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E-Trade To Buy HarrisDirect

NEW YORK -- There's further consolidation in the online stock-trading realm. Online brokerage E-Trade Financial said Monday that it will buy rival HarrisDirect in a $700 million deal. Link to original article

Acquisitions and equities lift profit at Bear Stearns

Buoyed by stock trading and a ninefold increase in merger and acquisition deals, Bear Stearns surprised analysts Thursday with a record first-quarter profit, the third Wall Street firm to do so.

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Exchanges' Bear Market Blues

NYSE and Nasdaq shares have been hit hard as the current grim environment puts the brakes on trading. Are the worries overblown?

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