Stock Market Owner Direct Edge Exploring Capital Market Options BusinessWeek A sale of shares by Direct Edge would follow an IPO filing in May by Bats Global Markets Inc., the third-largest US stock exchange operator. Both are electronic platforms that rose to prominence in the last decade amid rules to curb the dominance of ... Direct Edge Exploring Sale Or IPO As Exchange Plots GrowthWall Street Journal (blog) all 3 news articles »

USA TODAY

The Biggest Stock Market Stories of 2012 TheStreet.com Here are the major events that have impacted global markets so far this year. Market Postmortem: Stocks surged after the Federal Open Market Committee announced its intent to keep the benchmark federal funds rate at its current low level at least ... Stocks march higher on Fed promise of low ratesLos Angeles Times Stocks turn up on Fed's low rate promiseUSA TODAY BACON: Fleeced by the FedWashington Times Northern Voices Online -Houston Chronicle all 4,014 news articles »

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Dow Posts First Losing Week of '12, but Is Still Up for Year New York Times The stock market closed mixed Friday, after the government reported that economic growth was slower at the end of last year than economists expected. The Dow Jones industrial average had its first losing week of 2012, and spent all of Friday in the red ... Todays Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA Index, S&P 500 Index, Nasdaq Index ...Learning and Finance Stocks slip after US economic growth comes in below expectations; first down ...Washington Post Stock Market News for January 26, 2012Zacks.com Sydney Morning Herald all 1,329 news articles »

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Why Tech Stocks Look Better—Even for the Risk Averse Wall Street Journal (blog) Over the past five years, large pockets of the tech sector, including hardware makers, systems software firms and consulting shops, have been no more volatile in terms of share-price changes than the broad S&P 500 index, according to S&P data. Stock Market News for January 27, 2012InvestorIdeas.com (press release) US Stocks Surrenders Early Gains on Record Decline in U.S. New Home SalesGalaxy Stocks all 136 news articles »

International Business Times

Stock Market and Dollar Sustain Bullish Environment for Precious Metals Minyanville.com By Przemyslaw Radomski Jan 27, 2012 3:40 pm The situation for the general stock market is a bit unclear for the next few days, but the outlook remains bullish for the weeks and months ahead. This week marked the Year of the Dragon in the Chinese ... The Stock Market and the Dollar Sustain the Bullish Environment for Precious ...International Business Times all 7 news articles »

The Wendy's Company (WEN) to Ring the NASDAQ Stock Market Closing Bell MarketWatch (press release) The Wendy's Company (WEN) will visit the NASDAQ MarketSite in New York City's Times Square to celebrate their recent listings transfer to The NASDAQ Stock Market. In honor of the occasion, President and CEO Emil Brolick will ring the Closing Bell. and more »

The Swiss Stock Market Closed To The Downside Friday NASDAQ (RTTNews.com) - The Swiss stock market pulled back on Friday. The market was weighed down by the poor performance of both financial stocks and the economically sensitive cyclicals. Disappointing US economic news and financial results also dragged the ... and more »

For market, a rare losing week Albany Times Union 25, 2012 photo, traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. World stocks faced multiple headwinds Friday Jan. 27, 2012 after disappointing Japanese earnings, higher unemployment in Spain and weak US home sales. and more »

Hedging against disaster even as markets grow calm Reuters By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss | NEW YORK (Reuters) - Don't be deceived by the US stock market's rousing start this year or the new-found stability of the euro. After months of seizing on every incremental development in Europe as a reason to buy or sell, ... and more »

Leadership Newspapers

Stock Market Gains N64 Billion in Two Days AllAfrica.com By Kayode Ogunwale, 27 January 2012 Lagos — Trading activities on the Nigerian Stock Exchange gained N64 billion within two days to close uptick yesterday at N6.56 trillion while the key benchmark indices gaining 172.25 basis points or 0.84 per cent ... Stock Market Gains N9bnLeadership Newspapers all 4 news articles »