Replacements mulled for Dow industrials if GM dropped

Date: Fri, 03 Apr 2009 12:01:30 -0400

Replacements mulled for Dow industrials if GM dropped

With General Motors Corp. possibly headed into government-sponsored
bankruptcy,the auto maker's standing as one of 30 members of an
exclusive club -- the Dow
Jones Industrial Average -- is now viewed as shaky. Goldman Sachs
Group Inc. is among the picks of analysts weighing in on likely
replacements.

RIM SHARES NEAR SIX-MONTH HIGH ON STRONG RESULTS, FORECAST

Shares of Research In Motion soar to their highest level in nearly six
months. after the wireless-device maker reported strong fourth-quarter
earnings growth and issued a better-than-expected forecast.

CURRENCIES: DOLLAR BOUNCES AS JOB LOSSES NOT AS BAD AS SEEN

The U.S. dollar gains ground versus the euro after a government report
says the economy lost fewer jobs last month than economists expected,
relieving concerns the economy's downturn is accelerating.

COMMODITIES CORNER: NATURAL GAS SAYS GOODBYE TO $10 FOR THE 'FORESEEABLE FUTURE'

Natural-gas prices have had quite an unimpressive run in the last six
months and the situation may get worse despite the steep declines in
overall drilling and production.

CHINA EXPORTERS POTENTIAL BENEFICIARIES OF G20 PLAN

HONG KONG
-China's exporters could be among the winners from a
plan to bolster the International Monetary Funds' war chest, as agreed
at the G20 meeting in London this week, with the funding seen as key
in reviving demand among some of the fastest-growing consumers of
Chinese goods.