U.S. Stock Markets Closed on Presidents Day

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The global economy is a perpetual motion machine, but U.S. stock markets do take breaks: In addition to the weekends, there are nine holidays on which the stock exchange is shuttered. One of them is coming up ...

Nasdaq Fined $10 Million for Facebook IPO Snafu

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Spencer Platt/Getty Images WASHINGTON -- Nasdaq has agreed to pay $10 million, the largest penalty ever levied against a stock exchange, to settle civil charges stemming from mistakes made during Facebook's i...

Markets Rise as Alcoa Sees Stronger Demand

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LONDON (AP) - World stock markets rose Wednesday after the fourth-quarter earnings season got off to a positive start in the U.S. with aluminum giant Alcoa (AA) forecasting higher demand for 2013. Demand f...