FILE - In this May 19, 2011 file photo, traders work on the New York Stock Exchange, in New York. Global stock markets mostly rose Thursday, May 26, ahead of U.S. economic growth figures and as worries over the debt crisis sweeping Greece eased somewhat following indications that the debt-stressed country may get a second bailout. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, file)AP – Strong earnings and a plea to push Microsoft’s CEO aside are driving stocks higher at the close.


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GM Chief Executive Daniel Akerson answers a question at a news conference in Beijing February 15, 2011. REUTERS/Jason LeeReuters – General Motors Co Chairman and Chief Executive Daniel Akerson received $2.53 million in total compensation in 2010.


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Reuters – IntercontinentalExchange Inc and Nasdaq OMX have no reason to boost their takeover bid for the New York Stock Exchange parent company because their joint offer is already superior, ICE’s chief executive said on Tuesday.

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AP – CISCO JUMPS: Technology stocks rose Wednesday after the CEO of Cisco Systems Inc. promised to take “bold steps” to narrow the company’s focus. Cisco rose 5 percent, the most of any company in the Dow Jones industrial average.

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FILE - In this file photo taken March 15, 2011, trader Joseph Scheurmann works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. (AP Photo, file)AP – Technology stocks rose Wednesday after the CEO of Cisco Systems Inc. promised to take “bold steps” to narrow the company’s focus.


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Reuters – Daniel Mudd, the former CEO of government-sponsored mortgage firm Fannie Mae, has received notice from U.S. regulators that he may face claims for allegedly misleading investors about the mortgage company’s exposure to subprime loans, Bloomberg said.

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Reuters – Deutsche Boerse (DB1Gn.DE) will have the upper hand in the planned mega-merger deal with NYSE Euronext , the exchange operators’ chief executive told a paper, as fears of fading significance linger.

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AP – The chief executive of Beazer Homes USA Inc. will give back about $6.5 million in bonuses and profits from sales of company stock from a time when federal regulators say the homebuilder was committing accounting fraud.

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