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FORBES: Emerging Markets

Donald Palmieri, a gem certifier and market analyst (and source of the pricing data used in the chart), is skeptical of the idea, and not only because he was himself burned in the 1981 diamond crash.

FORBES: The Harder They Come

"This is now going to prompt talk again of an ECB rate cut, given that Bundesbank head, Jens Weidmann, conceded recently that a rate cut would be considered if we see further worsening in the economic data, " said Craig Erlam, market analyst at Alpari.

NPR: Chinese Stocks Underperform On Growth Concerns

If Dell goes after that segment of the market, says Roger Kay, an analyst with International Data Corp.

FORBES: PCs for the masses

The new data could slow Iressa's path to market, says Catherine Arnold, an analyst at Sanford C.

FORBES: AstraZeneca Cancer Drug Hits Major Setback