Obsolete Certainty

(Reuters) – Stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Wednesday, with futures for the S&P 500 up 0.07 percent, Dow Jones futures up 0.09 percent and Nasdaq 100 futures up 0.25 percent.

DETROIT (Reuters) – Toyota Motor Corp has asked a Michigan appeals court to intervene to keep its top two U.S. executives from being grilled by lawyers for the family of a woman killed while driving a Camry in 2008.

LONDON (Reuters) – World stocks inched lower on Tuesday from the previous day’s six-week high and oil tumbled, while the yen rose broadly as investors grew cautious after a recent rally in riskier assets.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Technology shares pushed the Nasdaq higher on Monday on an otherwise flat day for stocks, led by BlackBerry maker Research in Motion and Cisco Systems.

Across the USA, municipalities, school districts, sewer systems and other tax-exempt debt issuers are ensnared in the derivatives mess. The New York Times explains.

Bomb blasts have killed more than a dozen people in Baghdad as Iraqis head to the polls to vote in parliamentary elections described as the nation’s most decisive moment since the US-led invasion

Via email, I recieved the following guidance from the FHA this morning: Subject: Guidance for Currently FHA-Approved Loan Correspondents Regarding Renewal of FHA Lender Approval for 2010 As proposed in a November 30, 2009 via 74 FR 62521 , HUD is seeking to eliminate FHA approval for loan correspondents. Because this rulemaking is still in [...]

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks jumped and the Nasdaq hit an 18-month closing high on Friday as U.S. employers cut fewer jobs than expected last month and consumers showed signs of shedding their penny-pinching ways.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks rose on Thursday as better-than-expected monthly sales from retailers and a drop in the number of Americans filing claims for jobless benefits pointed to stabilization in the economy.

NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stocks rose on Thursday as better-than-expected monthly sales from retailers and a drop in the number of Americans filing claims for jobless benefits pointed to stabilization in the economy.