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In the headlines

A look at some of the market movers from the week:

• Greece struggled to pick up the pieces after George Papandreou stepped aside
• Berkshire Hathaway spent $23.9 billion on investments in the third quarter
• The head of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission recused himself from MF Global proceedings

In the headlines

A look at some of the market movers from the week:

• Leaders in the European Union came to an agreement to address the debt crisis
• President Obama pledged refinancing aid for underwater homeowners
• Netflix shares plunged as subscribers fled
• Amazon’s new Kindles weighed on the company’s earnings

In the headlines

A look at some of the market movers from the week:

• Kinder Morgan agreed to buy El Paso Corp for $21.1 billion
• Anadarko Petroleum agreed to pay BP $4 billion for its part of the Gulf oil spill
• Statoil agreed to buy Brigham Exploration for $4.4 billion
• France and Germany were at odds over strategies for expanding the European Financial Stability Facility

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In the headlines

A look at some of the market movers from the week:

• With much struggle, Slovakia approved the expansion of the European Financial Stability Facility
• Franco-Belgian bank Dexia received a bailout that included $121 billion in state guarantees
• Superior Energy agreed to buy Complete Production Services for $2.6 billion
• Owners of online streaming service Hulu decided to end the auction process

In the headlines

A look at some of the market movers from the week:

• UBS was in search of a new CEO after Oswald Gruebel stepped down
• Boeing (finally) debuted its Dreamliner airplane
• Berkshire Hathaway announced that it would be buying back shares for the first time in its history
• Congress approved a stop-gap budget proposal to avert a government shutdown

In the headlines

A look at some of the market movers from the week:

• Greece took even more austerity measures to help secure an additional round of bailout
• Greece ended the week playing down rumors that it would force big losses on creditors
• President Obama proposed a plan to save $3.6 trillion over 10 years
• Netflix split its movie service into two separate entities

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In the headlines

A look at some of the market movers from the week:

• Markets slumped on concerns over the euro region
• Yahoo! fired its CEO, Carol Bartz
• German courts rejected anti-bailout lawsuits
• Bank of America shuffled its upper management

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In the headlines

A look at some of the market movers from the week:

• Standard & Poor’s lowered the U.S.’s credit rating to AA+
• France, Italy, Spain, and Belgium imposed a ban on short selling
• Bonds of embattled Italy and Spain rose as the European Central Bank stepped in as a buyer

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