E*Trade Tries to Reboot
Its customers are no longer panicking, but the online bank and brokerage still faces potential loan losses and a shaky stock market
February 15, 2008
NYSE bids for exchange in Europe
The New York Stock Exchange ratcheted up its fight to become the world's first transatlantic stock-trading center yesterday, making a $10.2 billion cash-and-stock bid for European exchange operator Euronext N.V. - an offer that Euronext called the best on the table.
Wall St drops on jobs data anxiety
Stocks fell on Wednesday as investors worried that monthly jobs data could show deterioration in the labor market and raise doubts about the economy's health and the profit outlook.
Aug. 14 (Bloomberg) -- Citic Securities Co., poised to overtake Nomura Holdings Inc. as Asia's biggest brokerage, said first-half profit jumped more than fivefold as a surging Chinese stock market fueled share trading and underwriting fees. Read more here