Markets rise by noon Wednesday; WESCO up 4 percent
Wall Street rose Wednesday as the Dow Jones Industrial Average added 60.61 points or 0.64 percent by noon. Nasdaq jumped 25.09 points or 1.23 percent to 2.062.86. (WCC) (AA) (AEO) (BK) (CNX) (DKS) (FII) (HNZ) (KMT) (KOP) (PNC) (PPG) (X) feeds.bizjournals.com |
Intuit buying Mint.com for $170M
Intuit Inc., maker of popular accounting and tax software, said Monday it is buying online personal finance site Mint.com for $170 million. (INTU) feeds.bizjournals.com |
TradingMarkets 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Tuesday (TradingMarkets.com)
Among the top ETF PowerRatings funds for Tuesday are country funds like the iShares MSCI Australia Index Fund ETF, EWA, and sector funds like the iShares S&P North American Natural Resources ETF, IGE. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Wisdom of generations pays off (at FT.com)
The Hong Kong families that dominate nearly every facet of economic life in China's richest city are not well known abroad, with a few exceptions such as Li Ka-shing, by dint of his global ports and mobile phone empire, and Stanley Ho, the gambling tycoon. us.rd.yahoo.com |
Northern Trust pledges $250K in Haiti aid (AP)
Northern Trust Corp. has pledged $250,000 to the American Red Cross International Relief Fund to help victims of the earthquake in Haiti, a spokesman said Friday. us.rd.yahoo.com |