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Weak Dollar Helps Fuel Market Surge

By Louis Navellier, Editor, Growth Investor
In September, the dollar collapsed in its worst decline since 2008, but markets liked the weaker dollar.

Iraq Says Crude Oil Reserves Up by 24%

By Paul Ausick
Iraq has officially increased the size of its proved crude oil reserves by 24%, from 115 billion barrels to 143.1 billion barrels. The increase moves the country up from third place in the league tables, passing Iran with 137 billion barrels, but still lagging far behind Saudi Arabia's 265 billion barrels.

What’s Really Moving the Market?

By Chris Vermeulen
Stocks continue to go up despite economic fears.

Apple (AAPL) News — Facebook Settles Over Ping

By Anthony John Agnello, Consumer and Technology Writer
A source at Facebook says the social networking site will integrate with Apple's Ping.

Borders Attempts to Compete with Kindle Through Kobo E-Reader

By Anthony John Agnello, Consumer and Technology Writer
Borders' plans to open a number of temporary retail outlets in small cities throughout the holiday season, the company is launching their own e-reader device as a competitor to Amazon's Kindle and Barnes & Noble's Nook devices.

Nokia-backed Symbian Smartphone OS Continues to Lose Ground

By Anthony John Agnello, Consumer and Technology Writer
The N8 is positioned as a competitor to Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: APPL) iPhone 4, Motorola's (NYSE: MOT) Droid X, and Research in Motion's (NASDAQ: RIMM) BlackBerry phones.

Stocks are Losing Support

By Anthony Mirhaydari, InvestorPlace Market Strategist
Stocks closed out the best September since 1939 with a whimper on Thursday as an initial burst into positive territory in the opening minutes of trading was quickly reserved. While the magnitude of the losses were insignificant, especially in light of the epic 8.8% gain on the month for the S&P 500, the day's trading told us something important.

What Follows September’s Surge?

By InvestorPlace Staff
Countering the traditional "September Slump," stock market performance was strong as the Dow, S&P 500 and NASDAQ markets all gained for the month.

Windows Phone 7 to Debuts as an AT&T Exclusive

By Anthony John Agnello, Consumer and Technology Writer
While the consumer and investor worlds have focused on all things iOS and Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android though, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has watched their share of the smartphone market diminish.

Sinopec Buys Into Brazilian Oil Project

By Paul Ausick
China oil gian Sinopec is buying a 40% stake in Repsol Brazil for $7.1 billion.

BP Damages Swell to $11 Billion as Company Pledges Assets

By Paul Ausick
In just one month, the claims filed against BP plc (NYSE: BP) on behalf of individuals and businesses claiming damages from BP's Macondo well disaster have doubled.

Apple (AAPL) Rumors – Apple Slammed on TV Show Rentals

By Anthony John Agnello, Consumer and Technology Writer
Time Warner joins other broadcasters in criticizing Apple's plan for 99-cent TV show rentals on iTunes.

Tune In to Icahn’s September Buys

By Anthony John Agnello, Consumer and Technology Writer
Iconic investor Carl Icahn poured millions of dollars into buying shares in Motorola, Take-Two and Hain Celestial during September.

FedEx (FDX) To Raise Rates 3.9%

By InvestorPlace Staff
FedEx (FDX) is raising shipping rates 3.9% on average starting in January, citing rising fuel costs.

Dell Announces Plans for 7-inch, Google Android Tablet

By Anthony John Agnello, Consumer and Technology Writer
Not to be outdone by Research in Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) announced their own 7-inch tablet computer this week.

Facebook Gets Its VoIP Solution With Skype Partnership

By Anthony John Agnello, Consumer and Technology Writer
After announcing major partnerships with both Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to integrate Facebook Connect, the social network's application program interfaces (APIs), into their respective Web portals, Facebook is now preparing to cement its status in the internet telephone service business.

Nokia Delivers New Smartphone

By Paul Ausick
Just one week ago, Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) said that it would be delaying shipment of its long-awaited N8 smartphone due to some unspecified fixes that still needed to be completed. The N8 is still months late, and even though the phone is shipping now, early customers won't actually receive the phones until early October.

Apple (AAPL) Rumors – HTML 5 Push Alive and Well

By Anthony John Agnello, Consumer and Technology Writer
Apple is building a team to create new interactive HTML 5-based Web portals specifically built for iPhone, iPad, and iPod Touch users.

Monsanto (MON) Wavers on Lackluster New Corn Seed Results

By Paul Ausick
Last week Monsanto Co. (NYSE: MON) issued a performance update on the performance of its corn and soybean seeds as the 2010 harvest begins and the 2011 planting season comes onto the radar.
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