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AP - The uncertainty that has at times waylaid Wall Street in the new year might be less of a factor in the coming week now that investors have been placated by generally good corporate earnings and upbeat comments from the Federal Reserve.

AP - Wall Street ended a strong week narrowly mixed Friday after the market absorbed a weaker-than-expected employment report that curbed investors' bullish sentiment following three days of straight gains.

Reuters - NYSE Group Inc. posted a fourth-quarter profit on Friday, reversing a year-earlier loss, but results were not as strong as some investors had hoped, and its shares fell.

AP - The New York Stock Exchange, the world's largest financial marketplace, on Friday said fourth-quarter results rose strongly as the Big Board benefited from its aggressive push into electronic stock trading. More Info...  

AP - Stocks climbed for the third straight day Thursday as an already buoyant Wall Street embraced robust consumer spending figures and largely overcame disappointment in Google Inc.'s profit report. Both the Dow Jones industrials and the Russell 2000 index of smaller companies closed at new highs.

Investor's Business Daily - For two centuries, if you wanted a piece of America's biggest companies, you needed to go through a building at Wall and Broad streets in lower Manhattan. More Info...  

Reuters - U.S. stocks gained on Thursday, propelling the Dow to a record close, on optimism about strong profits from companies, including Exxon Mobil Corp., and hopes for steady interest rates.

Reuters - The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. would consider working with a group of investment banks behind a rival trading platform if its bid for the London Stock Exchange fails, Chief Executive Bob Greifeld told three British newspapers.

AP - Stocks shot higher Wednesday after the Federal Reserve answered two of Wall Street's major concerns, indicating that the economy remains healthy and that inflation pressures are easing. The Dow Jones industrials climbed nearly 100 points to set another trading high, while the Russell 2000 index had its first close above 800.

AFP - The New York and Tokyo stock exchanges have said they hoped to forge a capital tie-up, as they unveiled a strategic alliance spanning three continents and the world's largest economies.

AP - Negotiations for an alliance between the Tokyo and New York stock exchanges have been completed, Japan's main bourse said Wednesday. An announcement of the results of the talks will be made at a joint news conference Wednesday morning in New York, the Tokyo Stock Exchange said in a statement.

Reuters - U.S. stocks rose on Tuesday as a 5.5 percent jump in oil prices to nearly $57 a barrel spurred a rally in the energy sector, while shares of Motorola Inc. gained after investor Carl Icahn said he will seek a seat on the board.

AP - Stocks barely budged Monday, ending narrowly mixed after yields on the 30-year Treasury note briefly hit 5 percent and investors grew skittish a day ahead of the Federal Reserve's first meeting of the year.

Reuters - U.S. tech stocks ended higher on Monday, lifting both the blue-chip Dow average and the Nasdaq Composite Index. But a sharp drop in oil prices dragged down energy shares and pushed the S&P 500 down for the day. More Info...  

AP - Wall Street, often chided as an avenue of excess, might finally get its fill in the coming week.

AP - Wall Street closed out a volatile week with a mixed performance Friday after a pair of economic reports dashed hopes for an interest rate cut anytime soon. The major indexes were down for the week.

Reuters - U.S. Nasdaq Stock Market Inc said on Friday it had extended to February 10 the deadline for investors to accept its hostile offer worth 2.7 billion pounds ($5.3 billion) for London Stock Exchange Plc.

Reuters - U.S. Nasdaq Stock Market Inc said on Friday it had extended its hostile offer for London Stock Exchange Plc until Saturday, February 10. More Info...  

AP - The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. said Friday that it would not raise its offer to take over the London Stock Exchange ahead of the deadline this weekend. More Info...  

Reuters - New York Stock Exchange Chief Executive John Thain said on Friday that plans to link up with the Tokyo Stock Exchange would be released next week, but that a Euronext-style merger was not on the cards.