Market And Exchange News

9:45 AM EST
2/10/2012 U.S. stocks open lower Friday as Greek talks stumbleU.S. stocks fell on the open Friday after talks on resolving a Greek debt deal stumbled.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Market And Exchange

10:26 AM EST
2/9/2012 U.S. stocks open quietly Thursday as focus remains on GreeceU.S. stocks were little changed on the open Thursday as investors keep a close eye on developments in Greece. Also giving global markets some steam was news that the European Central Bank and the Bank of England both left their benchmark interest rates unchanged.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Market And Exchange, Macro Economics, International Economic Institution

10:33 AM EST
2/8/2012 Wall Street opens slightly higher on Greek hopesStocks on Wall Street opened modestly higher Wednesday as investors remain hopeful, but hesitant, as Greece struggles to complete a debt deal. European stocks were slightly higher in afternoon trading on hopes that Greek lawmakers were close to a deal on the restructuring of Greece's debt.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Market And Exchange

1:49 PM EST
2/7/2012 U.S. stocks edge higher as Greek debt talks show progressU.S. stocks edged higher Tuesday afternoon on hopes that Greece is moving close to a deal to secure more bailout money.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Market And Exchange

11:09 AM EST
2/6/2012 U.S. stocks open lower Monday; busy earnings week on tapU.S. stocks opened lower Monday after closing out the prior week at highs. On Monday, investors were once again keeping a close eye on developments in Europe. U.S. stocks followed the lead of overseas markets that were broadly lower as new Greek austerity plans dragged on.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Market And Exchange

10:23 AM EST
2/3/2012 Wall Street opens higher Friday fueled by a strong jobs reportStocks opened sharply higher Friday after the Labor Department reported the U.S. economy created jobs at the fastest pace in nine months. Shortly after the opening bell on Wall Street, the Dow Jones Industrial Average soared 113 points, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index rose 12 points and the NASDAQ jumped 28 points.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Market And Exchange

9:12 PM EST
2/2/2012 U.S. Senate puts lid on multi-million dollar bonuses of Freddie, FannieThe United States Senate on Thursday approved a bipartisan amendment prohibiting Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac executives from receiving future multi-million dollar bonuses as long as the government-backed mortgage companies remain in federal conservatorship.

Source:AHN Topics:Politics, Parliament, Upper House, Economy, Business And Finance, Macro Economics, Mortgages, Social Issue, Homelessness

10:01 AM EST
2/2/2012 Stocks edge higher Thursday after jobless claims fallUnited States stocks inched higher in early morning trading Thursday after a report showed that U.S. jobless claims dropped more than economists had expected. New claims for unemployment benefits in the U.S. dropped 12,000 to a seasonally adjusted 367,000, the Labor Department reported.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Market And Exchange

1:09 PM EST
2/1/2012 Major stock indexes post biggest January gains in 15 yearsMajor stock indexes in the U.S. closed out the first month of the year with the largest gains in 15 years.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Market And Exchange

11:35 AM EST
2/1/2012 Deutsche Boerse-NYSE merger blocked by European CommissionThe European Commission has blocked the proposed $9 billion merger between the Deutsche Boerse and the NYSE Euronext.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Market And Exchange, Company Information, Merger, Acquisition And Takeover