Government debt prices sank Monday as Wall Street rallied, with the Dow Jones industrial average adding as much as 200 points after General Motors filed for bankruptcy. ...

The Trading Radar highlights key earnings and economic announcements for tomorrow’s trading session: Before Market Opens: Earnings: Aries Maritime Transport (Nasdaq: RAMS) - consensus loss $0.17 Daktronics (Nasdaq: DAKT) - consensus EPS $0.09 United Natural Foods (Nasdaq: UNFI) - consensus EPS $0.34 Intraday or Not Specified: Economics: 10am ...

Franklin Electronic Publishers, Inc. (AMEX: FEP) 111% HIGHER; today announced that it has received a copy of a Schedule 13D filed with the SEC relating to a non-binding proposal by Saunders Acquisition Corporation for an all cash acquisition at $2.35 per share. More from the release. ARCA biopharma (Nasdaq: ABIO) 42.4% LOWER; received a Complete Re...

UPGRADES: Barclays upgrades Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) from Equal-weight to Overweight and raised its price target from $15 to $20. Click here for full color on the upgrade. Goldman Sachs upgrades United States Steel Corp. (NYSE: X) from Sell to Neutral and raises its price target from $28 to $34. Credit Suisse upgrades Illinois Tool Works (NYSE: ITW) f...

NetLogic Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: NETL) today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement to merge. RMI’s portfolio of high-performance, low-power products includes the industry-leading families of XLP(TM), XLR(R) and XLS(R) Multi-Core, Multi-Threaded Processors for converged IP networks, which have been successfully desi...

Keryx Biopharmaceuticals, Inc. (Nasdaq: KERX) 98.6% HIGHER; At ASCO yesterday, Keryx announced data on the clinical activity of KRX-0401 (perifosine), the Company’s Akt-inhibitor for cancer, in combination with capecitabine as a treatment for advanced colon cancer. Click here for the full report. ARCA biopharma (Nasdaq: ABIO) 43.5% LOWER; rec...

Elan, Ireland’s largest biotechnology company, climbed on Monday on fresh talk that a larger rival was eyeing a strategic stake ...

London equities continued to make progress strong on Monday, with growing optimism about the prospects for a global recovery helping extend May’s strong run on the FTSE 100. ...

Asian stocks jumped to multi-month highs after a gauge of manufacturing activity in the region’s second largest economy helped to increase optimism about a global recovery ...

“Changes Helping NYSE Grow Market Share,” reports Securities Industry News. The article offers a concise rundown of recent changes in the NYSE’s market structure — including Designated Market Makers and Supplemental Liqudity Providers — as well as improvements such as lower latency and new pricing, plus new services ...