Profit taking & Gatorade

Co-incidence? - the Gatorade decision

"Gatorade Tiger Focus" is being discontinued by PepsiCo's Gatorade unit. CNBC's Darren Rovell has the details. Tues. Dec. 8 2009 | 1:27 PM ET

Weekly -D

SPX 1088 ~ clogging a correction.

• Dollar Could Continue Rising Even Without the Fed's Help

  Investors nervous about the state of the economy appear ready to put a floor under the dollar, regardless of what the Federal Reserve does with interest rates. Who's Afraid of the Dollar? Dollar Gets Stronger

• Signs of Economic Headwinds: Roundtable Survey, 3M
• Consumers in Trouble; US 'Out of Bullets': Whitney
• JPMorgan Sees Consumer Losses Rising
• Free House? Be Careful What You Wish For
• Home Prices Rise For Second Straight Quarter: Freddie

Markets are showing negative divergences, and we are seeing a bit of profit taking in premarket. We haven't seen a profit taking for the last 9 months, so, it is rather healthy pull back.

• President Obama Tuesday outlined measures that will "generate the greatest number of jobs" and stimulate the economy, including measures to aid small business, a new round of of consumer rebates for energy efficiency and additional infrastucture spending.

• Consumers in Trouble, U.S. 'Out of Bullets': Whitney
• Busch: Obama's Speech: FDR vs JFK
• Obama Keeps Focus on Jobs, Warns No Silver Bullet

  President Barack Obama, battling a public outcry over double-digit U.S. unemployment, Tuesday will lay out several new steps to boost employment and confront a challenge that has hurt his popularity.

• Consumers in Trouble, U.S. 'Out of Bullets': Whitney
• More On-Time Credit Card Payments Expected in 2010
• Debt Raters Avoid Overhaul After Crisis
• McDonald's November Same-Store Sales Fall
• Bank of America Executive Under Scrutiny
• 3M 2009 Outlook Misses Estimates
• 'Speculative Fervor' Back, Bubble Risks Prevail: Kaufman
  • Why Stronger Dollar Worries Investors

• 20 Stocks with the Potential to Pop

• Dubai World, Creditors Mull New Date for December Debt
• Procter & Gamble Chairman to Retire in January
• AIG Executive Salary Cap to Remain in Place: Source