Roche confident of success in Genentech bid: paper (Reuters)

A general view shows the headquarters of Swiss drugmaker Roche in Basel in this July 21, 2008 file picture. Roche cut the price of its bid for outstanding shares in Genentech, going hostile and dashing investor hopes of a sweetened offer for the 44 percent of the U.S. biotech group it does not already own. (Christian Hartmann/File/Reuters)Reuters - Swiss drugmaker Roche is confident that it will succeed in its bid for U.S. biotechnology group Genentech Inc , the Swiss drugmaker's chairman was quoted as saying in comments released on Saturday.


Sputtering Wall Street awaits Obama stimulus (AFP)

People make their way on Wall Street in front of the New York Stock Exchange, January 30. Wall Street kicks off the month of February with confidence still shaky and investors hoping for a quick government stimulus to counter the worst recession in decades.(AFP/Emmanuel Dunand)AFP - Wall Street kicks off the month of February with confidence still shaky and investors hoping for a quick government stimulus to counter the worst recession in decades.


After horrid January, stocks eye stimulus (Reuters)

Hundreds attend the Wall Street Pink Slip Party where people looking  for Wall Street and other finance jobs can meet recruiters, at Public House in New York, Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009. The Labor Department reports on unemployment claims Thursday. (AP Photo/Craig Ruttle)Reuters - Investors are hoping swift action on an economic stimulus plan will boost Wall Street next week after its worst January ever.


Ex-Fannie Mae programmer says not guilty of virus (Reuters)

Reuters - A 35-year-old computer programer pleaded not guilty on Friday to charges that he planted a computer virus designed to destroy all the data on 4,000 Fannie Mae computer servers the day he was fired from the company.

Stocks’ January drop isn’t welcome sign for 2009 (AP)

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday, Jan. 30, 2009. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP - It's been an unusually cold January on Wall Street.




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