Bullish Blog

AP - Police cleared out a downtown plaza early Monday that had been home to Occupy Wall Street protesters, ordering out dozens of people who had encamped there since Oct. 17 and charging nine with trespassing or obstructing justice.

AP - To some, the drummers in the Manhattan park that’s become the epicenter of Occupy Wall Street are the protest’s energizing force.

Reuters - TMX Group has embraced a Canadian consortium’s C$3.8 billion ($3.8 billion) takeover offer, bolstering the chances shareholders will endorse a once-hostile deal that would put the country’s largest exchange under the same roof as its largest rival.

AP - Global stocks gave up some of their recent gains Monday amid concerns over Italy’s ability to get a handle on its colossal debt pile, while the yen slid in the wake of another attempt by the Japanese monetary authorities to weaken the currency.

AP - To some, the drummers in the Manhattan park that’s become the epicenter of Occupy Wall Street are the protest’s energizing force.

AP - Dozens of anti-Wall Street protesters were arrested Sunday in Texas, where they clashed with police over food tables, and in Oregon, where officers dragged them out of a park in an affluent neighborhood.

AP - Encouraging news from Europe helped ignite stock prices in October. This week, investors will shift their focus to U.S. economic data, which might temper their exuberance.

Reuters - With the S&P 500 about to end its best month in almost 40 years, many would be happy to cash in gains and start packing for the ski slopes.

AP - A technical glitch caused NYSE Euronext to release incorrect price information on more than 1,000 stocks and other securities late Thursday.

AP - While more U.S. cities are resorting to force to break up the Wall Street protests, many others — Philadelphia, New York, Minneapolis and Portland, Ore., among them — are content to let the demonstrations go on for now.