last week, but an overwhelming majority doubts that public places can ever be made completely safe from ... Read More »

Money Talks: 5 money moves a VIX-watcher is making now

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CME Group wants customer money held at clearinghouses

Reuters – CHICAGO (Reuters) - CME Group Inc, the biggest operator of U.S. futures exchanges, wants all customer money to be held at clearinghouses or other depositories in order to keep it out of the hands of brokers where it might be misused. The collapse of MF Global Inc last year and this month's implosion of smaller futures brokerage ... Read More »

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Oil drops 3 percent as Spain, euro zone worries pressure

By Robert Gibbons | Reuters – NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices fell 3 percent on Monday as worries that Spain is headed for a bailout and the euro zone debt crisis is spreading sent investors away from riskier assets to the perceived relative safety of the dollar and U.S. debt. Crude futures fell a second straight session as Spain's economy ... Read More »

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Speculators reverse bets against higher oil prices

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Top Ten: MarketWatch’s top 10 stories of the week

By MarketWatch With the Nasdaq Composite Index ending the week at an 11-year high, it’s perhaps peculiar that the stock-market week was as much about a stock that has yet to trade publicly (namely, Facebook) as about the mood of stock traders this week (namely, optimistic). ... Read More »

Indianapolis officials urge Super Bowl crowds to play it safe

Reuters – (Reuters) - Indianapolis authorities called on Super Bowl celebrants to play it safe on Saturday night at festivities near the city's football stadium, after at least 10 people were injured the previous evening. As part of the buildup to the championship game, self-described party rock group LMFAO on Friday performed a concert in ... Read More »