The market for initial public offerings is thawing, but retail investors shouldn't expect to find access to this notoriously exclusive market any easier -- though a few back doors are open for those who know where to look.

Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Eric Katzman - Deutsche Bank Eric Katzman - Deutsche Bank My first question has to do with the comments that you made about some creep up in some of the commodities of late. I wanted to get a sense from...

By Krista Hughes and Edward Taylor FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Banks risk becoming addicted to cheap central bank cash used to fight the financial crisis and must prepare for its eventual withdrawal, the head of the ECB warned at a Frankfurt banking conference on Friday. Financiers from the head of Deutsche...

European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said Friday it was premature to pronounce the end of the financial crisis, saying that recent positive developments are underpinned by massive support from the public sector.

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In a warning that focuses on the need to contain the soaring federal deficit, U.S. President Barack Obama yesterday (Wednesday) said that a continued accumulation of government debt could be enough to blunt the recovery and then drop the U.S. economy into a “double-dip” recession. It was President Obama’s most-severe warning yet about ...

In a signal of confidence for the future of mergers-and-acquisitions (M&A), Lazard Ltd. (NYSE: LAZ) appointed Kenneth Jacobs as its chairman and chief executive officer following the unexpected death of famed dealmaker Bruce Wasserstein.[More...]

In a signal of confidence for the future of mergers-and-acquisitions (M&A), Lazard Ltd. (LAZ) appointed Kenneth Jacobs as its chairman and chief executive officer following the unexpected death of famed dealmaker Bruce Wasserstein. Jacobs, a 21-year company veteran, was most recently CEO of Lazard North America and has a history of leading ...

Historically, the U.S. stock market has been one of the key leading indicators of a U.S. economic rebound. With the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index up more than 60% from its March lows – and the Dow Jones Industrial Average up nearly 40% – prognosticators are finally confident that the U.S. economy will dodge the “double-dip” recession that has been the focus of much fear since the Bush and Obama administrations launched their financial counterattacks on the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.[More...]

Historically, the U.S. stock market has been one of the key leading indicators of a U.S. economic rebound. With the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index up more than 60% from its March lows - and the Dow Jones Industrial Average up nearly 40% - prognosticators are finally confident that the U.S. economy ...

Companies featured in this segment: Valero Energy (NYSE:VLO), Marathon Oil (NYSE:MRO), Chevron Corporation (NYSE:CVX), Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM), Jacobs Engineering Group (NYSE:JEC), Fluor Corporation (NYSE:FLR), Areva SA (EPA:CEI), El Paso Corporation (NYSE:EP), Rio Tinto plc (NYSE:RTP), BHP Billiton Limited (NYSE:BHP), Baoshan Iron and Steel Company (SHA:600019), ArcelorMittal (NYSE:MT), ABB Limited (NYSE:ABB), Abengoa Solar SA (MCX:ABG), Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE:DB), E.ON AG (OTC:EONGY), Munich Re (BIT:MUV2), RWE AG (OTC:RWEOY), Siemens AG (NYSE:SI), Wisconsin Energy Corporation (NYSE:WEC), Iberdrola SA (OTC:IBDRY), BHP Billiton Limited (NYSE:BHP), China Shenhua Energy Company Limited (SHA:601088), Peabody Energy Corporation (NYSE:BTU), Vale SA (NYSE:VALE), Gazprom OAO (OTC:OGZPY), Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE:DB), JPMorgan Chase & Company (NYSE:JPM), Rio Tinto plc (NYSE:RTP), Severstal’ OAO (MCX:CHMF), Itochu Corporation (OTC:ITOCY)

Companies featured in this segment: Electricite de France SA (EPA:EDF), Constellation Energy Group Incorporated (NYSE:CEG), Centrica plc (OTC:CPYYY), Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE:DB), Morgan Stanley (NYSE:MS), National Grid plc (NYSE:NGG), Suncor Energy Incorporated (NYSE:SU), Husky Energy Incorporated (OTC:HUSKF), Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Limited (TYO:7011), Mitsubishi Corporation (OTC:MSBHY) (Tokyo), Kajima Corporation (TYO:1812) (Tokyo), Obayashi Corporation (TYO:1802), Sojitz Corporation (TYO:2768), Invensys plc (OTC:IVNYY), ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP), Peabody Energy Corporation (NYSE:BTU), Tyson Foods Incorporated (NYSE:TSN)

Companies featured in this segment: Siemens AG (NYSE:SI), MarkWest Energy Partners L.P. (NYSE:MWE), Air Products and Chemicals Incorporated (NYSE:APD), POSCO (NYSE:PKX), Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE:DB), Royal Dutch Shell plc (NYSE:RDS.A), AES Corporation (NYSE:AES), StatoilHydro ASA (NYSE:STO), E.ON AG (OTC:EONGY), International Power plc (OTC:IPRPY), Abengoa SA (MCE:ABG), Tata Steel Limited (BSE:500470), Steel Authority of India Limited (BSE:500113), JSW Steel Limited (BSE:500228)

Schaeffer's analyst Morgan Searcy takes a look at news on the Street before the market open.

Companies featured in this segment: Petrobras (NYSE:PBR), Public Service Enterprise Group (NYSE:PEG), Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Limited (BSE:500109), Jacobs Engineering Group Incorporated (NYSE:JEC), The ABB Group (NYSE:ABB), International Coal Ventures Limited, Steel Authority of India Limited (BSE:500113), NMDC Limited (BSE:526371), NTPC Limited (BSE:532555), Deutsche Bank AG (NYSE:DB), Royal Bank of Canada (NYSE:RY), Royal Bank of Scotland Group plc (NYSE:RBS), UBS AG (NYSE:UBS), JSW Steel Limited (BSE:500228), and National Aluminium Company Limited (BSE:532234).