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A plan to renovate 99-year-old Wrigley Field will be a 'great deal' for Chicago's economy, according to Cubs owner Tom Ricketts.
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Dec 21- Duncan Niederauer, the chief executive of New York Stock Exchange operator NYSE Euronext, once boldly proclaimed that his company could not be acquired. But with the agreement by IntercontinentalExchange to buy NYSE Euronext for $8.2 billion, Niederauer has accepted he will have to at the very least play second fiddle.
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SINGAPORE, Dec 21- U.S. crude futures and gold slipped on Friday after Republican lawmakers abandoned their fiscal cliff plan, leaving budget talks with President Barack Obama in limbo, but London copper bounced from lows while U.S. grains regained strength on technical buying.
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Dec 20- Research In Motion shares tumbled more than 10 percent on Thursday after the company reported the first ever decline in its subscriber numbers and outlined plans to transform the way it charges for its BlackBerry services.
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Dec 20- Research In Motion said on Thursday it plans to change the way it charges for its BlackBerry services after reporting that its subscriber base shrank for the first time in its history, and its U.S.-traded stock tumbled 10 percent after the bell.
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*ICE buying NYSE Euronext for $8 billion. NEW YORK, Dec 20- After its blockbuster $8 billion deal to buy NYSE Euronext, the IntercontinentalExchange will have a near monopoly on futures trading in the world's tastiest commodities, from sugar to cocoa to coffee.
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TOKYO, Dec 21- Japan's Nikkei share average is likely to rise on Friday and test a nine-month high after Wall Street stocks rose on hopes for progress in U.S. fiscal talks, with exporters expected to gain on a weaker yen.
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Gov. Mitch Daniels, (R-IN), offers advice to lawmakers about how to get the U.S. budget back on track. He says House Speaker John Boehner's "Plan B" is better than no action.
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U.S. crude settled 0.17 percent higher at $90.13 a barrel, after trading between $89.26 to $90.54 a barrel in a thin market.
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*Excise tax seen collecting more than $30 bln over next decade. CHICAGO, Dec 20- The U.S. medical technology industry, once a haven for secure, high-paying jobs, is blaming a new tax meant to help fund the Affordable Care Act for upcoming layoffs.
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WASHINGTON, Dec 20- Across the United States, the number of hungry and homeless people is growing, and budget fights at the federal level are threatening the aid many need to survive, the U.S. Conference of Mayors said on Thursday.
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*Fourth-quarter EPS $1.07 vs est $1.13. Dec 20- Credit card company Discover Financial Services reported a quarterly profit that fell short of analysts' expectations as it spent more on building its new payment partnerships and other businesses, sending its shares down as much as 6 percent.
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Dec 20- Rite Aid Corp reported its first quarterly profit in more than five years on Thursday, helped by growth in the number of prescriptions filled and higher comparable sales of general merchandise at its stores.
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Dec 20- Rite Aid Corp reported its first quarterly profit in more than five years on Thursday, helped by growth in the number of prescriptions filled and higher comparable sales of general merchandise at its stores.
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Dec 19- A final version of new U.S. economic sanctions against Iran would give the Obama administration more time to implement measures aimed at its energy, shipping and port sectors, but otherwise was little changed from an initial draft released last month.
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TOKYO, Dec 20- Japan's Nikkei share average is expected to open lower on Thursday, ahead of the Bank of Japan's policy meeting, after a sharp rally in the previous session that took the index to end above 10,000 for the first time since April.
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*Oil posts biggest one-day gain in a month. *Soy extends Tuesday selloff on worries over China demand. Dec 19- Oil scored its biggest daily gain in a month on Wednesday on hopes that a U.S. fiscal deal was still possible to prevent a new recession in the No. 1 energy consumer, while most other commodities, especially agricultural types, closed down.
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Dec 19- Knight Capital Group Inc, which nearly collapsed in August following a software glitch, is being bought by rival automated trading firm Getco Holding Co in a cash-and-stock transaction that values Knight at around $1.4 billion and creates a dominant player in the industry.
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NEW YORK/ CHICAGO, Dec 19- U.S. markets in the last few weeks have conveyed a strong sense of optimism over Washington's budget battle- perhaps a bit too much.
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*November net inflow at $320 mln versus October's $2.4 bln. Lipper data showed a net inflow of just over $320 million in November for the 230- odd U.S. regulated commodity products and funds which it tracked-- down from $2.4 billion in October. It was the smallest monthly inflow for the group since the net $21 million achieved in June 2011.
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*CBOT corn falls 2.4 pct on Informa plantings outlook. CHICAGO, Dec 19- U.S. corn futures fell 2.4 percent o n W ednesday, with the benchmark contract hitting its lowest level in more than five months after a bearish acreage outlook was released by an influential private forecaster, traders said.