NYSE Euronext (NYSE: NYX) announced today it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire, through NYSE Technologies, Inc., its indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary, NYFIX, Inc. (Nasdaq: NYFX), in an all-cash deal for $1.675 per share of common stock. The total value of the deal is approximately $144 million, including preferred stock considera...

Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (NYSE: SFE) 524% HIGHER; announced that it has sold 16 million shares of its position in portfolio company Clarient, Inc. (Nasdaq: CLRT) through a Clarient shelf registration on Form S-3 that was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 20, 2009. NYFIX, Inc. (Nasdaq: NYFX) 90.7% HIGHER; NYSE...

Alkermes, Inc. (Nasdaq: ALKS) 11.8% LOWER; has received notification from Ortho-McNeil-Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc. and Janssen Pharmaceutica International, a division of Cilag International AG, that based on a portfolio review it has decided not to pursue further development of the four-week long-acting injectable formulation of risperidone. Sigm...

US stocks rallied strongly during the day, reversing early losses, as some of the more beaten up financial stocks gathered momentum and squeezed short sellers out ...

S&N provided some focus as traders were swamped by results statements on one of the busiest reporting days of the year ...

European equities fell after trading higher for much of the session, as buoyant financial and utility stocks failed to offset weak performances in beverages and chemicals ...

Central and eastern European equities have re­bounded strongly as worries recede over their economies and risk appetite increases among investors ...

The region’s major equitymarkets lost ground after a flat session overnight on Wall Street and worries about the strength of the global economic rebound encouraged traders to take profits ...

BM&F Bovespa, Brazil’s futures and equities exchange, and the Nasdaq OMX Group are discussing a ’strategic, commercial and technological partnership’ ...

Investors have been caught off balance as the normal relationships between US equities, government bonds and commodity prices have broken down ...