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WSJ.com: Markets
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CEOs Who Delivered the Most, Least Bang for the Buck
Some CEOs delivered more bang for the buck, while others were well rewarded despite poor results.
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Facebook Shares Sink on Day Two
Shares in Facebook plunged on their second day on the stock market, a black eye for all those involved with the social networking company going public.
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Calm Seas Can Mask Market Risks That Remain
The question for investors large and small is whether they are being adequately rewarded for the risks they are taking. Mathematics and geopolitics argue to the contrary, and cracks are starting to appear in the facades of Wall Street's riskier constructions.
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Corzine's 2011 Pay: $8.4 Million
Former MF Global Chief Executive Jon S. Corzine received more than $8 million in cash and stock options in the months leading up to the brokerage's collapse.
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U.S. Stocks Eye End to Losing Run
Blue chips headed toward their first increase in seven days, focusing on comments from international leaders that they want Greece to remain in the euro zone.
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Yahoo in Deal on Alibaba Stake
Yahoo struck a deal to sell up to half of its stake in Alibaba Group back to the Chinese company for $7.1 billion, finally succeeding after multiple attempts to wind down a seven-year relationship that had soured.
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'Napoleon' Takes On Rajat Gupta
In pursuing the conviction of Raj Rajaratnam, Reed Brodsky's tenacious style led jurors to nickname the prosecutor "Napoleon." Now, the attorney is hoping the trial of Rajat Gupta, an ex-director at Goldman accused of insider trading, doesn't become his Waterloo.
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Nasdaq's Facebook Problem
The Nasdaq Stock Market said it bungled Facebook's IPO, acknowledging that tech problems affected trading in millions of shares.
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Europe's Banks Fear Flight of Deposits
The European Continent's financial system remains vulnerable to the prospect that stampedes of customers could yank their deposits from institutions perceived as shaky.
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A Facebook Buy Order That Wasn't
One investor got lucky when he hit the wrong buttons and mistakenly canceled his Facebook share order Friday.
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Critics: Chesapeake Books Obscure Costs
As investors struggle to assess the health of embattled natural-gas producer Chesapeake Energy Corp., some say they are facing an obstacle: the company's accounting.
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