Securities News

12:00 PM EST
1/18/2012 Ban on bureaucrat investments rocks bourse in BangladeshThousands of small investors took to the streets in Bangladesh Wednesday after the country's stock index dipped to 4695.57 points, losing 168.72 points or 3.46 percent, at the close of trading.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Financial And Business Service, Stock Broking, Market And Exchange, Securities, Politics, Government, Public Officials

9:11 AM EST
12/15/2011 Texas Instruments to move to NASDAQTexas Instruments announced Thursday that it will transfer its stock exchange listing to the NASDAQ effective Jan. 1. A spokesperson for Texas Instruments said "NASDAQ is home to many of the world's best technology companies and is a natural fit for TI."

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Market And Exchange, Securities, Computing And Information Technology, Semiconductors And Active Components, Company Information, Stock Activity

9:02 AM EST
12/15/2011 Treasury sells 30-year bonds at record lowsThe U.S. Treasury Department sold $13 billion in 30-year bonds Wednesday at a record low yield of 2.925 percent. Bidders offered to buy 3.05 times the amount of debt sold, compared to an average of 2.81 times at the last four comparable auctions.

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

10:01 AM EST
11/18/2011 Stocks up Friday, focus still on EuropeU.S. stocks rose slightly Friday as euro worries abated a bit. There is little news on the economic calendar in the U.S. Friday to sway markets, so once again the focus remains on Europe.

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

1:48 PM EST
11/14/2011 Busy week for IPOs as nine new stocks set to debutThe U.S. IPO market is set to have its busiest week for IPOs in more than year this week.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Macro Economics, Investments, Market And Exchange, Securities

1:53 PM EST
11/8/2011 Wall Street bonuses expected to shrinkWall Street bonuses are expected to shrink 20 to 30 percent in 2011 from a year ago.

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

10:06 AM EDT
11/3/2011 Stocks jump on surprise interest rate cut from EuropeU.S. stocks opened higher Thursday after an unexpected rate cut by the European Central Bank.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Macro Economics, Stocks, Market And Exchange, Securities

10:15 AM EDT
10/24/2011 Dow opens higher Monday on strong numbers from CaterpillarThe Dow opened higher Monday helped by strong numbers from Caterpillar and news of mergers and acquisitions.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Macro Economics, Financial Markets, Market And Exchange, Securities

11:34 AM EDT
10/19/2011 U.S. stocks mixed in morning tradingU.S. stocks were mixed in morning trading on Wednesday on mixed economic data and disappointing earnings from Apple Inc.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Market And Exchange, Securities, Company Information, Earnings

11:31 AM EDT
10/11/2011 U.S. stocks start lower on concerns over euro zone rescue fund voteU.S. stocks started lower on Tuesday on concerns that a plan to expand the euro zone's rescue fund may not be approved.

Source:AHN Topics:Economy, Business And Finance, Market And Exchange, Securities, Economy, Economic Policy, Macro Economics, Government Debt