Egypt bourse at 9-mth low, Talaat Moustafa slides - Reuters

Egypt bourse at 9-mth low, Talaat Moustafa slides - Reuters
CAIRO, Aug 10 (Reuters) - Egypt's benchmark CASE 30 .CASE30 index sank to its lowest level since October 2007 on Sunday as foreign investors sold following a central bank decision to raise interest rates on Thursday, brokers said. The CASE 30, which

India's BSE exchange applies for FX futures - Reuters India
MUMBAI, Aug 8 (Reuters) - The Bombay Stock Exchange has applied to the stock market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India for starting trading in currency futures, it said in an e-mailed statement on Friday. (Reporting by Saikat Chatterjee

Toronto stock index slumps 100 points at open - Reuters UK
TORONTO, Aug 8 (Reuters) - The Toronto Stock Exchange's main index opened 100 points lower on Friday, yanked down by weak oil and gold prices and July Canadian jobs figures that came in much weaker than expected. The S&P/TSX composite index .GSPTSE

American Stock Exchange Lists Merrill Lynch's STEP Income Securities - Forbes
NEW YORK, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) opened trading on Merrill Lynch's STEP Income Securities Linked to Monsanto Company. Priced at $10.00 per unit with an initial offer size of 2,000,000 units, this equity trades

Suits take over law firms as business models are embraced - News.com.au
Slater & Gordon was one of the first firms to change its operations, listing on the Australian Stock Exchange and adopting a corporate rather than legal culture. The company underwent six mergers in nine months while locally Herbert Geer recently

SEC now conducting formal probe into Countrywide - San Diego Union-Tribune
LOS ANGELES – Bank of America Corp. says the Securities and Exchange Commission has escalated its scrutiny of Countrywide Financial Corp. into a formal investigation. Bank of America, which finalized its acquisition of Countrywide last month

Warsaw bourse eyeing Prague stock exchange-source - Reuters
WARSAW, Aug 8 (Reuters) - The Warsaw bourse is interested in bidding for a controlling stake in the Prague Stock Exchange (PSE) to expand its presence in central and eastern Europe's emerging markets, a source close to the market operator told

American Stock Exchange Lists Merrill Lynch's Bear Market STARS Linked - Forbes
NEW YORK, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- The American Stock Exchange(R) (Amex(R)) opened trading on Merrill Lynch's Bear Market STARS Linked to the S&P Small Cap Regional Banks Index. Priced at $10.00 per unit with an initial offer size of 4,950,000 units

World in brief: Japan halts beef imports from Dodge City plant - Kansas City Star
Rio Tinto PLC said Friday that it is considering listing its North American coal assets on the New York Stock Exchange as Cloud Peak Energy Inc. Anglo-Australian Rio Tinto , which is fending off a takeover approach from fellow miner BHP Billiton Ltd