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| China Will Allow Individuals to Purchase Shares on the Hang Seng |
| Published: August 21, 2007, 3:38 am |
| Tags: Stock Trading, Blog, Hang Seng, Hong Kong Companies, Hong Kong Stock Market, Price To Earnings Ratio, Shanghai Stock Markets |
| currencies in Hong Kong stocks. No maximum investment was mentionned nor the start date. Could this be a backdoor for the mainland to take over the Hang Seng and more control of Hong Kong companies? Or could this be the first step towards a merger between the Hong Kong and Shanghai stock markets. In any case this will be an outlet for |
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| US share prices surge |
| Published: October 2, 2007, 2:55 am |
| Tags: Business, Financial Markets, Stock Exchanges, Stock Markets, Us Stocks |
| US share prices surged to a record high overnight. On the New York Stock Exchange, the Dow Jones industrial average closed 192-points ahead at 14,088, a gain of 1.4 per cent, while the high-tech Nasdaq composite index rose 39-points to 2,741. |
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| Markets settle down after record highs |
| Published: October 11, 2007, 1:16 pm |
| Tags: Business, Currency Markets, Economy, Financial Markets, Stock Markets |
| Wall Street shares ended mostly lower overnight, with fairly lacklustre earnings news and Boeing's problems in its Dreamliner program prompting investors to lock in gains after Tuesday's record-setting session. |
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| Black Monday Anniversary Brings Stocks Tumbling |
| Published: October 19, 2007, 7:35 pm |
| Tags: Business, 1987 Crash, Black Monday, Black Monday 1987, Dow, Nasdaq, Stock Market Crash, Stock Markets, Stocks |
| Caterpillar's grave warning about the US economy's future coupled with the twentieth anniversary of Black Monday the nations largest stock market plummet in a single day caused stocks to dive and sent shivers through many investors. |
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| Indian Stock Markets Surge, But Some Fear Too Fast |
| Published: November 1, 2007, 10:35 am |
| Tags: Business, India, Stock Markets |
| Indian stock markets touched record highs this week as foreign investors pour massive funds into one of the fastest-growing economies in the world. But as Anjana Pasricha reports from New Delhi, there are concerns that the sharp rise in the markets could lead to volatility. |
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| Wall Street wobbles after jobs report |
| Published: November 3, 2007, 3:01 pm |
| Tags: Business, Financial Markets, Stock Markets, Wall Street |
| Wall Street wobbled to a modestly higher finish overnight as a report showing robust US job growth failed to fully ease concerns about the problems facing the housing and finance sectors. |
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| NASDAQ Announces Pricing Of Its Common Stock |
| Published: November 9, 2007, 7:27 am |
| Tags: Business, Nasdag Stock Market, New York, Stock Markets |
| The Nasdaq Stock Market announced that Hellman & Friedman Capital Partners IV, L.P., H&F Executive Fund IV, L.P., H&F International Partners IV-A, L.P. and H&F International Partners IV-B, L.P. (the "H&F Entities") sold 23,545,368 shares of NASDAQ's common stock in a public offering underwritten by Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated. |
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| PORTAL Alliance To Create Industry-Standard Facility |
| Published: November 13, 2007, 4:00 am |
| Tags: Business, Nasdag Stock Market, New York, Stock Markets |
| A group of leading securities firms and The Nasdaq Stock Market today announced their intention to form The PORTAL Alliance, an industry standard facility designed to serve the market for 144A equity securities. |
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| Halozyme Therapeutics Added To Nasdaq Biotech Index |
| Published: November 13, 2007, 3:55 am |
| Tags: Business, Nasdag Stock Market, Stock Markets |
| Halozyme Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: HALO), a biopharmaceutical company developing and commercializing products based on the extracellular matrix, today announced that it has been selected for addition to the NASDAQ Biotechnology Index (Nasdaq: NBI), effective Monday, November 19. |
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| Indian Stock Exchange Sensex scores biggest ever gain of 893.5 pts |
| Published: November 14, 2007, 8:33 am |
| Tags: Business, Asian Stocks, Bombay Stock Exchange, Global Stocks, Indian Economy, Sensex, Stock Markets |
| Stock market barometer BSE Sensex today registered its biggest one-day gain of 893.58 points to settle at the third-highest level ever on buying by investors in bank counters and blue chips such as Reliance Industries. |
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| US market bounces back amid easing credit fears |
| Published: November 14, 2007, 12:18 pm |
| Tags: Business, Company News, Financial Markets, Stock Markets, Us Stocks |
| US investors have waded back into the share market, cheered by developments on a number of fronts. There has been a stronger-than-expected quarterly profit result from retail leader, Wal-Mart. |
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| Asian Stocks Higher, Sensex gains 247 pts on global cues |
| Published: November 19, 2007, 12:36 am |
| Tags: Business, Asian Markets, Asian Stocks, Bombay Stock Exchange, Global Markets, Global Stocks, Sensex, Stock Markets, Stock Trading |
| Tracking firm global trend, the Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex opened 247 points higher in early trade on emergence of buying by funds in heavy-weight stocks. |
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| Barclays Global Investors Lists Exchange Traded Funds On NASDAQ |
| Published: November 19, 2007, 4:09 am |
| Tags: Business, Nasdag Stock Market, New York, Stock Markets |
| Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) announced it has listed five new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) sponsored by Barclays Global Investors, N.A. (BGI) -- the world's largest ETF provider. NASDAQ is the most liquid U.S. market for ETFs, capturing 37.9% of all U.S. ETF volume in October, a record high for the second consecutive month. Matched |
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| NASDAQ Unveils Select Market Maker Program |
| Published: November 21, 2007, 2:30 am |
| Tags: Business, Nasdag Stock Market, New York, Stock Markets |
| Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc. (Nasdaq:NDAQ) today unveiled the expansion of its Select Market Maker Program for issuers to New York Stock Exchange (NYSE)-listed companies. The program will bring NYSE-listed companies and the NASDAQ market making community together, while providing companies access to utilize NASDAQ's Market Intelligence Desk (MID) |
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| US stocks rise on holiday hopes |
| Published: November 24, 2007, 12:18 pm |
| Tags: Business, Financial Markets, Stock Markets, Us Stocks |
| US stocks climbed overnight, led by retailers as the US holiday shopping season kicked off in earnest, while oil prices rose slightly. |
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