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Dow futures after hours are +129 at 10985, S&P 500 futures +15.7 at 1202.70, Nasdaq futures +13 at 1663.50

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House Democrats will allow a quarter-century ban on drilling for oil off the Atlantic and Pacific coasts to expire next week. Appropriations Committee Chairman David Obey is telling reporters that language continuing the moratorium will be omitted this year from a spending bill to keep the government in operating funds after Congress recesses for the election. Republicans have made lifting the ban a key campaign after gasoline prices soared beyond $4 a gallon this summer and public opinion turned in favor of more drilling. President Bush lifted an executive ban on offshore drilling in July. The Interior Department estimates there are 18 billion barrels of recoverable oil beneath coastal waters now off-limits. (Related drilling stocks: RIG, ESV, DO, RDC HERO, PDE, NE).

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Berkshire buying $5 billion stake in Goldman Sachs

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 GS +9.4% (Goldman Sachs announced that Berkshire Hathaway confirms the co will to invest $5 bln in GS; GS is also raising at least $2.5 bln in common equity in a public offering)

Companies trading higher in after hours in reaction to earnings  WOR +2.5%...  Companies trading higher in after hours in reaction to news  SQNM +16.3% (announces additional, positive results for Down Syndrome test; correctly identified 100% of samples, (i.e. sensitivity or detection rate), without any false-positive outcomes (i.e. specificity)); GS +9.4% (Goldman Sachs announced that Berkshire Hathaway confirms the co will to invest $5 bln in GS; GS is raising at least $2.5 bln in common equity in a public offering); WFC +4.2% (increases repurchase authority by 25 mln shares to meet benefit plan requirements); EOG +1.4% (reiterates 3Q08 total estimated production of 1,944-2,103 mmcfed; raises FY08 production range)...  Companies trading lower in reaction to news  JRCC -5.6% (files prospectus for 1.5 mln share common stock offering); HLX -2.6% (says prior earnings guidance for 2008 is no longer meaningful); EQY -1.4% (announces launch of offering of 2.2 mln common stock).

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