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Jan. 4 at 5:43 p.m.
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Filed under: Stock activity, Technology

S&P raises credit rating on Motorola to ‘BBB’

By Associated Press

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today that it raised its corporate credit and senior unsecured ratings on Motorola Inc. to “BBB” from “BB+” and removed the ratings from CreditWatch Positive, where they were placed on Sept. 2. Get the full story »

Oct. 7, 2010 at 2:10 p.m.
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Filed under: Autos, IPOs

S&P rating puts GM into junk territory

By Dow Jones Newswires

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services on Thursday gave a BB- corporate credit rating to General Motors Co., placing it three notches into junk territory and matching the level peer Fitch Ratings assigned Wednesday. Get the full story »

Oct. 5, 2010 at 4:34 p.m.
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Filed under: Exchanges

CBOE to launch 2nd exchange in late October

By Reuters

CBOE Holdings Inc., the biggest U.S. options market, will launch its planned second exchange targeted at high-frequency traders between Oct. 15 and Nov. 1, Vice Chairman Edward Tilly said on Tuesday. Get the full story »

Sep. 3, 2010 at 3:19 p.m.
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Filed under: Exchanges, Stock activity

Stocks close week higher for first time in month

By Associated Press

The stock market has posted its first winning week in a month after news on the economy started getting better. Get the full story »

June 24, 2010 at 6:43 a.m.
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Filed under: Exchanges

Federal Signal moved to S&P SmallCap 600 index

By Tribune staff report

Standard & Poor’s S&P  said it will move Oak Brook-based Federal Signal Corp. to its SmallCap 600 index from the MidCap 400 index after the close of trading June 30. Federal Signal has a market capitalization of less than $380 million, making it more representative of the small cap space, S&P said in a statement. Get the full story »