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  1. 02.05.12

    SEC names top federal auditor to accounting board (AP)

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    AP – Federal regulators have appointed a top government auditor as a member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, which polices the accounting industry.

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  2. 02.04.12

    Deutsche Boerse board member wants CEO out: paper (Reuters)

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    Reuters – Deutsche Boerse’s (DB1Gn.DE) chief executive Reto Francioni should step down following the collapse of its $7.4 billion plan to merge with NYSE Euronext , a member of the German exchange operator’s supervisory board told a newspaper.

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  3. 02.04.12

    Nasdaq core profit tops expectations (Reuters)

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    Reuters – Nasdaq OMX Group Inc’s core profit topped analysts’ expectations for the fourth quarter, boosted by a rise in revenue from market data and technology, which helped offset a soft trading environment.

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  4. 02.04.12

    Bangladeshi Investors Badly Hit by the Stock-Market Crash (Time.com)

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    Time.com – The dramatic rise and swift fall of Bangladesh’s stock market is a cautionary tale for emerging-market investors oblivious to the perils of hasty deregulation and rapid capital inflows

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  5. 02.03.12

    Jobs strength lifts Nasdaq to 11-year high (Reuters)

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    Reuters – A surge in hiring last month lifted U.S. stocks on Friday, with the Nasdaq index hitting an 11-year high, as the data boosted hopes the world’s largest economy has turned a corner.

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  6. 02.03.12

    Stock index futures point to slightly higher start (Reuters)

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    Reuters – Stock index futures pointed to a slightly higher opening on Wall Street on Friday, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 all up between 0.1 and 0.3 percent at 5:01 a.m. ET.

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  7. 02.03.12

    Summary Box: Stocks finish mixed (AP)

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    AP – WE CAME HERE FOR THIS? Stocks traded in a narrow range all day and finished mixed and nearly unchanged. Only the Nasdaq moved more than a tenth of a percent.

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  8. 02.02.12

    Wall Street mixed on earnings ahead of payrolls data (Reuters)

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    Reuters – Stocks seesawed in a tight range on Thursday, with winners and losers taking their cues from earnings reports, while a drop in jobless claims continued to point to a slowly healing labor market.

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  9. 02.02.12

    Tokyo bourse suffers glitch, angers traders (Reuters)

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    Reuters – The Tokyo Stock Exchange suffered a major glitch in cash-share trading for the first time in six years on Thursday that prevented morning trade in some 240 shares and instruments, including Sony Corp (6758.T), and provoked anger among traders.

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  10. 02.02.12

    Analysis: Wall St. cash flows to Romney over Obama (Reuters)

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    Reuters – The captains of Wall Street have picked a presidential candidate for 2012 and it is Republican Mitt Romney, rather than Democratic President Barack Obama, campaign donation records show.

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