Markets Welcome Democrats Victory, Rumsfeld Resignation

Market participants welcome new political landscape. Crude oil futures close higher by 1.7% to $59.94.

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UnitedHealth (UNH | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Sees Significantly Greater Charges From Option Probe (full story).  UNH shares fall by over 3%.

PG&E (PCG | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Q3 Profit Up On Higher Revenues, Recovery Of Costs; Boosts FY06 Outlook (full story).  PCG shares close higher by 1%.

Human Genome Sciences (HGSI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Q3 Loss Widens, Adj. Loss Narrows As Revenues Rise, Provides Positive Phase 1b HGS-ETR1 Results (full story).  HGSI shares drop over 8%.

Career Education (CECO | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Q3 Profit Down On Lower Revenues, Higher Costs; Stock Up In After Hours As Top Line Beats View (full story).  CECO shares soar by over 11%

A.G. Edwards Upgrades Dean Foods (DF | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) To Buy From Hold With $46 Price Target.  DF shares rises nearly 5%.

Higher Revenues, Subscriber Growth Narrows Sirius Satellite Radio (SIRI | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Q3 Loss; Reiterates FY06 Forecast (full story).  SIRI shares finish higher by nearly 1%..

Federated Department Stores (FD | Quote | Chart | News | PowerRating) Swings To A Loss In Q3, Revenue Up 6% (full story).  FD shares fall by 1%.

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