nyse euro next said it agreed to merge with deutche bourse.he deal is expected to be completed by the end of this year. the german side will hold a 60% stake in the new company and nyse will only rest. the new york stock exchange hats world's largest market capitalization of listed companies. the dow jones industrial average, a key index traded on the exchange, has a strong influence on financial markets worldwide. sources say nyse aims to boost earnings by leverage deutche bourse's expertise in derivatives trading. competition is increasing as more of the world's financial markets seek realignment moves. the london and toronto stock bourses announced a merger last week, the growing rivalry may also force the tokyo stock exchange to review its strategy. its presence in asia is on a decline having been overtaken by the shanghai stock exchange in terms of trading volume. >>> u.s. retail sales in january edged up from december, marking an increase for the seventh straight money, but rate of growth fell short of market expectations. the commerce d

says it's in serious talks with germany's stock exchange, the deutsche bourse. no agreement yet, but if they do a deal deutsche would buy the n.y.s.e., creating the biggest stock exchange in the world. reportedly, the n.y.s.e.'s duncan niederauer would be the c.e.o. of the powerhouse and reto francioni, the head of the deutsche exchange, would be chairman. joining us now with more, michael wong, financial services analyst at morningstar. hi, michael. >> hello, susie. >> susie: so does this combination make sense? why would these two giants want to do this deal? >> the merger pending potential merger makes sense, exchange mergers always make sense from a business standpoint. there's usually substantial expense synergies, revenue sinner swres and usually a strategic rationale behind them. that said, historicly when you look at mergers, they haven't made a lot sense from a financial point of view. it usually has come out that the acquirer has overpaid for the target. >> susie: what about for people who are buying and selling securities at these exchanges, what impa

bourse estimated at around one point two billion dollars the may shareholders in r.c.s. are troika dialog finance and alpha bank we'll bring you more on this story as it develops. and in other news. could include. in their arctic project deal signed last month the c.e.o. of the british company robert dudley says it wouldn't mind cooperating with. b.p. in joint projects with the russian oil giant meanwhile the london high court is set to decide whether or not to block these assets wap with loss that. this comes after the russian owners of b.p. father complained seeking to stop the deal on grounds that it violates their shareholder agreements however doubly said the standoff should be resolved soon. and staying with b.p. the british company has announced it will pay dividends for the first time since the gulf oil spill after posting a profit in the fourth quarter of two thousand and ten despite an overall loss of five billion dollars last year this comes as ten k.b.p.s. russian shareholders decided not to approve a one point eight billion dollar dividend half of which woul

the bourse supervisors approved the certificate of appropriateness. the final design involves lowering the podium by three steps so that it is 12 inches above the floor level and lowering the clerk's podium to the floor level and moving it 14 inches toward the center of the room so that we can have access between the court costs desk and the podium. and then a short ramp could be built to the president's podium on the right-hand side, as this rendering shows you. the design has both disability access and historic preservation benefits. the disability access benefits are that access is provided by a ramp, not a lift. the access is quick and direct because the ramp is short. both the president's podium and clerks area are made permanently accessible. from an historic preservation perspective, the recreates a small footprint within the chamber. it maintains the balance of the room. it preserves all of the historic material in the president's desk and clark's desk and allows for but does not require the use of the historic function of the president's podi

back to back the garden cup winners and the only holders of the bourse are well on their way to the next stage after taking a commanding susie to a lead in their tie with fellow snow leopards paris from college stop the winners are yet to concede in this live campaign as the series moves to astana. and basketball david black has announced he is going to stay on as russian national team head coach the american israel had contemplated quitting his post after last year's world championships but as richard reports he has changed his mind and nine cents to lead to squads of the london olympics. he's one of the world's longest serving basketball national team head coaches and now he intends to extend his stay even longer he to bide his bit of the helm of russia's team since two thousand and five and he's had a fair degree of success to winning the two thousand and seven euro boss who cry on the american israeli side he quit his post following last year's more championships but now says he's had a change of hearts i think a change in the. in the guard. in the federation and with a new vision an

back to back to guard cup winners and the only holders og bourse are well on their way to the next stage after taking a commanding lead in their it's i with fellow snow leopards buddies from kazakhstan the winners are yet to concede and display a campaign as the series moves to astana. and basketball david black has announced he's going to stay on as russia's national team head coach the american israeli have concentrated quitting his post after last year's world championships but as richard it reports say he's changed his mind and now incensed and lead the squad for the london olympics. he's one of the world's longest serving basketball national team head coaches and now intends to extend his stay even longer david bond has been a helm of russia's team since two thousand and five and he's had a fit degree of success to win even chief hours and seven euro boss and crunch the american israeli said he'd quit his post for in last year's world championships but now says he's had a change of hans i think the change. in the guard. in the federation with a new vision is. perhaps the ability to

while and another newcomer travelled to mug me towards finally the guardian cup winners bourse travel to kazakhstan to barra's. tennis now and new world number one karen in bosnia asking has won the dubai championships after beating svetlana clue . in straight sets it took the day just an hour and a quarter to defeat the russian who was playing her first final since last august triumph in san diego it was because it's all this third attempt to win this tournaments where she lost of the last stage in two thousand and four and two thousand and eight while the six one six three straight sets victory became his thirteenth career title and also reached the summit of the w c a standings she is set to hold on to the top spot for at least four weeks. i knew that i had to play aggressive today i had to use to be a lot of because she's a great player and. allow her to stand there just might when i was right and left so my time. to be the one who opened up the court first meanwhile in the men's side and you roddick won his thirtieth career in the final of the regions morgan keegan championship i

bourse for roughly one point two billion dollars first deputy chairman of russia's central bank a majority shareholder of my sec says the price estimation includes a thirty seven percent premium archie correspondents are for reports. brushes two leading stock exchanges my thanks and have succeeded now in reaching a preliminary agreement for my sex by a controlling stake in r.t.s. now we know that this is just a verbal agreement the maven a documents had been signed and sources say the stakes to be based on r.t.s. is appraisal of between one point one five billion and one point zero eight billion dollars now we know in a vendor two thousand and ten that my take made a friendly take a bit to r.t.s. shareholders that we had at the end of two thousand and ten nothing if anything was going to happen would be happening until two thousand and eleven the certain from those within the financial sector we've heard that you discrepancies in the way the tea stock exchanges operate this is so sometimes cause confusion for investors as they certainly the feelings between the two would be better is what

political unrest in north africa and the middle east have added two and a half percent on both the bourses after the oil giant said third quarter profits climbed twenty one percent from the previous three months gas pump shares are also off point seven percent bucking the trend is no need for that's down point nine percent. russia's largest independent gas producer novacek expects to increase output by up to fifteen percent this year this was january's concerned it perform better than gas problem which to crease production by about three percent compared to last year now know what is currently building a plant in the gas which arctic young mall peninsula the first yield is expected in five years' time the company says it's investing one hundred million dollars into the liquefied natural gas project this year the deciding and deciding on strategic partner who will have a forty nine percent stake. there's show there's two of the rivers there is. exxon mobil has looked at it conoco phillips smaller companies i've looked at a couple japanese firms look out so we're looking at a series of forei

unrest in north up in north africa and the middle east have adds two and a half percent on both the bourses after the oil giant said third quarter profits climbed twenty one percent from the previous three months gazprom shares are also up point seven percent blocking the toronto is nor nickel that's down point nine percent. more on raw snapped it has posted a net profit of ten point sixty five billion dollars in two thousand and ten a sixty four percent increase year on year beating analyst expectations according to u.s. accounting standards russia's largest oil company has also reported a fourth quarter jump in profit while its overall debt deal twenty six percent improve results were mainly attributed to increased output cost control rising oil prices meanwhile president. who has denied that his company is we go sheeting to buy out a stake in the russian british joint venture. and russia's to begin selling grain from state reserves in a move to curb prices and support the domestic market the plan is to sell two and a half million tons of grain within five months of the next harvest the s

fairbanks sat around one hundred forty percent last night however closed over two percent on both bourses after the all giant said that its fourth quarter profits had climbed ninety percent over the previous three months. the russian company has also posted a net profit of ten point six five billion dollars in two thousand and ten a sixty four percent increase year on year beating. analysts expectations according to the u.s. accounting standards russia's largest oil company reduce its overall debt by twenty six percent the improved results were mainly attributed to increased output total cost control and rising oil prices meanwhile grossness president has the navajos company's negotiating to buy out half of the russian british joint venture to b.p. . star economist nouriel roubini dr doom forecast russia's inflation will hit double digits this year in the first month of two thousand and eleven consumer prices in russia saw a two point four percent hike topping market expectations meanwhile the government's official inflation forecast for two thousand and eleven is still set for six to sev

financial center one of the main problems preventing this development was the existence of just sever bourses which stopped many investors from putting their money into russia however each stock exchange has its own strong points to benefit the deal. this is some. really good. at doing dishes based on the good these stories change. managed. provisional medusa's the more they know what they want and is able. studiously bristow's amusement of it just to do good suze. good to financial basis very good support of the state. look at the markets u.s. stock start the new month on high notes as wall street's focus shifts back to optimism about the global recovery ahead of the u.s. manufacturing data. and in russia there are two yes and the my sex closed up on the day posted strong gains tracking the upbeat investor mood globally the indices gained ground after monday's losses showing that correction on the markets was apparently short term. and rising oil prices are sending energy shares higher gas problem lukoil are seeing approximately the same gains adding on between three to four percent respecti

markets frankfurt bourses will control sixty percent of the new corporation. and let's move back to the figures on russia's markets the change of direction and the end of trading in the seas losing point seven percent to close investors are not finding reasons for growth easily enough to see the ongoing decline a buying opportunity and a look at some of the stocks the gas from one of the biggest losers down two percent of the close bucking the trend was rosneft up one point six percent leading the gains up six percent after ross technology corp suggested the russian truck maker should unite with a russian rival mars into one. and on tuesday russia's stock markets were affected pretty much by the release of inflation from china and the u.k. . from financial corp explains why these figures are very important for the russian equity platforms the first things that we should highlight for sure is the all important inflation number in china which came at four point one percent or a little bit below the consensus expectations it is a very important number for russia

now on europe's bourses all majors and gold miners are providing the relatively few bright spots to food see last half a percent down for a fifth day its longest losing streak since july the dax was down over a percent of its heavy leeway to. buy banks and industrials to sectors that are struggling most with certainty created middle east and the e.u. u.s. stocks are losing on thursday afternoon with worries about unrest in libya and a further decline in shares of hewitt packard contributing to a.

private boys owned by both russian and foreign investors russian companies frequently trade on both bourses supporters of emergency the different strengths of each index would compliment each other. professional not verses about. what they want. good financial basis very good support of the state it's hoped that the deal will help promote moscow as a major international financial center and make russia a more attractive country for foreign investors and sun for the entire business r.t. . let's have a look at the markets now in asia both the nikkei and the hang seng have jumped by almost two percent as a surge in u.s. manufacturing and strong company earnings convinced investors to pile back into risk assets despite the turmoil in egypt. and in russia they are chasin the miser's closed on tuesday and such strong gains tracking very upbeat investor mood globally the indices gained ground up to monday's losses showing that correction on the markets was apparently shot. and russian missiles will stop trading in and out stime so we'll bring you about in less than fifteen minutes. what an hour to

billion dollar contract pretty early two hundred hankers financial stocks are also gaining and european bourses snapped a five session looking straight to finish higher friday investors focused on all trading below one hundred dollars a barrel gains were broad based though financial stocks and miners rallied notably european markets have had a rough week i'd like to buy continued rest in the middle east and north africa one of the of course the worst performance in london was lloyds banking group down four and a half percent after it warned business would be tough this year as the u.k. cons stalled. and here in russia markets also closed higher on friday the r.t.s. surged over one of the half percent demise it's gained just under two percent energy stocks were struggling as investors took profits up to several days of gains rather banking and retail shares climbed now let's have a look at some individual share moves in russia gazprom finish point six percent lower on the r.c.s. rosneft lost three quarters of a percent and russia's second biggest bank to be t.v. was up almost four percent helped

world's leading stock exchanges the london stock exchanges to merge with toronto's and frankfurt bourses planning to link up with new york stock exchange you are next now with my xix in r.t.s. also planning to unite david buick from b.b.c. partners in london says russia will play a significant role in the future. russia is a massive country with huge influence in the world of energy and mining with plenty of money and i think the sense of goodwill that would be seen by russia taking a stake and a significant stake in a bull say like l.s.e. . would be absolutely super for all huge cultural differences at the moment as we know and also regulatory differences in corporate governance differences but these are not things that couldn't be easily. and if i was a passive investor in terms of wanting to get involved. a combination of my sexuality to do that i think the rest of the world would see that is very very positive indeed if we believe that markets are global and certainly in this country we don't think anything else than russia has to play a very significant role you've had many of your

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the officers banged on the bourse as loudly as they could. >> if the trial court makes those findings sign of that you said it in your brief and i thought i read the trial court's record, i know they knocked loudly. what else do they do? >> this is located at the attendance of the petition at the bottom. the trial court found detective maynard who was accompanying officer breezeway and the on the doorway and demanded the door be opened by persons inside. officer, testified at the suppression hearing, stage 22 of the joint attendance, detective maynard made contact with the door. banned the on the door and announced police. >> i thought you said open up. >> later goes on to explain and this is on page 24 of the joint appendix, detective maynard with sergeant salmons, explained to them referring to the occupancy department we were going to make entry inside the apartment. >> that is after the engine circumstances or alleged negligence circumstances were presented? that is after they heard what they thought -- you disagree -- was the destruction of evidence. >> it is unclear from the tri

is in the region because of the bourse. and the lack of a victory of and afghanistan, the economic crisis, and some call at the post-american era. we have internal conflicts among jews and that does not know. we have internal conflicts and fights over a crisis of governance in israel. that has implications for israel solidarity. israel is also divided between the settlers and those who want to resolve the conflict. most importantly, the arab countries as a collective have never had the ability to defeat israel. we're approaching a time where they think that they can. one of the reasons for this is what i would call the king of alliances. they have the king of alliances, and that is the president of iran, ahmedinejad. let us not take his appearance and his bizarre behavior lightly. he is the catalyst and initiator of the radicals. he is the champion of the radical at stores and he does it very successfully. we're lucky that there is the sunni-shiite divide that serves as a constraint. they can be represented by an equation f

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