NEW YORK — In a deal that highlights the dwindling stature of what was once a centerpiece of capitalism, the New York Stock Exchange is being sold to a little-known rival for $8 billion — $3 billion less than it ...

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The New York Stock Exchange is paying $5 million to settle federal civil charges that it gave some customers an unfair head start by providing them with trading data ahead of the wider public. It marked the ...

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What may come as the biggest surprise to many investors at the year’s halfway point is that the broad equity market, as defined by the S&P 500 Index, has returned more than 8 percent year-to-date.

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NEW YORK — JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon owned up to stock analysts and went on TV to accept blame for a $2 billion trading mistake. Next he faces shareholders, who are considerably less wealthy since the blunder was disclosed. ...

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NEW YORK — Facebook will list its shares with Nasdaq, according to media reports. That would be a big win for the Nasdaq, which competes fiercely with NYSE Euronext Inc., especially for an initial public offering as large as Facebook’s, ...

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NEW YORK —  The stock market was not exactly surprised that a so-called supercommittee in Congress failed to reach a deal to cut the federal budget deficit. But since summer, investors have sold at the first hint of trouble. So ...

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NEW YORK — Thousands of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators took to the streets around the U.S. on Thursday to mark two months since the movement’s birth and signal they aren’t ready to quit, despite the breakup of many of their ...

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NEW YORK — Stocks are opening mixed on Wall Street Monday as retailers report lower results. J.C. Penney Co. fell 1 percent after reporting a quarterly loss. The department store operator said its results were weighed down by restructuring costs. ...

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NEW YORK — Stocks wobbled between gains and losses Monday as investors turned their attention toward mixed headlines out of Europe. Greece’s two main political parties reached a deal over the weekend to share power in a new government, increasing ...

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For many investors, August probably brought on a couple of bouts of ticker terror — that horrible feeling that comes when every stock symbol on the screen is red. One indicator, the Dow Jones industrial average, plunged from 12,143.24 to ...

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