No sooner had he left his midday news conference than 14 Republicans were on hand to tell reporters that proposing immediate withdrawal was outrageous and out of the question.

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But shortly after the midday Friday news conference where Mr. Bloomberg said the marathon would go on, aides "began having conversations about options" for canceling the event, a city official said.

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Marathon shares had dropped 2% by midday on the news, with investors presumably skittish on how Cazalot intended to pay for the deal and surprised at the timing, so close to the spinoff.

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Some fresh, bullish European Union news headlines at midday also lifted the precious metals markets and many other markets off their daily lows.

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The gold and silver markets showed little reaction to news reports at midday Wednesday that Israel and Hamas had agreed to an Egyptian-brokered ceasefire.

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Despite it being only midday when they spoke to BBC News the patriotic pair said they were considering going home.

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JCPenney was up more than 10% midday, thanks to couple of key news items, most notably speculation that the company could transform itself into an REIT-like company.

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Normally, that might seem like only minor news--but it was enough to send Tularik's stock jumping just under 9% in midday trading.

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