Russia is planning to contribute $6.5 million to the IAEA Nuclear Security Fund in 2010-2015, the fund which supports, among others things, the use of nuclear security measures to counter nuclear terrorism.  Satellite photos apparently suggest that Iran has increased production at a uranium mine, emphasizing the necessity of broader UN inspections.  Russia is showing no hesitation regarding the Bushehr nuclear plant in Iran, according to Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Seyed Mahmoud Reza Sajjadi.  Siberia-oriented oil group Exillon Energy is hoping to become the first major Russian company to list on the London Stock Exchange in the 18 months since the financial crisis paralyzed the stock market - envisaging an IPO of $500 million.  Russian state oil company Zarubezhneft has come to a deal with Cuba Petroleos to explore the island's northern coast - a sign of ...

It’s official: You can reduce your investment risk simply by chucking darts at a list of stocks, then buying them.

That’s if you believe a Nobel economist, of course. His crude “experiment” was the start of “modern portfolio theory” decades ago. The downside, however, was that with a reduction of risk came a dampening of profits. So scratch that idea.

How about this? A startling study in the late 1970s showed that owning a portfolio of large U.S. companies with international divisions drops your risk 10% below a domestic stock portfolio. Much better. But that wasn’t the eye-popper…

The study also found that owning stocks in international companies cuts your risk in half…

Take that, “efficiency” theorists! Yet the stuffy professors still tried to refute these results. It was a losing battle, though, as more studies emerged, laden with more evidence that international stocks reduce risk.

But the

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For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL – August 25, 2009 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: News Corp. (NWS), McGraw-Hill (MHP), NYSE Euronext (NYX), Thomson Reuters (TRIN) and Novartis (NVS).

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Here are highlights from Monday’s Analyst Blog:

Dow Jones to Change Hands

Dow Jones & Co., owned by News Corp. (NWS), has started seeking potential buyers for its stock market index business, including the renowned benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Goldman Sachs has been appointed to explore strategic options for the business. News Corp. bought

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Dow Jones & Co., owned by News Corp. (NWS), has started seeking potential buyers for its stock market index business, including the renowned benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Goldman Sachs has been appointed to explore strategic options for the business. News Corp. bought Dow Jones & Co. in 2007 for $5.7 billion, and has never released any financials for the unit since its acquisition. As an independent company, Dow Jones last reported results for the first nine months of 2007, when its revenue increased 18% year over year to $101.3 million.

Market analysts believe that competitors, like McGraw-Hill’s (MHP) Standard & Poor’s, FTSE, a joint venture between the Financial Times and the London Stock Exchange, MSCI Barra, Russell Indexes, NYSE Euronext (NYX), Bloomberg and Thomson Reuters (TRIN), will be interested in Dow’s index business.

The company’s stock market index business consists of 130,000 equity indices

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Pacer International, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACR), a leading North American freight transportation and logistics services provider, announced that it has closed the previously-announced sale of certain assets of its specialized heavy-haul trucking operation to subsidiaries of Universal Truckload Services, Inc. (UTSI) on August 17, 2009. In connection with the transaction, subsidiaries of UTSI assumed the real property leases and equipment leases for tractors and trailers used in the operation–as well as various customer, agent and other contracts for a purchase price of approximately $2.0 million. Pacer retained the rights to all receivables generated by this trucking operation through the closing date.

Mace Security International, Inc. (Nasdaq Global:MACE) today announced that it has partnered with Xanboo, Inc., allowing its nationwide network of Mace Security Products’ and Central Station Monitoring dealers the capability to install and integrate security devices utilizing Xanboo’s patented technology. Mace Security Products has been appointed as a nationwide distributor of Xanboo

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Pacer International, Inc. (Nasdaq:PACR), a leading North American freight transportation and logistics services provider, announced that it has closed the previously-announced sale of certain assets of its specialized heavy-haul trucking operation to subsidiaries of Universal Truckload Services, Inc. (UTSI) on August 17, 2009. In connection with the transaction, subsidiaries of UTSI assumed the real property leases and equipment leases for tractors and trailers used in the operation–as well as various customer, agent and other contracts for a purchase price of approximately $2.0 million. Pacer retained the rights to all receivables generated by this trucking operation through the closing date.

Mace

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Four iShares bond ETFs launch in London to complement BGI's existing lineup. 

 

Barclays Global Investors has launched four new bond exchange-traded funds. But that's not what makes the news unique.

Already the leader in terms of bond ETFs in the U.S. market, BGI is continuing to expand its iShares brand to Europe. The latest products will be listed on the London Stock Exchange. The San Francisco-based provider says it's opening new funds overseas "in response to overwhelming demand from investors" for a greater range of exposure to bond markets in Europe.

The new London-listed ETFs are:

The iShares Barclays Euro Aggregate Bond, which provides exposure to a basket of euro-denominated investment-grade bonds. Those include securitized bonds and corporate bonds. The iShares Barclays Euro Corporate Bond, which provides exposure to a diversified basket of euro-denominated investment-grade corporate bonds. The fund contains euro-denominated corporate bonds that have been issued from all over the ...

by cfdbroker

If you are new to CFD trading or the CFD Markets you would have heard a great deal about CFD trading and you must be thinking what is the big deal with CFD Trading? Can you really make money quickly in CFD trading? Or is CFD trading just big scam- some people still think it is a big scam. The fact is that 90% of people that trade the CFD market will end up broke, so I am sure they will think that CFD Trading is a scam.

So why is the CFD Market the fastest growing financial market in the world?

The first reason that it is growing so quickly is because of the potential to make massive money. Think about this the CFD market turns over nearly $2 Trillion every day, and is bigger than the New York Stock Exchange and London Stock …

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In the past year, 99 companies have joined AIM, whilst 196 have left. That’s a net drop of 97. Fewer quoted companies means less fee income for the Stock Exchange. This exodus is hardly good for the reputation of the junior market. It is about time that the LSE removed its head from the sand and took this matter a bit more seriously. Consider the story of OCZ Technology (LON:OZC)…

I am not a shareholder in OCZ. But I did manage to get along to a presentation for its shareholders – of which only one bothered to turn up! I wanted to know whether OCZ could make it on to the short list for my new “bounceback report” – shares that have been dragged down by the market, but which have great underlying businesses (I’ll tell you more on that soon).

Having travelled from America

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