Reports: Nasdaq to buy exchange
NEW YORK - The Nasdaq Stock Market Inc. has agreed to buy the Philadelphia Stock Exchange for about $650 million, moving it into the fast-growing US options market, people familiar with the matter said yesterday.
November 7, 2007
Indices slide on oil's drop; Microsoft up late
U.S. stocks fell sharply on Thursday as a drop in oil prices hit shares of energy companies, including Exxon Mobil Corp. , and investors tried to lock in profits a day after the Dow Jones industrial average hit an all-time high.
Independent stock analysts hoped to cash in on the Spitzer pact. Instead, many of them were disappointed. What went wrong?
Online Investing Discussion Board InvestorVillage.com Reports Explosive Growth
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