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Bloomberg reports that the Federal Reserve has been asked by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Manhattan to disclose the records of its $2 trillion U.S. loan program launched during the financial crisis. The court’s ruling supports a decision given by a lower-court judge in August, ordering that Fed must release information on bailout records.

Ways investors can play this commodity For most of the past 50 years, since the birth of environmental awareness, coal has been the "black sheep" of the power-production family. Now, thanks to more efficient furnaces, better exhaust-scrubbing systems and other technological advances, coal is regaining favor in the world's energy markets.

The markets are selling sharply on the best volume of the week. The healthcare vote this weekend looks like it might pass and the markets are getting jittery. The markets hate change and worry about continued government reckless spending. In addition, there will be new taxes imposed on capital gains which hit directly at the core of Wall Street.

Democrats got help in their effort to enact health-care today when the congressional budget office, CBO, said the $940 billion bill would cut the federal deficit. The health care vote could come up as early as March 21.