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Reuters - The National Security Agency, a U.S. electronic intelligence service, has been involved in the investigation into last year’s hacker attack on Nasdaq OMX Group Inc, a U.S. enforcement official said on Wednesday.

AP - HIRING REPORT: Payroll processor ADP said that private companies added 201,000 jobs last month, in line with what analysts had expected.

Reuters - U.S. stocks rose on Wednesday with activity dominated by money managers buying recent winners, including energy and small-caps, as the quarter nears its end.

Reuters - U.S. securities regulators proposed new rules on Wednesday designed to restore lending discipline, and to bolster the independence of compensation committees at public companies and the consultants who serve them.

AP - Shares of investment firm Apollo Global Management LLC fell Wednesday in their debut on the New York Stock Exchange after the initial public offering priced at the high end of the expected range.

AP - Shares of Chinese online security company Qihoo 360 Technology Co. are trading at double the initial public offering price on their first day of trading on the New York Stock Exchange.

Reuters - A U.S. Food and Drug Administration chemist and his son were charged with using inside information about drug approvals to reap more than $3.6 million in profits, in an embarrassing blow to the health industry regulator.

Reuters - U.S. securities regulators proposed rules on Wednesday that would require publicly listed companies to have independent compensation committees and make key disclosures about their use of compensation consultants.

AP - Telecommunications companies led a broad stock rally Wednesday following a report that private companies are continuing to add workers.

AP - Stock markets were buoyant Wednesday despite concerns over Japan’s nuclear crisis, as investors turned their attention towards a raft of upcoming U.S. economic data.