Oil prices extended gains above $79 a barrel Wednesday in Asia after an unexpected drop in U.S. crude supplies suggested demand could be improving.
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Gold hits another high, Asian shares rebound (Reuters)
Gold hit another all-time high on Wednesday on worries about future inflation and economic uncertainties, while Asian stocks rebounded as the generally bearish dollar kept riskier assets in demand.
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Smith International, Inc. Prices Public Offering of 28,000,000 Shares of Common Stock (Business Wire)
HOUSTON—-Smith International, Inc. today announced that it has priced its previously announced public offering of 28,000,000 shares of its common stock at $26.50 per share. The Company has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to 4,200,000 additional shares of common stock to cover over-allotments.
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Stock market end mixed even as commodities gain (AP)
Stocks finished an erratic session mixed Tuesday as higher commodity prices lifted energy and materials shares. Major stock indexes had their third straight advance, reaching new 13-month highs, but there were more declining shares than advancers on the New York Stock Exchange and the Nasdaq Stock Market.
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Energy Transfer to Present at Analyst Conference in Dallas (Business Wire)
DALLAS—-Energy Transfer Partners, L.P. and Energy Transfer Equity, L.P. today announced that members of management will make a presentation at a conference for analysts being held in Dallas, Texas on November 18, 2009.
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Homewatch CareGivers Charlotte Named 2009 Silver Torch Award Winner (Business Wire)
GREENWOOD VILLAGE, Colo.—-Homewatch CareGivers, the largest, most experienced international provider of full-service home care, announced today that its Charlotte office has been named the 2009 Silver Torch Award winner by the Better Business Bureau Consumer Foundation, also of Charlotte.
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Accuride’s Gunite and Accuride Wheels Brands Receive Silver Supplier Awards from Thomas Built Buses (Business Wire)
EVANSVILLE, Ind.—-Accuride Corporation today announced that its Gunite and Accuride Wheels brands recently received Silver Supplier Awards for 2009 from Thomas Built Buses , a division of Daimler Trucks North America.
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Encore Wire Presenting at Sidoti & Company’s New York II Emerging Growth Institutional Investor Forum (Business Wire)
MCKINNEY, Texas—-Encore Wire Corporation announced today that the Companyâ??s Chief Financial Officer, Mr. Frank J Bilban, will be presenting at Sidoti & Companyâ??s New York II Emerging Growth Institutional Investor Forum on Friday, November 20, 2009 at 7:55 a.m.