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Russian payment transfer company QIWI announced floating an additional 8.2 million shares following 12.5 American depository shares it had floated earlier this year.

US regulators met with the stock exchange operators to talk about backing up the Nasdaq stock quotes processor which malfunctioned last month.

Facebook Inc. stock had reached another milestone following a rocky debut on Wall Street last year.

Asset managers questioned the sufficiency of the communications efforts undertaken by Nasdaq when trading halts during technological crisis.

The US Securities and Exchange Commission called rival exchange operators Nasdaq and NYSE to give details on the three hour trading halt which occurred last week.

All trading on Nasdaq were halted last Thursday after the stock exchange encountered a technical issue during midday.

Inventor John Levine of Nasdaq's exchanges systems said that the stock markets needed to be designed properly following the system breakdown yesterday which halted trading for three hours.

Bats Global Markets Inc. and Direct Edge Holdings LLC had been in merger discussions that would create two of the biggest stock exchanges in the US.

The recent NASDAQ shutdown showed to all the vulnerabilities of the US Stock Market.

Trading saw Urban Outfitters with high earnings upon close Monday.

Russian pleaded not guilty to charges that accuse him of being a part of the biggest cybercrime ring prosecuted in the US.

Apollo Global-backed Sprouts Farmers gained more funds that it has originally sought after in its initial public offering.

Today, Foundation Medicine Inc. announced filing a registration statement for a proposed initial public offering of its shares of common stock that will be listed on The NASDAQ.

Hundreds of millions of dollars were stolen from Nasdaq and other companies by computer hackers based in Russia and Ukraine.

iPhone sales led to 5% increase in AAPL.