Kforce Prearranges Share Buybacks
Shares of Kforce Inc. rose Thursday after the professional staffing firm said it arranged a stock trading plan so it could repurchase shares during its upcoming self-imposed blackout period.
January 3, 2008
The following companies showed unusually heavy volume in Friday trading on the New York Stock Exchage around 3 p.m. Higher-than-normal volume can indicate increased activity by institutions such as mutual funds and insurance companies.
China markets raise $113bn in 2007
China's Shanghai and Shenzhen stock markets have raised $113.3 billion this year largely on an investment mania over initial public offerings.
National briefs | Reed Elsevier buys ChoicePoint
The 1997 spinoff of credit agency Equifax, is being acquired by the parent of LexisNexis in a $3.6 billion cash deal for a company that weathered an embarrassing breach of its database, federal investigations and a stock-trading probe of its top two executives. London-based Reed Elsevier also will assume roughly $500 million in ChoicePoint debt.... more...
