Markets are set to regain 20,000 mark... (But only if) Sensex, Nikkei and Hang Seng are put together at 5,000 points each, NYSE Composite at 1,000 points, Dow Jones Industrial Average at 3,500 and Nasdaq at 500 points. 
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Democratic presidential nominee Senator Barack Obama (D-IL) speaks during a campaign rally in the rain at the University of Mary Washington in Fredericksburg, Virginia, September 27, 2008.
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A puppy stands on a truck carrying people to be evacuated from the area in preparation for the approach of Hurricane Gustav in Batabano, on the southern coast of Cuba, August 30, 2008. Powerful Hurricane Gustav roared toward western Cuba on Saturday with 125 mph (205 kph) winds on its way to the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico after a deadly pass through the Caribbean.
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BANGKOK, THAILAND - AUGUST 30: A member of Anti-government People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD) stands behind barbed wire outside Government on August 30, 2008, in Bangkok, Thailand. The protesters want to unseat the seven-month old coalition government lead by Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej.
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Georgian soldiers run near a blazing building after a Russian bombardment in Gori, 80 km (50 miles) from Tbilisi, August 9, 2008. A Russian warplane dropped a bomb on an apartment block in the Georgian town of Gori on Saturday, killing at least 5 people, a Reuters reporter said. The bomb hit the five-story building in Gori close to Georgia's embattled breakaway province of South Ossetia when Russian warplanes carried out a raid against military targets around the town.
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Ecuador's Cristian Benites, left, fights for the ball with Chile's Arturo Vidal during a World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match in Quito, Sunday, Oct. 12, 2008.
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Peru's soccer team players arrive at the airport in Luque October 12, 2008. Peru will play Paraguay in a World Cup 2010 qualifying soccer match October 15.
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DENVER - OCTOBER 12: Quarterback David Garrard #9 of the Jacksonville Jaguars escapes being sacked as he breaks the tackle of Kenny Peterson #90 of the Denver Broncos during NFL action at Invesco Field at Mile High on October 12, 2008 in Denver, Colorado. The Jaguars defeated the Broncos 24-17.
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Omnialuo's designer Zheng Luo acknowledges applause after presenting her Spring 2009 collection at New York Fashion Week September 12, 2008.
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In this image released by Ghostlight Records, Patti Lupone's CD, "Patti Lupone at Les Mouches," is shown. The album is a digitally restored concert recording of LuPone's 1980 solo show at the New York club Les Mouches. The CD will be released Nov. 11 by Ghostlight Records.
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Geraman Timo Ball is pictured during his game mens singles final at the European Table Tennis Championships against Belarussian Vladimir Samsonov in St. Petersburg on October 12, 2008. Ball won 4-2.
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Thousands of Roman Catholic devotees follow the image of Our Lady of Nazareth (bottom) at port area during the 'Cirio de Nazare' (Nazareth Candle) celebrations in Belem, northern Brazil, on October 12, 2008. Near two million pilgrims participated in Brazil's biggest Catholic procession.
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Quotes about NYSE
Markets are set to regain 20,000 mark... (But only if) Sensex, Nikkei and Hang Seng are put together at 5,000 points each, NYSE Composite at 1,000 points, Dow Jones Industrial Average at 3,500 and Nasdaq at 500 points.
was said
in DNA India
We know this has been a time of great uncertainty for Wachovia (NYSE: WB) team members and many of its customers as their company has gone through a very painful and challenging time of unprecedented change in our industry ... We want to assure them we’ll do everything we can to make the integration of our operations as smooth as possible. An important measure of success for this integration will be our ability to retain as many of the talented Wachovia team members as possible.
said John Stumpf
in Malaysia Sun
Most of the industry has been heading toward foundry models for the past 15 years. Just in the past few years, [Texas Instruments], [STMicroelectronics], Infineon, IBM (NYSE: IBM) and many others have gone to a fabless or fab-light model
said Jim McGregor
Our portfolio of solutions has been recognized in the financial community through the provision of CMT services to customers and correspondent banks by both the Royal Bank of Scotland (NYSE:RBS) and HSBC Bank plc. Additionally, the CMT acquired companies currently have a run-rate of approximately $18 million per year in revenue in the services that they offer.
was said
in PR Newswire
Quotes from articles mentioning NYSE
As for the higher-end guitars and drum sets that will be available this fall, we will offer those [for order] when a customer comes into the store. We can order those and will have them delivered directly to the store or to the customer's home.
was said
in Town Hall
We tell our publishers we're not afraid to compete with anybody on digital downloads
was said
in Town Hall
The direction we want to go is making sure the female shoppers that come into our stores are not coming into a dark store that they may be intimidated shopping in
was said
in Town Hall
Going forward, the store prototype will be more than double what the average square footage of a store is now
was said
in Town Hall
We are larger than IBM (NYSE: IBM) plus Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) plus Teradata (NYSE: TDC) plus Sybase (NYSE: SY)
was said
in Town Hall
The fact that we sell more databases than anybody else means we can invest more in improving our database, and every year that our database increases in market share, we can increase our investment in engineering and increase our profitability, increase the margin of our database business.
was said
in Town Hall
