JOB CUT & ECONOMIC NEWS NOV 17,2011

LAYOFFS:

Wayne Farms - up to 363 Update: ITT Exelis - 200+ Baptist Health System - 118 Positions Affected by Elimination or Consolidation Pella Corporation - 198 Manitowoc County - 150 boilermaker union worker Layoff Notices Titleist golf ball plants - 77 IRS - Offering Buyout to 5,400  CLOSING: November 17 , 2011 Buffalo Bill's Bowling Alley. in Downtown Sturgis SD Cox Jewelers Abilene and Sweetwater Store TX Moore Music Indiana Family PharmaCare Center, 500 Sagamore Parkway West. in West Lafayette Cottage House Antique Mall in Tenn. Catfish Books in Lakeport CA General Shale Brick manufacturing operations at its Chatham County facilities Crawford Furniture manufacturing facility in Jamestown NY Just Temporary Closing? The Equitable Bank to close a branch on Milwaukee’s south side and a branch in Germantown Susann's Custom Jewelers store, 4254 S. Alameda St in Corpus Christi Texas Portsmouth Baking Company in Maine? Sylvan Learning Center in Shelby NC W.W. Grainger Inc Said to Close 25 Branches  HIRING:  Nov 17, 2011 West Penn Hospital - 200 Republic Steel in Lorain Ohio - 450 TD Bank - 1,600 in SC over Next 3-5 Years

TOP JOB LISTINGS:

JobWaltz.com Farmers Insurance Hiring - Immediate Openings Bombardier Learjet - 400 in Wichita Chrysler Toledo Jeep Plant - 1,000

Name Price Change Oil 108.10 -3.78 -3.38% Gold 1,723.70 -50.60 -2.85% Copper 3.3900 -9.20 -2.64% Rice 14.56 -0.40 -2.64% Cotton 102.69 -0.81 -0.78% Wheat 592.50 -24.25 -3.93% Sugar 24.24 -0.28 -1.14% Cocoa 2,532.00 -4.00 -0.16% Coffee 235.75 -3.75 -1.57%

Name USD Change EUR 1.35 +0.00 +0.29% JPY 0.01 +0.00 +0.15% GBP 1.58 +0.01 +0.37% BRL 0.57 -0.00 -0.32% AUD 1.00 -0.00 -0.43%

Name	Points	Change
DJIA	11,773.60	-131.99	-1.11%
S&P 500	1,218.46	-18.45	-1.49%
NASDAQ	2,591.59	-48.02	-1.82%
FTSE 100	5,423.14	-85.88	-1.56%
CAC-40	3,010.29	-54.61	-1.78%
DAX	5,850.17	-63.19	-1.07%

Bonds

Bonds

Treasury	Yield (%)	Yield Change
5-Year	0.8820	-0.0150
10-Year	1.9740	-0.05
30-Year	2.9890	-0.0660

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MARKET MOVERS

• Most Actives

  Most Actives

  Name	Price	Change	% Chg
  MU	6.4550	-0.2850	-4.23%
  F	10.15	-0.41	-3.88%
  BAC	5.91	+0.01	+0.17%
  QQQ	55.75	-1.42	-2.48%
  SIRI	1.7350	+0.0750	+4.52%

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• % Gainers

  % Gainers

  Name	Price	Change	% Chg
  VPF	4.09	+1.54	+60.39%
  SCEI	1.54	+0.50	+48.08%
  VIAS	18.21	+3.32	+22.30%
  ANGI	15.73	+2.73	+21.00%
  ZOLL	43.85	+8.19	+22.97%

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• % Losers

  % Losers

  Name	Price	Change	% Chg
  ZIPR	1.43	-0.31	-17.82%
  YOKU	16.15	-4.40	-21.44%
  CARVD	3.16	-0.8040	-20.28%
  PERY	14.00	-7.44	-34.70%
  USLV	44.00	-11.05	-20.07%

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RATES

Mortgage

Mortgage

Loan Type	Today	Last Week
30 Year Fixed	4.02%	4.06%
15 Year Fixed	3.38%	3.38%
1 Year ARM	2.76%	2.94%
30 Year Fixed Jumbo	4.69%	4.74%
5/1 ARM	2.96%	3.00%
3/1 ARM	2.85%	2.93%