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1318 EST 14Feb2007-Broad US stock market rally prompts volatility selling
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U.S. stock options volatility dropped on Wednesday as the U.S. equities
market extended its bull run after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said
inflation pressures were starting to ease.

"Bernanke's comments alleviated some of the concerns that investors had
about another hike in interest rates and now are more comfortable that, in the
near-term future, there may actually be decreases," said Herb Kurlan, president
of Vtrader Pro, an online options, equities and futures firm in San Francisco.

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1300 EST 14Feb2007 - Bullish options in Garmin fly after Q4 results
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Bullish options were very busy in navigational device maker Garmin Ltd
(GRMN.O) after its quarterly earnings more than doubled and the company
forecast a strong 2007.

Garmin shares rose 6 percent to $55.90 in early afternoon trading after
posting a new high of $59.30.

"This is a stock that option traders seem to think is going to have not
only a great 2007, but also a great few days," said Greg Jensen at online
options education firm Spread Trade Systems.

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1256 EST 14Feb2007 -Some U.S. brokerage research actions on Feb 14
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1243 EST 14Feb2007 -HEADLINE STOCKS - U.S. stocks on the move on Feb 14
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DEERE & CO. (DE.N)

AGCO CORP. AG.N

CNH GLOBAL (CNH.N)

DOLLAR THRIFTY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP INC. (DTG.N)

DAIMLERCHRYSLER DCXGN.DE DCX.N

APPLIED MATERIALS INC. (AMAT.O)

DAKTRONICS INC. (DAKT.O)

PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES INC. (PLA.N)

WEIGHT WATCHERS INTERNATIONAL INC. (WTW.N)

PHOTON DYNAMICS INC. PHTN.O

1-800-FLOWERS.COM INC. (FLWS.O)

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1234 EST 14Feb2007 - S&P 500 within 100 points of all-time high
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The benchmark Standard & Poor's 500 index .SPX rose within 100 points of
its lifetime high on Wednesday, amid a broad stock market rally. The S&P rose
as high as 1,455.65 on Wednesday to its highest level since September 2000. The
index is now slightly more than 6 percent off its March 2000 lifetime high of
1,552.92.

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1222 EST 14Feb2007 - Miners rise as gold hits 7-month peak
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Shares of mining companies rose on Wednesday as gold jumped 1 percent,
notching up a new seven-month high, as the dollar fell further after comments
from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.

The CBOE Gold index .GOX was up 0.5 percent. Shares of Freeport-McMoran
Copper & Gold (FCX.N) were up 0.6 percent at $56.53, while shares of Barrick
Gold (ABX.N) were up 1.2 percent at $31.39.

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1210 ET 14Feb2007 -Tiffany shares at 52-week high on Valentine's Day
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Just in time for Valentine's Day, shares of high-end jeweler Tiffany & Co.
(TIF.N) rose to a fresh 52-week high of $42.27 on the New York Stock Exchange.

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1151 ET 14Feb2007 -US STOCKS-Indexes rally on Bernanke, strong earnings
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U.S. stocks rallied and the Dow industrials hit a record high on Wednesday
as investors welcomed Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's assessment that
the economy would grow moderately as inflation eases.

The Fed chief's message in semiannual testimony to Congress on the economy
raised expectations for a Fed interest-rate cut near the end of the year,
sending shares of banks higher.

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1141 EST 14Feb2007 -Oil falls to $58 as U.S. fuel stocks weigh
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Oil fell a dollar to around $58 a barrel on Wednesday after a U.S.
government report showed a smaller-than-expected drop in inventories of heating
oil in the world's top consumer.

U.S. stocks of distillates, which include heating oil, fell by 3 million
barrels, less than the expected 4.2 million-barrel drop, the Energy Information
Administration said.

The energy sector was the second-worst performer in the S&P 500 index on
Wednesday, behind consumer staples. Amid a broader stock market rally, the S&P
energy sector .GSPE was up just 0.22 percent.

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1122 EST 14Feb2007- ADR index outperforms S&P in January - Merrill
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Merrill Lynch's MLQS ADR Composite, which tracks overseas shares traded in
the U.S. rose 1.5 percentage points in January, beating the performance of the
benchmark S&P 500, which was up 1.4 percent in January.

Industrial ADRs and gains in ADRs from the Philippines led gains. The
weakest performing ADRs were Indonesian ADRs and Energy ADRs, Merrill analyst
Savita Subramanian said in a note to clients on Wednesday.

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1041 EST 14Feb2007-Deere profit rises; outlook sends shares higher
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Deere & Co. (DE.N), the world's largest maker of agricultural equipment,
reported higher-than-expected quarterly profit on Wednesday and raised its
fiscal-year outlook, sending its shares up as much as 9 percent to an all-time
high.

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