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Dozens Arrested as Occupiers Reach NYSE

Matt Cantor — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 09:53:29 CST

Days after being removed from Zuccotti Park, Occupy Wall Street is launching its biggest day of protests yet, and the arrests are already piling up: Daily Intel reports that about 60 people have been arrested after clashing with police in their attempt to reach the New York Stock Exchange. Thousands...

Market Swings Too Wild Even for Big Traders

Kevin Spak — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 07:31:57 CDT

Even the biggest of fish are finding the waters too choppy on Wall Street. As the Dow swings about wildly—it fell 247 points yesterday, and has moved at least 1% in 14 of its past 19 sessions—so too are individual stocks. It’s become nigh-impossible to buy or sell...

Anonymous Threatens to 'Erase' NY Stock Exchange

Rob Quinn — Wed, 05 Oct 2011 06:33:00 CDT

Is Anonymous planning an attack on the New York Stock Exchange? A video supposedly from the hacking collective threatens to "erase" the NYSE next Monday, CNBC reports. "NYSE shall be erased from the Internet. On October 10, expect a day that will never, ever be forgotten," warns the video, posted...

New York Stock Exchange Will Open Tomorrow

Sun, 28 Aug 2011 15:04:05 CDT

The opening bell of the New York Stock Exchange will ring on time tomorrow. The operators of the historic Big Board and other major US exchanges said they plan to open for trading as usual. Weather has shut down or delayed the opening of the stock markets about two dozen...

Stocks Soar, Dow Up 322

Kevin Spak — Tue, 23 Aug 2011 15:42:35 CDT

Stocks had their best day in more than a week today, with the Dow jumping a whopping 322 points, while the Nasdaq and S&P gained 101 and 39 points respectively. Investors are betting that the Federal Reserve will heap more stimulus on the economy this week, Bloomberg reports, while a...

Stocks Shoot Up at Open

Kevin Spak — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 08:46:31 CDT

Is the panic over on Wall Street? The Dow shot up around 131 points, and the S&P and Nasdaq were up 13.5 and 26.2 as of 9:39am EST. Part of the gain came from Google’s blockbuster acquisition of Motorola , which sent the latter’s stock up 60%, according...

NYSE to Merge With Deutsche Böerse

Kevin Spak — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:19:12 CST

Deutsche Böerse AG, the company that owns the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, has agreed to merge with NYSE Euronext, the company that owns the New York Stock Exchange, forming a new as-yet unnamed entity, the companies announced today. Deutsche Böerse will own 60% of the new company, which will be the...

Germans Close to Buying NY Stock Exchange

Mary Papenfuss — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 07:57:49 CST

The raucous cathedral of American capitalism, the New York Stock Exchange, is about to be bought by the Germans. If regulators approve the deal, the acquisition of NYSE Euronext (which owns the NYSE) by Deutsche Börse AG (which owns the Frankfurt stock exchange) would create the world's largest financial exchange....

Stock Exchanges to Get 'Circuit Breakers'

Tue, 18 May 2010 17:55:43 CDT

US stock exchanges would briefly halt trading of some stocks that have big prices swings under new trading rules aimed at avoiding market plunges and proposed today by federal regulators. The rules would take effect in mid-June under a 6-month pilot program agreed to by major US exchanges and the...