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Stocks are mixed in early trading today as investors remain cautious ahead of Federal Reserve?s monetary policy meeting. The two-day meeting starts today. Investors are hoping that the Fed will hint at further monetary easing measures, when it releases its policy statement on Wednesday.

At last check, the Dow Jones was trading 0.22% lower at 13,044.85, the S&P 500 was trading 0.11% lower at 1,383.59, and the Nasdaq was trading 0.04% higher at 2,946.73.

Financials have been the worst performers in the S&P 500 in early trading today. At last check, the sector was down 0.43%. Consumer Non-Cyclical sector has also fallen sharply today. At last check, the sector was trading 0.37% lower. Basic Materials sector is currently trading 0.17% lower. Technology sector has been the best performer in the S&P 500 in early trading today. At last check, the sector was down 0.42%. Healthcare sector is currently trading 0.21% higher.

Among the major gainers and losers in early trading today are Cirrus Logic Inc. (NASDAQ: CRUS), which is currently trading 20.66% higher at $36.01, OCZ Technology Group Inc. (NASDAQ: OCZ), which is currently trading 11.32% lower at $5.64, Pfizer Inc. (NYSE: PFE), which is currently trading 1.52% higher at $24.07, UBS AG (NYSE: UBS), which is currently trading 5.42% lower at $10.46, Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO), which is currently trading 0.13% lower at $15.96, Seagate Technology Plc (NASDAQ: STX), which is currently trading 5.39% lower at $28.79, and Apple Inc.(NASDAQ: AAPL), which is currently trading 1.84% higher at $605.98.

European markets are mostly lower in trading today as investors remain on the sidelines ahead of European Central Bank?s meeting later this week. At last check, the FTSE 100 Index in London was down 0.42%, and the CAC 40 Index in Paris was down 0.61%. Asian markets ended mostly higher earlier today, with the Nikkei 225 Index in Japan closing 0.69% higher.

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Ed Liston is a senior contributing editor at TheStockMarketWatch.com. An active market watcher and investor, Ed guides an independent team of experienced analysts and writes for multiple stock trader publications. He is widely quoted in various financial publications on the Internet. When Ed is not writing about stocks, investing in stocks, talking about stocks, or otherwise doing something stock related, he likes to go sailing and fishing in his yacht. This entry was posted in Market Update and tagged AAPL, CRUS, OCZ, PFE, STX, UBS, YHOO. Bookmark the permalink.

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Apple vs. Samsung with a side of Sony: Vertical integration wars

If there's any question what Apple has become look no farther than the never-ending patent and copyright bickering with Samsung to give you an answer. Apple used to be compared to PC makers and Microsoft. The reality is Apple's vertically integrated model is much more Samsung and Sony these days.

The documents being volleyed between Samsung and Apple ahead of a courtroom showdown in the Northern District Court of California this week reveal little agreement. Apple claims Samsung has ripped off its technology. Samsung has a similar counter claim. Meanwhile, Samsung says that Apple was ripping off Sony's style anyway. A judge shot down most of Samsung's Sony Style emulation argument.

The stakes are obviously high. Apple wants to nail Samsung and stop its products at the border. Samsung wants to sell its wares. In the middle of this mess sits Google, which has the Android operating system that Apple really wants to derail.

While the judge won't allow Samsung's Sony argument, the similarities between Samsung, Sony and Apple are everywhere.

• Each company integrates products via multiple angles and components (many of which are controlled by them).
• Samsung and Apple have their own chips.
• Screens are increasingly in the mix.
• Sony plays the content integration game. So does Apple. Samsung to some degree.
• All three players want customer experiences that delight. Apple has been most successful.
• All three players have supply chain clout.

These similarities will become increasingly apparent when Apple rolls out its own television set. Then the competition with Samsung and Sony will really pick up.

The reality here is obvious. Of course, Apple looked at Sony products. A transcript of a video deposition with Apple's Richard Howarth makes the Sony case. Samsung wanted to point out that Apple designer Shin Nishibori mocked up a Sony-inspired iPhone. So? Of course, Nishibori would have had some Sony comparison. Sony history is worth exploring and thinking about. Samsung obviously checked out Apple products and vice versa. The nuance here is judging when looking at rival products and emulating them goes too far.

And that's where it gets very messy. This trial between Apple and Samsung will have a bevy of moving parts, but the big picture is that the two companies are battling for vertically integrated consumer electronics dominance. Smartphones, tablets and operating systems today. Tomorrow it'll be TVs and living room hubs.

Here's a look at some of the more interesting docs.?

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Manchester United eyes over $300m in Wall Street IPO

Popular British football team Manchester United announced Monday that it hopes to earn over $300 million in its proposed IPO on Wall Street.

The team will put 16.7 million shares on market, half in public shares and half belonging to the club owner, American businessman Malcolm Glazer. The shares will be sold at $16 and $20, raising a target amount of around $300.6 million.

Taking into account the 2.5 million additional shares that may be offered through overallotment options and the maximum price per share, the team could stand to raise up to $383 million.

The opening date for the public offering, initially announced in July, has not yet been set.

The club had renounced its previous initial public offering, slated for the Singapore market, in a region where there is an abundance of liquidity and a strong fan base.

Among the most popular teams in the world, Manchester United posted a profit of $19.7 million in 2011, with total revenues at $518.5 million.

The team hopes to use its IPO revenues to reduce its debt, which stood at $664 million at the end of the first quarter this year.

Manchester United was listed in the London Stock Exchange for 11 years, before the team was purchased by Glazer in 2005, in a move that greatly increased the team's debt.

The Glazer family will keep their Class B shares with voting rights that are 10 times those of the Class A shares which will be put on the market.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/manchester-united-eyes-over-300m-wall-street-ipo-022645572.html

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Clinton calls Mongolia a "model", digs at China

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