– The word “tweet” may be firmly established in the lexicon, but that doesn’t mean Twitter owns the rights. In fact, the company has struck out twice trying to trademark the word because other web startups got there first, explains the Wall Street Journal. One, for example, is Twittad, which trademarked the phrase “Let Your Ad Meet Tweets.” Twitter sued the company this month in federal court and has closed its Twitter account.

“It is in the best interests of our users and developers for the meaning of ‘Tweet’ to be preserved to prevent any confusion, so we are taking action to protect its meaning,” the company says in a statement. B

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Market Monitor is a weekly analysis of U.S. and world commodities markets and the impact these markets have on producers in Oklahoma.

Pan American Silver Corp. (PAAS: NASDAQ; PAA: TSX) has on Friday announced that the Toronto Stock Exchange has accepted the company’s notice of its intention to make a normal course issuer bid to purchase up to 5,395,540 of its common shares, representing up to 5% of Pan American’s issued and outstanding shares as of August 24, 2011.

Purchases pursuant to the bid will be made on the open market through the facilities of the TSX and the Nasdaq Global Select Market. The period of the Bid will begin on September 1, 2011 and will continue until August 31, 2012 or an earlier date should the company complete its purchases.

Pan American will pay the market price at the time of acquisition of any common shares in accordance with the rules and policies of the TSX and NASDAQ and applicable securities laws. All

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– New unemployment claims in the U.S. showed a significant decrease in the week ended July 23, according to figures released Thursday by the Labor Department, with claims falling below the key 400,000 level.

The seasonally adjusted number of new claims came in at 398,000, a significant drop of 24,000 from the previous week’s revised average of 422,000.

The notable drop in jobless claims came as a surprise to economists, who had expected claims to increase to 425,000 from the 418,000 originally reported for the previous week.

Additionally, the 398,000 new claims in the latest week come in below the 400,000 mark, considered by many economists to be a benchmark for a growing economy. The last time weekly initial claims figures came in below 400,000 was in early April.

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