Financial Breakfast: Morning News Summary for March 15, 2012 - eBay (NASDAQ:EBAY), Cato (NYSE:CATO)

This is your Benzinga news summary and trader's outlook covering headlines from overnight and today's pre-market session.

Avaya To Acquire Radvision RVSN For $230M or $11.85/Share.

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European markets are mixed in afternoon trading. Britain's FTSE 100 lost 0.13%, Germany's DAX gained 0.25% and France's CAC 40 advanced 0.01% on the session.
Asian stocks ended the session mixed. China's Shanghai lost 0.71%, Japan's Nikkei 225 gained 0.71%, and Hong Kong's Hang Seng added 0.21%.

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Cato CATO Reports Q1 EPS $0.35 vs $0.32 Est; Revenues $224.30M vs $229.90M Est
Harvest Natural Resources HNR Reports Q4 EPS $0.33 vs $0.25 Est; Revenues $206.2M

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Precious metals are trading higher, with gold posting early gains of about 0.14%
Energy futures are trading higher, with crude oil posting early gains of about 0.08%
Natural Gas futures are lower by about 1.36% and copper is trading higher by about 0.04%

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