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AP - Wall Street rebounded from an early loss Friday to send the Dow Jones industrials to their second straight record close as investors embraced robust economic data and shrugged off several profit warnings. Bond prices fell on concerns about interest rates.

Reuters - Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. on Friday labeled as "desperate" a lawsuit by PR Newswire accusing it of trademark infringement by mimicking the name of its press distribution business. More Info...  

Reuters - The New York Stock Exchange plans a pilot program later this year that could bring real-time stock quotes to Internet users, The Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.

AP - Investors regained some of their swagger Thursday, sending stocks higher and the Dow Jones industrials to another record close after oil prices plunged and a drop in jobless claims indicated the economy wasn't slowing too quickly.

Reuters - U.S. stocks mounted a broad advance on Thursday as investors snapped up technology shares such as Microsoft Corp. and optimism about the economy boosted industrial stocks, pushing the Dow to a record close.

Reuters - Nasdaq Stock Market Inc said on Thursday it had extended the deadline for shareholders to accept its 2.7 billion pound ($5.22 billion) bid for the London Stock Exchange to Jan 26.

Reuters - NYSE Group said on Thursday it would introduce new options pricing in conjunction with a penny pilot program that begins on January 26. More Info...  

Reuters - European regulators said on Thursday they had approved proposals for pan-European bourse operator Euronext to merge with the New York Stock Exchange to form the first transatlantic bourse.

AP - Wall Street managed a modest gain Wednesday after investors fretted over the impact of falling oil prices but were nonetheless inspired to buy following upbeat news from Alcoa Inc. and Apple Inc.

Reuters - NYSE Group Inc. said on Wednesday it acquired a 5 percent stake in National Stock Exchange (NSE), India's biggest stock exchange, as it shifts its overseas expansion toward Asia.

AFP - The New York Stock Exchange, investment bank Goldman Sachs and two other global investors have bought 20 percent of India's National Stock Exchange in separate purchases.

AP - The New York Stock Exchange and three other overseas investors have signed an agreement to collectively buy a 20 percent stake in India's National Stock Exchange, the exchanges said Wednesday.

Reuters - Baosteel Group, China's biggest steel maker, is preparing to list core steel assets in New York, sources familiar with the situation told Reuters on Wednesday.

AP - Wall Street overcame early losses to close higher Monday as a drop in oil prices and a fresh round of acquisition activity helped boost investors' confidence in the economy.

Reuters - NYSE Group requested on Monday that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission postpone the implementation date of Regulation NMS, a series of sweeping changes designed to update U.S. markets for new, rapid trading technologies, from February 5 to March 5. More Info...  

Reuters - Shares of Cheesecake Factory Inc. climbed 5.5 percent after the closing bell on Monday, after the company said fourth-quarter revenue rose more than Wall Street expected. More Info...  

AP - The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. increased the rhetoric in its hostile takeover bid for London Stock Exchange PLC on Monday, accusing the British exchange of "milking" customers and threatening to set up a rival London market. More Info...  

Reuters - Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. said on Monday that imminent third-quarter figures from the London Stock Exchange would not affect its hostile bid for the British exchange.

AP - Investors will begin the second week of the year hoping for more clarity about the direction of the economy, and in turn, the markets, after Wall Street's lackluster start to 2007.

AP - Wall Street and the Treasury market ended the first week of 2007 with sharp losses Friday after a surprising surge in new jobs and wages diminished investors' hopes for an interest rate cut.