Yields inch up, yen moves watched

US Home Seizures Reach Record for Third Time in Five Months Bloomberg By Dan Levy - Thu Sep 16 04:00:01 GMT 2010 Foreclosures are contributing to a growing housing supply that may add as many as 12 million homes to the US market. Photographer: Jacob Kepler/Bloomberg US home seizures reached a record for the third time in ... See all stories on this topic »

BP, Spill Victims Clash at First New Orleans Hearing on Combined Cases Bloomberg By Jef Feeley and Margaret Cronin Fisk - Thu Sep 16 11:01:14 GMT 2010 BP Plc should face test-case trials over Gulf oil-spill claims within a year, lawyers for victims seeking billions of dollars in damages said in court filings. ... See all stories on this topic »

US STOCKS-Futures dip ahead of jobless data, FedEx results Reuters NEW YORK, Sept 16 (Reuters) - US stock index futures dipped on Thursday ahead of a round of economic data that will include a look at the labor market and results from bellwethers FedEx and Oracle. * Initial jobless claims will be the morning's focus, ... See all stories on this topic »

Yields inch up, yen moves watched Reuters LONDON (Reuters) - US Treasury yields edged up in Europe on Thursday but the yield curve remained at its steepest in over a month on market talk Japan would buy short-term Treasuries to park the dollars it purchased during its currency intervention. ... See all stories on this topic »

US Adopts Tougher Stance on China New York Times By SEWELL CHAN WASHINGTON — The Obama administration is moving to take a harder stance on the Chinese government's trade and currency policies, with anger toward China rising in both political parties ahead of midterm elections. ... See all stories on this topic »

EU leaders agree on trade pact Reuters (From LR) France's President Nicolas Sarkozy talks to Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel, Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite and Finland's Prime Minister Mari Kiviniemi as they pose for a family photo during an European Union leaders summit in ... See all stories on this topic »

Swiss National Bank Keeps Rate on Hold as Surging Franc Threatens Recovery Bloomberg By Klaus Wille - Thu Sep 16 12:02:46 GMT 2010 The Swiss central bank kept borrowing costs close to zero as a surging franc threatens to undermine the country's export-led economic recovery. The Zurich-based Swiss National Bank, led by Philipp ... See all stories on this topic »

Spain's ACS launches bid for Hochtief Forbes AP , 09.16.10, 07:27 AM EDT MADRID -- Spanish construction and services giant ACS said Thursday it has launched an all-share takeover bid for Germany's largest builder, Hochtief AG, in which it already holds a nearly 30 percent stake. ... See all stories on this topic »

Oil Prices Fall as Disruption Fears Ease Wall Street Journal By ANGELA HENSHALL LONDON—Crude-oil futures weakened Thursday as fears faded over the sustained disruption of oil flow through the Enbridge pipeline system. The front-month October light, sweet crude contract on the New York Mercantile Exchange fell 61 ... See all stories on this topic »

Stock Futures: Sept. 16 TheStreet.com By Shanthi Venkataraman 09/16/10 - 07:29 AM EDT NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Stock futures were pointing to a lower open Thursday ahead of key economic data releases including the closely followed jobless claims report and inflation numbers. ... See all stories on this topic »