After the close… We have AONE down -1.9%, BID down -1.9% and URS down -3.7% following their earnings reports and guidance. Stocks managed to end in positive territory with varied gains. This is the last day of the month and the movement today helped secure the sixth straight monthly gain for both the S&P 500 [...]
Archive for February, 2011
SEC charges defense contractor, 3 ex-directors (AP)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News on February 28th, 2011
AP – Federal regulators on Monday charged a U.S. defense contractor and three of its former board members with accounting fraud, saying the company overstated earnings to investors.
CME to slash rate traders’ costs to fight NYSE (Reuters)
Posted by Yahoo! News: Stock Markets News on February 28th, 2011
Reuters – CME Group Inc unveiled a plan that would slash costs for interest-rate traders to shore up its key Treasury futures franchise ahead of an imminent challenge from NYSE Euronext .