Deutsche Boerse board member wants CEO out: paper (Reuters) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:48:27 GMT Reuters - Deutsche Boerse's (DB1Gn.DE) chief executive Reto Francioni should step down following the collapse of its $7.4 billion plan to merge with NYSE Euronext , a member of the German exchange operator's supervisory board told a newspaper.

Bangladeshi Investors Badly Hit by the Stock-Market Crash (Time.com) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Sat, 04 Feb 2012 05:35:00 GMT Time.com - The dramatic rise and swift fall of Bangladesh's stock market is a cautionary tale for emerging-market investors oblivious to the perils of hasty deregulation and rapid capital inflows

Nasdaq core profit tops expectations (Reuters) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:32:31 GMT Reuters - Nasdaq OMX Group Inc's core profit topped analysts' expectations for the fourth quarter, boosted by a rise in revenue from market data and technology, which helped offset a soft trading environment.

SEC names top federal auditor to accounting board (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:27:35 GMT AP - Federal regulators have appointed a top government auditor as a member of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, which polices the accounting industry.

SEC reaches settlement with former Qwest CFO (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:14:19 GMT AP - The Securities and Exchange Commission has reached a settlement with former Qwest Communications International Inc. Chief Financial Officer Robert Woodruff over its civil fraud lawsuit.

Jobs report lifts Dow to highest mark since '08 (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:57:55 GMT Trader Warren Meyers, right, is illuminated by his handheld device as he works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. U.S. stocks are opening sharply higher after the unemployment rate dropped to the lowest in two years. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Why small companies' stocks deserve a closer look (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:38:32 GMT AP - Underperforming money managers are losing their most reliable scapegoat.

How the major stock indexes fared on Friday (AP) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:59:02 GMT AP - A drop in the unemployment rate to its lowest level in three years propelled stocks higher Friday. The Dow Jones industrial average closed at its highest level since May 2008, before the worst days of the financial crisis.

Nasdaq vaults to 11-year high on surge in jobs (Reuters) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:42:37 GMT A trader yells out prices during the Initial Public Offering of Greenway Medical Technologies Inc. on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange February 2, 2012. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson

Analysis: Stock-picking makes a comeback as macro tides fade (Reuters) Stock Markets News - Yahoo! News - Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:44:58 GMT Reuters - Stock-picking once again matters on Wall Street.