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Prudential Financial Inc.A reported its results for the fourth quarter.A Net income for Prudential Financial Inc.

Groupon Inc : Ascendiant Capital believes Groupon's first mover advantage is slowing due to competition and consumer fatigue.

Jobless Claims continued to show some improvement but inside the numbers was one standout data point--there was no gain in "new hires". So we're still just seeing people falling off the roles.

Thank you for holding, ladies and gentlemen. Good morning. This is Carol welcoming you to the ING's Q4 2011 conference call.

ING, which announced a lower-than-expected quarterly profit on Thursday, cautioned that the European debt crisis was affecting the real economy more and more, and reported a 21 percent rise in loan loss provisions in the fourth quarter.

ING Groep NV, the biggest Dutch financial-services company, posted fourth-quarter profit that missed analysts' estimates as measures to protect capital led to hedging losses and impairments.

Dutch investment house ING has yet to decide if it will tap European Central Bank funds, the company revealed as it issued a disappointing fourth quarter update.

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The 4Q11 underlying net result was EUR -516 million. The 4Q11 net result was EUR 1,186 million, or EUR 0.31 per share.

The 4Q11 underlying net result was EUR -516 million. The 4Q11 net result was EUR 1,186 million, or EUR 0.31 per share.

RBS's restructuring has cost 38 billion euros , CEO Stephen Hester tells employees in an email.

In 2010, ING Direct USA, the online finance division of ING Group, asked 1,000 Americans to choose between sex and chocolate.

Akamai has acquired Blaze. The acquisition was of a developer of technology for accelerating the speed at which web pages load.

ING Groep was downgraded by equities research analysts at Goldman Sachs from a "buy" rating to a "neutral" rating in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday.

Federal Reserve officials will meet Wednesday to discuss Capital One Financial Corp.'s $9 billion deal for ING Direct USA, the central bank said.

German factory orders rose more than economists forecast in December as demand from outside the euro area helped its largest nation weather the sovereign debt crisis.

Vestas Wind Systems A/S, the world's biggest wind turbine maker, fell the most in a month as investors who bought shares to honor so-called short contracts left the market and after ING Groep NV cut its price estimate.

Royal Dutch Shell was downgraded by investment analysts at Credit Suisse from an "outperform" rating to a "neutral" rating in a note issued to investors on Monday.

FX Energy was upgraded by equities research analysts at Pritchard from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating in a research note issued to investors on Friday.

Banco Santander was upgraded by equities research analysts at WestLB to a "neutral" rating in a research note issued to investors on Friday.