[Google Transfers Stake In Fiber Business] Google Announced That Its Fiber Optic Internet Business, Gfiber, Will Merge With Astound Broadband To Form An Independent Operator, With Google Retaining A Minority Stake. In A Press Release, Google Stated That The New Company Will Be Majority-owned By Investment Firm Stonepeak And Led By The Existing Gfiber Management Team, "leveraging Their Expertise In High-speed Fiber Innovation To Manage The Combined Network Coverage."

[PIMCO Commodity Fund Plunges 17% In March, Affected By Iraq War Turmoil] Affected By Oil Price Fluctuations And Global Market Turmoil Triggered By The Iraq War, PIMCO Commodity Alpha Fund, Managed By Pacific Investment Management Company (PIMCO), Has Fallen By Approximately 17% So Far In March. This Loss Brings The Fund's Year-to-date Decline To Approximately 26%, While It Had Already Fallen By About 9% Last Year. According To Sources Familiar With The Matter, Some Of PIMCO's Losses In March Stemmed From Jet Fuel Trading

Strike On Headquarters Of Iraq's Pmf, A Group Of Mostly Shi'Ite Factions, Kills At Least One Fighter And Injures Seven In Kirkuk -Security And Medical Sources

In Early Asian Trading, U.S. Stock Index Futures Fell More Than 0.6%, And Russell 2000 Index Futures Fell More Than 1.2%

Russia Accuses Ukraine, Britain Of 'Terrorist Attack' On Border City

Australia's S&P/ASX 200 Index Falls 1.1% To 8647.90 Points In Early Trade

S&P 500 Eminis Extend Fall To 0.6%, Nasdaq Futures Off 0.6%

Nikkei Futures Trade At 54700 Versus Cash Close 55,025