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AP - Michael Rutigliano used to feel like Mickey Mantle each time he stepped on the New York Stock Exchange floor. The longtime NYSE broker said it "felt like walking on to the field of the Yankee Stadium of the business world, complete with lights, referees, uniforms, hand signals, and scoreboards. There's a palpable energy, a sense you entered the premier business arena in the world." More Info...  

AP - A larger-than-expected drop in housing starts gave Wall Street a narrowly mixed performance Friday, but the Dow Jones industrials had their third straight record close after spending much of the session in a decline that lacked conviction. The major indexes had their best week since mid-November.

AP - Stocks that were moving substantially or trading heavily Friday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: More Info...  

Reuters - U.S. shares are set to open lower on Friday before the Presidents Day long weekend as investors focus on economic data, options expiries and bid target Compass Bancshares , with little of note on corporate earnings. More Info...  

AP - Wall Street extended its February rally Thursday, growing confident that interest rates will hold steady even as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke tempered his forecast of slowly cooling growth and inflation with a reminder that price pressures remain a concern.

AP - Stocks that were moving substantially or trading heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: More Info...  

Reuters - NYSE Euronext launched on Thursday an exchange offer for all outstanding shares of pan-European bourse operator Euronext after the U.S. securities regulators approved its translatlantic merger.

AP - The Dow Jones industrials set new highs Wednesday when stocks extended their gains for a second day after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke told a Senate panel the economy should grow modestly this year and that he expects inflation will continue to ease.

AP - Stocks that were moving substantially or trading heavily Wednesday on the New York Stock Exchange and Nasdaq Stock Market: More Info...  

Reuters - U.S. shares are expected to open slightly firmer on Wednesday ahead of congressional testimony from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, while earnings from Coca-Cola will dominate a thin earnings calendar.

AP - Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. Chief Executive Robert Greifeld said Tuesday the No. 2 U.S. exchange held talks with top shareholders of the London Stock Exchange and refused to negotiate a higher-priced deal to create a trans-Atlantic powerhouse.

Reuters - Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. issued a disappointing 2007 earnings forecast on Tuesday, overshadowing strong quarterly earnings and sending its shares down 12 percent.

Reuters - U.S. shares are expected to rise on Tuesday, with a focus on earnings from firms including Affiliated Computer Services and Applied Materials and as Alcoa's shares surged 9 percent in German trade on bid speculation. More Info...  

Reuters - The London Stock Exchange may now seek alliances with other bourses, such as Tokyo, after the failure of Nasdaq Stock Market's 2.7-billion-pound ($5.3 billion) hostile bid.

AP - Wall Street extended its losses Monday as investors awaited a stream of key economic data this week and were left disappointed by the collapse of several closely watched acquisition deals.

AP - Wall Street extended its losses Monday as investors awaited a stream of key economic data this week and were left disappointed by the collapse of several closely-watched acquisition deals. More Info...  

Reuters - Shares in the London Stock Exchange eased on Monday after U.S. rival Nasdaq's 2.7 billion pound ($5.3 billion) bid failed.

AP - Wall Street has been running short on inspiration lately and will look to a stream of economic data in the coming week for clues on whether stocks can push beyond the range in which they have been mired in recent weeks.

AP - The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc., having failed in its $5.3 billion hostile takeover bid for the London Stock Exchange, is now seen scrambling to lay out a European strategy that will appease its shareholders and ensure that it won't be left behind as other major exchanges consolidate.

AP - The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. failed for the second time in a year to win control of the London Stock Exchange PLC, revealing Saturday that its $5.3 billion hostile bid had been spurned by the British bourse's shareholders.