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CME squeezed by grain trade as it works to shorten hours

* Large firms want shorter hours, citing trade costs, risk

UPDATE 1-Tranzyme to explore sale of company

Feb 8 - Drugmaker Tranzyme Inc said it will explore a possible sale of the company, less than two years after it went public and shortly after it stopped trials of one of its most advanced drug in development.

CORRECTED-Brazil real opens sharply higher as investors test central bank

(Corrects story to say real was strengthening, not weakening)

Currencies, Bonds News, Bonds, 6:49am EST

Arch Capital to enter U.S. mortgage insurance market

Feb 8 - Reinsurer Arch Capital Group Ltd said its U.S. subsidiary Arch U.S. MI will acquire CMG Mortgage Insurance Co and the operating platform of PMI Mortgage Insurance Co for about $300 million to enter the U.S. mortgage insurance market.

Stocks, M&A;, Financials 6:44am EST

Western Union needs bulletproof plan to impress investors

Feb 8 - Western Union Co will need to come up with a convincing turnaround plan to quell investor unrest after the world's largest money transfer company said it would cut prices to regain ground lost to nimble competitors in emerging markets.

Greece to sell 1.0 bln eur 3-month T-Bills on Feb. 12

ATHENS, Feb 8 - Greece will auction 1.0 billion euros ($1.34 billion) of three-month T-bills on Feb. 12 to roll over maturing debt, the country's debt agency PDMA said on Friday.

Bonds News, Bonds, Financials, 6:40am EST
 
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NYSE Gainers

Symb Last Change Chg %
VIPS.N 25.11 +4.55 +22.13
DV.N 30.41 +4.29 +16.42
CBM.N 12.76 +1.45 +12.82

NYSE Losers

Symb Last Change Chg %
SMI.N 2.97 -0.40 -11.87
CPA.N 99.03 -12.02 -10.82
SWM.N 36.46 -3.97 -9.82

All American Indices

Data as of 8 Feb 2013. All quotes delayed at least 15 minutes.
Symb Index Mkt Report Time Last Chg Chg %
.DJI Dow Jones Industrial Average View 7 Feb 2013 13,944.05 -42.47 -0.30%
.IXIC Nasdaq Composite Index View 7 Feb 2013 3,165.13 -3.34 -0.11%
.TRXFLDUSP Thomson Reuters Equity US Index 7 Feb 2013 137.23 -0.24 -0.17%
.TRXFLDCAP Thomson Reuters Equity Canada Index 7 Feb 2013 241.31 -0.24 -0.10%
.GSPTSE S&P;/TSX Composite Index View 7 Feb 2013 12,755.92 -5.67 -0.04%
.XAX AMEX Composite Index View 7 Feb 2013 2,395.01 -18.75 -0.78%
.MXX MXSE IPC View 7 Feb 2013 45,019.21 -551.50 -1.21%

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DOW 13,944.05 -42.47 -0.30%
S&P; 500 1,509.39 -2.73 -0.18%
NASDAQ 3,165.13 -3.34 -0.11%
TR US Index 137.23 -0.24 -0.17%
EUR/USD 1.3409 +0.10%
GBP/USD 1.5766 +0.32%
USD/JPY 92.400 -1.29%
Gold 1,670.10 -0.30 -0.02%
Oil 96.23 +0.40 +0.42%
Corn 710.25 -0.50 -0.07%

NYSE Most Actives

Symb Last Chg % Volume
BAC.N 11.84 -0.75 24,537,930
S.N 5.74 -0.52 9,435,446
GE.N 22.48 +0.18 8,794,354
Data as of Fri Feb 8, 2013 7:08am EST.

NASDAQ Most Actives

Symb Last Chg % Volume
BBRY.OQ 16.96 +5.67 13,344,045
MSFT.OQ 27.28 -0.22 10,372,755
MU.OQ 7.73 -2.77 10,012,818
Data as of Fri Feb 8, 2013 7:08am EST.

AMEX Most Actives

Symb Last Chg % Volume
VTG.A 1.80 +0.56 298,917
PLG.A 1.46 +8.15 292,929
PAL.A 1.91 -0.52 285,668
Data as of Fri Feb 8, 2013 7:08am EST.
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BKYF.OQ 3.00 to 1.00 Buy
TRR.N 3.00 to 1.00 Buy
DVD.N 3.00 to 1.00 Buy
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CLSN.OQ 1.50 to 3.75 Underperform
LDL.N 1.00 to 3.00 Hold
CMN.N 1.00 to 3.00 Hold