April 7, 2008 - 7:17 p.m. WASHINGTON (AP) - The Nasdaq Stock Market spent $1.1 million lobbying in 2007, as it pushed for and secured approval of a transaction involving a state-owned exchange in t…
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European stocks rose for a second day as companies announced more than $US14 billion of mergers and acquisitions, Merrill Lynch said the worst of the credit markets’ turmoil is over and Goldman Sachs …
Apr
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The sharemarket opened down today after a week of slight rises.The benchmark NZSX-50 index was down 4 points to 3640 at 10.15am today after closing up slightly yesterday and most of last week.The loca…
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HONG KONG (MarketWatch) — Asian markets retreated Tuesday, with Japanese stocks dragged down by banks such as Mizuho Financial Group as investors locked in profits after a strong run recently, while …
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Alcoa was the biggest loser among the 30 Dow Jones industrials, falling $1.56, or 4 percent, to $37.44 ahead of its earnings release. The aluminum company said it had a 54 percent drop in first-quarte…
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(newser) ” Stocks were flat today after worries about coming first-quarter earnings reports kept a financial stocks rally from taking hold, MarketWatch reports. The Dow rose 3.01 to 12,612.42; the…
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Early gains have been all but erased on Wall Street at the start of the trading week. The Microsoft tilt for Yahoo took another turn, with Yahoo indicating it would be open to a sweetened takeover bi…
Apr
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US stocks ended mixed today as an early rally faded and traders mulled the latest chapter in the Yahoo-Microsoft takeover battle and news of a possible cash infusion to a troubled bank. The Dow Jones…
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NEW YORK – U.S. stocks pared solid gains to close little changed Monday after a jump in crude oil raised fears about corporate profits and curbed enthusiasm that a potential capital infusion at …