Reuters – European shares edged higher on Monday after making their biggest annual fall since 2008, with trading light due to British markets being shut for a bank holiday and defensive safe haven stocks the main performers on the index.

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AMR shares to be dropped from NYSE trading (AP)

By admin on December 29th, 2011

AP – American Airlines’ parent company, which filed for bankruptcy protection last month, said Thursday that its stock will be dropped from the New York Stock Exchange.

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Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, August 1, 2011. Stocks turned negative after a strong opening on Monday as relief over a last-ditch debt deal in Washington faded after a weak reading on the manufacturing sector. REUTERS/Brendan McDermidAP – Buoyant U.S. consumer confidence figures helped stock markets in Europe and on Wall Street eke out modest gains Tuesday in very light holiday trading but Italian shares dipped as the country’s key borrowing rate ratcheted up to worrisome levels.


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AP – SHARES UP: Stocks rose Friday in quiet, pre-holiday trading. Traders were relieved that Congress struck a deal to extend a payroll tax break for workers and emergency unemployment benefits. They also are feeling more optimistic about the U.S. economy after strong economic reports earlier this week.

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Weak results from Oracle drag down tech shares (AP)

By admin on December 21st, 2011

In this Dec. 20, 2011 photo, Steven Marcus, right, works with fellow traders on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. European stock markets extended gains Wednesday, Dec. 21, on a wave of pre-holiday optimism after the European Central Bank loaned a record amount to the continent's banks in an effort to bolster Europe's stressed financial system. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)AP – Technology stocks led the market lower on Wednesday after a disappointing earnings report from Oracle Corp.


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<p>Retired Episcopal bishop George E. Packard, who is affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement, is walked to New York Police Department buses after being detained for entering a privately-owned piece of land near Juan Pablo Duarte Square in New York, December 17, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew Burton (UNITED STATES - Tags: CIVIL UNREST CRIME LAW RELIGION POLITICS)Reuters – Banking stocks led Wall Street lower on Monday in a thinly traded session as investors focused on the euro zone’s uncertain economic outlook.


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Reuters – TMX Group said on Wednesday that trading has resumed in all shares on the Toronto Stock Exchange after an unexplained glitch froze trading of companies whose symbols started with the letters M to Z.

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AP – Coach Inc. shares have started their first day of trading in Hong Kong as the U.S. luxury handbag maker completes its dual listing in the southern China financial center to raise its Asian brand profile.

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