UPGRADES: Soleil and Merriman Curhan upgrade First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR) to Buy. KeyBanc upgrades MGM MIRAGE (NYSE: MGM) from Hold to Buy. Price target $18. J.P. Morgan upgrades Newmont Mining (NYSE: NEM) from Neutral to Overweight. Collins Stewart upgrades ValueClick (Nasdaq: VCLK) from Hold to Buy. Price target $10. For daily real-time Upgrades go...

Oracle (Nasdaq: ORCL) agreed to acquire RuleBurst Holdings Limited, the parent company of Haley Limited, a leading provider of policy modeling and automation software, to create an end-to-end solution for social services agencies. Brocade (Nasdaq: BRCD) and Foundry Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: FDRY) reached an agreement in principle to amend the Agreem...

October has confirmed its reputation as one of the most punishing months for investors, with Japanese equities suffering their largest monthly loss and the S&P 500 index on course for its weakest performance in 21 years ...

US regulators are ‘hopeful’ that at least one of the groups vying to provide centralised clearing for the thus-far unregulated credit derivatives market will begin operations before the year-end ...

NYSE Euronext, the transatlantic exchange group, said it would cut 15 per cent of its workforce in Europe next year due to increased competitive pressure amid the proliferation of alternative trading venues ...

London equities moved higher in afternoon trade on Friday, as resurgent oil and mining stocks helped the FTSE 100 take off the brake applied to its three-session rally by a surprise profit warning from BT. ...

European shares fell back, paring the gains of the previous three sessions, as investors took their cue from declining Asian stock markets and resource stocks tumbled on lower commodity prices. ...

Japanese shares lost ground on Friday after the Bank of Japan cut interest rates by less than the market was anticipating while markets elsewhere in Asia-Pacific were lower as traders cashed in their profits ...

Traders Magazine discusses our new Supplemental Liquidity Providers pilot program. Excerpt: These so-called supplemental liquidity providers (SLPs) must maintain a bid or an offer at the national best bid or offer in their assigned securities at least 5 percent of the trading day. In return, the NYSE will pay them a rebate of 15 cents per 100 sha...

After years of flooding Americans with offers and high limits for credit cards, lenders are cutting back sharply on both. ...