Share Trading Online

Nasdaq has been trying to take over the London exchange since March, but has failed to lure London executives to the negotiating table.

Wall Street is shutting down to mark the death of former President Gerald R. Ford on the same day The Wall Street Journal is launching its new design.

Companies can now keep trading on major markets while giving out only the numbers they choose, and investors don’t seem to mind.

Twelve Wall Street firms that started competing platforms for trading unregistered securities known as 144a issues agree to cooperate in single platform operated by Nasdaq stock market; Nasdaq chief executive Robert Greifeld says move will bring liquidity and transparency to market that has so far been opaque; adds 144a market will experience strong growth in trading volume; firms listed

Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority approves Nasdaq’s suitability as potential owner for exchange operator OMX (S)…

Dubai would become the first Middle Eastern government with a large stake in an American stock exchange.