IFV News - Saturday, October 10, 2009

• Top Story - U.S. Senators Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and John Kerry (D-Mass.) introduce a new draft climate bill, The Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act.
• Review of the Week's Midcap and Smallcap Market Indices' Performance
• The Week's Advancers and Decliners - UCBH Holdings, Inc.↑ (NasdaqGS: UCBH); China Agritech, Inc.↑ (NasdaqGM: CAGC); Acorda Therapeutics Inc.↓ (NasdaqGM: ACOR); Amicus Therapeutics, Inc.↓ (NasdaqGM: FOLD)
• The Market Playing Field - A look at The Hain Celestial Group, Inc. (NasdaqGS: HAIN) and Hutchison China Meditech Ltd. ("Chi-Med") (AIM: HCM); SKECHERS USA Inc. (NYSE: SKX), Winner Sports Pvt. Ltd. a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pantaloon Retail India Ltd. which is part of Future Group and Grupo Charly; Liz Claiborne Inc. (NYSE: LIZ), JCPenney (NYSE: JCP) and QVC a wholly-owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation attributed to the Liberty Interactive Group (NasdaqGS: LINTA). Some SKECHERS photographs by clayirving under a Creative Commons License.
• Feature Story - More on The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA). Includes comments from Amy D’Agostino - Associate with Chadbourne & Parke LLP.