A look at the week's top business news stories, which stocks the pros are recommending and what you should watch for next week, with CNBC's Courtney Reagan.

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 20:30 GMT

Making a case for credit rating agencies and their role in the market, with Martin Fridson, BNP Paribas.

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 19:14 GMT

Gene Inger submits:
Consequences of low rates . . . persisting for so long, are either misunderstood or not grappled with adequately in the fiscal or monetary deliberations of this Country’s leadership. And if they are, nobody is listening intently. I’ve even heard indirectly that Paul Volcker (who does ‘get it’) is running around the White House trying to advise the leadership (including the President) of what is ‘really going on’ and the implications of it all. However, nobody appears to be listening, or they fail to understand the consequences of falling back on continuing tired approaches to policies in need of reparative action; and we don’t mean modest ‘tweaking’ of targeted funding as you may hear this week.

The financial system remains broken, since our declaration of an ‘epic debacle’ back in May of 2007 (which still gave any investor who would listen time to circle wagons). In such environments fiscal policy is rendered less effective, as should be realized as opposed to the hand-wringing that acts surprised things aren’t effectively working. In fact (as oft-noted at ingerletter.com) the constant ‘carry trade’ stoking of bank liquidity beyond the ‘emergency’ needs or depositor protection, actually ended before the new Administration had a year in office; and definitely should have vanished before now.
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Tue, 07 Sep 2010 04:16:45 -0400

Kapitall submits:
The following is a list of short squeeze candidates, based on the following criteria:

All of these stocks are in a new uptrend, defined by the ADX indicator moving above the +20 line (i.e. strengthening uptrend). As these rebounds gather strength, shorts might have to cover their positions, adding more momentum to the rebound. ADX data sourced from Stockcharts.com.
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Tue, 07 Sep 2010 03:39:19 -0400

(AFPTV) - French President Nicolas Sarkozy faces protests this week against pension reform plans as he limps into the last two years of his first term weakened by scandal and disastrous opinion poll ratings. French unions have called a national day of strikes and rallies for Tuesday Duration: 01:36(AFPTV)

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:45:42 GMT

(AFP) - A man walks through the empty Gare de Lyon railway station in Paris. French President Nicolas Sarkozy's government faced a showdown with angry trade unions on Tuesday as thousands prepared to march against plans to raise the minimum retirement age to 62.(AFP/Joel Saget)

Tue, 07 Sep 2010 07:45:42 GMT

(AFP) - Teachers take part in a strike in Marseille, southern France, to protest against reforms planned by the ministry of education. French teachers went on strike Monday on the eve of a nationwide general stoppage called by trade unions opposed to President Nicolas Sarkozy's plans to raise the minimum retirement age from 60 to 62.(AFP/Gerard Julien)

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