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CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Jan 31- A U.S. judge on Thursday sentenced the founder of Peregrine Financial Group to 50 years in prison for looting hundreds of millions of dollars from the brokerage, saying his customers would probably never recover the money they lost.
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*U.S. stocks fall, European stocks extend losses. NEW YORK, Jan 31- The euro gained on Thursday for the third straight session against the dollar on the way to its best monthly performance in more than a year, while U.S. stocks fell as investors awaited a key U.S. jobs report slated for Friday. The euro hit a peak of $1.3593 on Thursday before paring gains.
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*U.S. stocks flat, European stocks extend losses. NEW YORK, Jan 31- The euro advanced for the third straight day against the dollar on Thursday on the way to its best monthly performance in more than a year, while U.S. stocks were little changed with investors reluctant to make large bets ahead of a key U.S. jobs report.
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*U.S. stocks flat, European stocks extend losses. NEW YORK, Jan 31- The euro gained against the dollar on Thursday en route to its best monthly performance in more than a year, while U.S. stocks were flat in muted trading, with investors reluctant to make large bets ahead of key U.S. jobs figures on Friday.
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*U.S. stocks flat, European stocks extend losses. NEW YORK, Jan 31- The euro rallied against the dollar on Thursday en route to its best monthly performance in more than a year, while U.S. stocks were flat in muted trading, with investors reluctant to make large bets ahead of the key U.S. jobs figures on Friday.
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*Facebook slumps in premarket after earnings. NEW YORK, Jan 31- U.S. stocks were little changed on Thursday as investors mulled a mixed bag of economic data, though earnings from Qualcomm helped lift the Nasdaq. The report followed a disappointing survey from the mid-Atlantic and New York regions.
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*U.S. stocks higher, European stocks extend losses. NEW YORK, Jan 31- U.S. stocks rose and Treasuries fell on Thursday but moves were limited as economic data continued to paint a mixed picture of the economy ahead of a key U.S. jobs report on Friday.
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NEW YORK, Jan 31- The pace of business activity in the U.S. The Institute for Supply Management-Chicago business barometer rose to its highest since April 2012 at 55.6 from 50.0 in December, easily topping economists' forecasts for 50.5.
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*Facebook slumps in premarket after earnings. Facebook Inc shares lost 6.4 percent to $29.23 in premarket trading.
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Midwest rains lift Mississippi River water level. Plains states of Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Colorado and Nebraska is expected to continue struggling through the worst drought in over 50 years into early February and perhaps longer, an agricultural meteorologist said on Thursday.
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TOKYO, Jan 31- Japan's Nikkei share average is expected to open lower on Thursday with investors likely to book profits after the index rose sharply to end above 11,000 for the first time in 33 months in the previous session.
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*Brent crude hits highest since Oct 16. NEW YORK, Jan 30- Commodities rallied on Wednesday, with oil, corn and soybean prices hitting multi-week highs, propelled by encouraging economic data from Europe, a weak dollar and concerns about tighter supplies of raw materials. Federal Reserve to maintain its monthly $85 billion bond-buying stimulus plan.
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*River closed at Vicksburg, Mississippi, since Sunday. Jan 30- More than 1,000 barges were backed up on the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Mississippi, on Wednesday after a weekend barge accident and oil spill forced the closure of the major shipping artery, the U.S. Coast Guard said.
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Jan 30- The uneven impact of the shale oil boom on the U.S. refining industry was brought into stark relief this week as Midwest and Gulf Coast refiners with easy access to cheap domestic crude posted strong earnings, while weak margins spelled the death of another East Coast plant.
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CHICAGO, Jan 30- U.S. corn futures climbed to a seven-week high on Wednesday and soybeans touched a six-week high as concerns increased that dry weather will cut production in major exporter Argentina. Chicago Board of Trade March soybeans ended up 1.9 percent at $14.78- 3/ 4 a bushel, while March corn jumped 1.5 percent to $7.40- 1/ 4 a bushel.
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*Sugar gets lift from Brazil gasoline, diesel prices. NEW YORK/ LONDON, Jan 30- Cocoa futures on ICE revisited a seven-month low on Wednesday and coffee fell after data showed the U.S. economy contracted in the fourth quarter. Raw sugar futures on ICE Futures U.S. rose, boosted by a decision by Brazil to raise fuel prices, and by short-covering.
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CHICAGO, Jan 30- Russell Wasendorf Sr., who admitted looting more than $100 million from futures broker Peregrine Financial Group, expects to die behind bars even if a judge ignores prosecutors and imposes a lenient sentence at a hearing on Thursday.
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CHICAGO, Jan 30- U.S. soybean futures climbed to a six-week high on Wednesday with prices underpinned by fears of a drought in major exporter Argentina and new U.S. soybean sales to top buyer China.
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CHICAGO, Jan 30- U.S. soybean futures climbed to a six-week high on Wednesday with prices underpinned by fears of a drought in major exporter Argentina and new sales to top buyer China. Corn futures also rose on concerns about crop losses in Argentina, while unfavorable dryness in the U.S.
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CHICAGO, Jan 30- U.S. soybean futures climbed to a six-week high on Wednesday with prices underpinned by fears of a drought in major exporter Argentina and new sales to top buyer China. Corn futures also rose on concerns about crop losses in Argentina, while unfavorable dryness in the U.S.