11:17 AM Despite Research in Motion's (RIMM +2.7%) denial, Kaufman Bros. repeats its claim the PlayBook suffers from a short battery life. Even with a revamp, it's unlikely RIM can match the iPad's (AAPL +2.1%) 10-hour battery life. But Kaufman suggests the PlayBook's embedded Adobe (ADBE +1.7%) Flash technology is the power hog.
<The Fed's POMO today nets it $7.79B in Treasurys maturing 2018-2020, of $17B offered by dealers. Government bonds are trading lower across the curve: the 30-year yield +0.05 to 4.39%; 10-year +0.05 to 3.34%; 5-year +0.03 to 2.04%; 2-year +0.03 to 0.61%