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...AMD, a perennial also-ran against Intel in PC and server processors, has seen a similar bounce and is within spitting distance of overtaking its longtime nemesis....
...Spotify, which has been credited with reviving revenues and bringing the music business into a digital future, last week filed to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange, with a market debut expected...
...Exchanges, business groups and the leadership of the Securities and Exchange Commission have decried the trend and are seeking ways to encourage listings....
...A 2009 Supreme Court case involving prescription drug labels, Wyeth v Levine, greenlighted state laws that are stricter than federal laws....
...Leon Cooperman, chief executive of Omega Advisors, who is facing civil insider trading charges from the Securities and Exchange Commission, has told investors that prosecutors were waiting for the Salman...
...We can’t compete with the stock exchange on that. Spigot of free enterprise It can be tempting to liven up a report on a stolid company with terrible puns....
...Defence lawyers hinge their argument on a leading 1983 Supreme Court decision called Dirks v. SEC....
...But many said the economy would bounce back quickly with federal employees back at work.” (Financial Times) Payroll Friday is now payroll Tuesday....
...Missing this bounce will have hurt – but for some more than others. Those who held short positions have suffered horribly as bets on falling prices went badly wrong....
...Sheryl Skolnick, an analyst at Capital Group LLC who has been closely following the issue, said Ms Sebelius’ willingness to entertain the Arkansas model had prompted other states, including Florida, Tennessee...
...Barclays in a short statement on Wednesday night said the SFO had commenced an investigation into payments under certain commercial agreements between Barclays and Qatar Holding LLC”....
...Furthermore, both retail sales and industrial production have remained relatively robust in October, suggesting that real GDP growth will bounce to about 3.0 per cent in the current quarter....
...The New York Stock Exchange was up 3.5 per cent to $22.75 on reports that the European Commission may block its merger with German exchange Deutsche Börse....
...He calculated that Knight’s core equity trading revenues fell 11.3 per cent from last year to $195m, while fixed income and foreign exchange trading revenues grew 10.4 per cent to $126m....
...Mr Vernon, who is the ‘v’ in Brevan, intends to “pursue other interests”. Of the five founding partners, Jean-Philippe Blochet left in November 2009 to join Moore Capital....
...Weekend headlines from the FT and other UK media:* From The FT, - Madagascar Oil to bounce back after dispute - Newmont faces probe over Indonesia assets - Pursuit Dynamics reacts to ethanol demand - Chariot...
...A similar move targeted at Euronext stocks this year gave the platform only a short-lived bounce in market share. Its market share in FTSE stocks is still only about 5 per cent....
...While media headlines have played up the short-term bounce of corporate earnings, Mr Janjuah said this is a statistical illusion....
...“Proponents of a V-shaped [economic] recovery are underestimating how much rising unemployment and an unstable structure of indebtedness can lengthen and deepen this recession,” says Sandy Chen, banks analyst...
...Herein more amusing extracts from the affidavit in support of a Motion for Intervention in the case of Securities Investor Protection Corporation v. Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC....
...If a trader had been long in the Dow Jones energy index and short in the Philadelphia Stock Exchange banking index in equal amounts, their loss would have been almost 30 per cent for the month....
...The shares, which have fallen 39 per cent this year reflecting growing competition and slowing demand, gained $1.09 to close at $9.20 in New York Stock Exchange composite trading, their biggest gain for...
...They will begin trading under the ticker “V” on the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday....
...And E-Trade, which has already gained on the back of various rescue or takeover tales, gets a survival bounce – but only to the tune of 6 per cent and that’s disappearing fast....
...CME Group reported a 15 per cent rise in quarterly results as the merger between the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Holdings and the Chicago Board of Trade was completed....
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