Capitol Report: GDP data may quell or spark double-dip fears
The government will release data Friday that will shed light on whether the economy is on a path for sustainable growth, or may be in danger of slumping into a double-dip recession. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WnDkfGtq5Tmiy8SwUDUaiVkgclc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WnDkfGtq5Tmiy8SwUDUaiVkgclc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WnDkfGtq5Tmiy8SwUDUaiVkgclc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/WnDkfGtq5Tmiy8SwUDUaiVkgclc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=hZkvwQxxUZs:Dc0CWhKYUCc:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=hZkvwQxxUZs:Dc0CWhKYUCc:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?i=hZkvwQxxUZs:Dc0CWhKYUCc:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=hZkvwQxxUZs:Dc0CWhKYUCc:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?i=hZkvwQxxUZs:Dc0CWhKYUCc:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=hZkvwQxxUZs:Dc0CWhKYUCc:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/financial/~4/hZkvwQxxUZs" height="1" width="1"/>
Financial Stocks: Financials post moderate gains; Ameriprise up 12%
Shares of U.S. financial companies closed moderately higher Thursday, buoyed by big gains from Ameriprise Financial Inc. and Lincoln National Corp. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Yy6b1-D_hpOD3B4-cyMo4b-49_I/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Yy6b1-D_hpOD3B4-cyMo4b-49_I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Yy6b1-D_hpOD3B4-cyMo4b-49_I/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/Yy6b1-D_hpOD3B4-cyMo4b-49_I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=Cof_qQo-0sE:aL8FJ6S6dig:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=Cof_qQo-0sE:aL8FJ6S6dig:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?i=Cof_qQo-0sE:aL8FJ6S6dig:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=Cof_qQo-0sE:aL8FJ6S6dig:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?i=Cof_qQo-0sE:aL8FJ6S6dig:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=Cof_qQo-0sE:aL8FJ6S6dig:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/financial/~4/Cof_qQo-0sE" height="1" width="1"/>
After Hours: McAfee, Amgen, MetLife in focus in late trades
Security-software firm McAfee and biotech giant Amgen release quarterly earnings and heading a slate of reports that are getting attention in after-hours trading. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/g5kZGPVx4NCAolNAkGwbDZN4a0Y/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/g5kZGPVx4NCAolNAkGwbDZN4a0Y/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/g5kZGPVx4NCAolNAkGwbDZN4a0Y/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/g5kZGPVx4NCAolNAkGwbDZN4a0Y/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=PRzUGRdhtkU:m0EVdJ8oo8E:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=PRzUGRdhtkU:m0EVdJ8oo8E:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?i=PRzUGRdhtkU:m0EVdJ8oo8E:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=PRzUGRdhtkU:m0EVdJ8oo8E:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?i=PRzUGRdhtkU:m0EVdJ8oo8E:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=PRzUGRdhtkU:m0EVdJ8oo8E:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/financial/~4/PRzUGRdhtkU" height="1" width="1"/>
NYSE Amex:Cisco Trades That Triggered Halt Will Stand
(Adds additional information on the trades from NYSE spokesman, updates with closing price, in the fourth through sixth and seventh paragraphs.) After trading was halted in Cisco Systems Inc. CSCO for five minutes Thursday morning due to a single-stock circuit breaker, NYSE Euronext's NYX NYSE Amex said it would let the trades that had triggered the halt stand. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PBQLYTgh6NoqZu8OYFx60R4Lgh0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PBQLYTgh6NoqZu8OYFx60R4Lgh0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PBQLYTgh6NoqZu8OYFx60R4Lgh0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/PBQLYTgh6NoqZu8OYFx60R4Lgh0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=qbNbf3GrH48:MAeyi1wN5co:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=qbNbf3GrH48:MAeyi1wN5co:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?i=qbNbf3GrH48:MAeyi1wN5co:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=qbNbf3GrH48:MAeyi1wN5co:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?i=qbNbf3GrH48:MAeyi1wN5co:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=qbNbf3GrH48:MAeyi1wN5co:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/financial/~4/qbNbf3GrH48" height="1" width="1"/>
MetLife, Genworth swing to quarterly profits
MetLife Inc. and Genworth Financial report late Thursday that they swung to quarterly profits. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QVVV15kPUc0mNILD720p9ooYyfA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QVVV15kPUc0mNILD720p9ooYyfA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QVVV15kPUc0mNILD720p9ooYyfA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/QVVV15kPUc0mNILD720p9ooYyfA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=xRsZDHwJv7Q:P0GoMsXLBSg:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=xRsZDHwJv7Q:P0GoMsXLBSg:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?i=xRsZDHwJv7Q:P0GoMsXLBSg:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=xRsZDHwJv7Q:P0GoMsXLBSg:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?i=xRsZDHwJv7Q:P0GoMsXLBSg:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=xRsZDHwJv7Q:P0GoMsXLBSg:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/financial/~4/xRsZDHwJv7Q" height="1" width="1"/>
Pru, MetLife death benefits under scrutiny
Prudential Financial and MetLife Inc. are facing investigations into how the life insurers pay death benefits to families of veterans and other federal employees. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/oemX6SCEJxumWTt4creWipRpijc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/oemX6SCEJxumWTt4creWipRpijc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/oemX6SCEJxumWTt4creWipRpijc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/oemX6SCEJxumWTt4creWipRpijc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=buqkzYKCATE:tIeMwM-yRs8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=buqkzYKCATE:tIeMwM-yRs8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?i=buqkzYKCATE:tIeMwM-yRs8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=buqkzYKCATE:tIeMwM-yRs8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?i=buqkzYKCATE:tIeMwM-yRs8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=buqkzYKCATE:tIeMwM-yRs8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/financial/~4/buqkzYKCATE" height="1" width="1"/>
Death benefit controversy overdone: FBR analysts
Making money off funds ultimately due to customers is what insurers do. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/F3jCQPDxRCVRn6TQ0uDIQU29fJs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/F3jCQPDxRCVRn6TQ0uDIQU29fJs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/F3jCQPDxRCVRn6TQ0uDIQU29fJs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/F3jCQPDxRCVRn6TQ0uDIQU29fJs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=kSemmvabBcA:A3nLuvvI5f8:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=kSemmvabBcA:A3nLuvvI5f8:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?i=kSemmvabBcA:A3nLuvvI5f8:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=kSemmvabBcA:A3nLuvvI5f8:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?i=kSemmvabBcA:A3nLuvvI5f8:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=kSemmvabBcA:A3nLuvvI5f8:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/financial/~4/kSemmvabBcA" height="1" width="1"/>
Bond Report: Treasurys inch up on worries about economy
Treasury prices rise, pushing yields down marginally, after the government?s sale of 7-year notes, the last debt auction of the week. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/MTvTalUwycPkOuFuBHtj2xs6_o8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/MTvTalUwycPkOuFuBHtj2xs6_o8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/MTvTalUwycPkOuFuBHtj2xs6_o8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/MTvTalUwycPkOuFuBHtj2xs6_o8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=G_eXNGOYr5k:lqrhz_YhR84:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=G_eXNGOYr5k:lqrhz_YhR84:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?i=G_eXNGOYr5k:lqrhz_YhR84:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=G_eXNGOYr5k:lqrhz_YhR84:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?i=G_eXNGOYr5k:lqrhz_YhR84:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=G_eXNGOYr5k:lqrhz_YhR84:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/financial/~4/G_eXNGOYr5k" height="1" width="1"/>
The Fed: Bullard says U.S. close to Japan-style deflation
The U.S. is in danger of being pushed into the same price-shrinking economy that has been termed the ?lost decade? in Japan, a voting member of the Federal Reserve said Thursday. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/1ELvhRr_aEkVHETmeOeGmeA5LJg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/1ELvhRr_aEkVHETmeOeGmeA5LJg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/1ELvhRr_aEkVHETmeOeGmeA5LJg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/1ELvhRr_aEkVHETmeOeGmeA5LJg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=aMG1Z8VtKUQ:Uxb-xK5i7ds:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=aMG1Z8VtKUQ:Uxb-xK5i7ds:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?i=aMG1Z8VtKUQ:Uxb-xK5i7ds:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=aMG1Z8VtKUQ:Uxb-xK5i7ds:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?i=aMG1Z8VtKUQ:Uxb-xK5i7ds:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=aMG1Z8VtKUQ:Uxb-xK5i7ds:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/financial/~4/aMG1Z8VtKUQ" height="1" width="1"/>
Citigroup to pay $75 million in SEC settlement
Citigroup Inc. will pay $75 million to settle a lawsuit brought by the Securities and Exchange Commission that the bank failed to disclose $40 billion in subprime exposure to investors. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/d2V2u4exzVWkMCDJiO8TcBCO1FQ/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/d2V2u4exzVWkMCDJiO8TcBCO1FQ/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/d2V2u4exzVWkMCDJiO8TcBCO1FQ/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~at/d2V2u4exzVWkMCDJiO8TcBCO1FQ/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=WWIRADJxLKg:tF6cfG5DNL0:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=WWIRADJxLKg:tF6cfG5DNL0:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?i=WWIRADJxLKg:tF6cfG5DNL0:F7zBnMyn0Lo" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=WWIRADJxLKg:tF6cfG5DNL0:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?i=WWIRADJxLKg:tF6cfG5DNL0:V_sGLiPBpWU" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.marketwatch.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?a=WWIRADJxLKg:tF6cfG5DNL0:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/marketwatch/financial?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> </div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/marketwatch/financial/~4/WWIRADJxLKg" height="1" width="1"/>