On Wednesday, NASDAQ said that it will acquire International Securities Exchange, the U. S. options exchange operator from the Deutsche Börse Group. The leading U. S. financial trading company said the transaction will be a combination of cash and debt option.

Shares of the newly formed Hewlett Packard Enterprise climbed as CEO, Meg Whitman reassured the investors regarding the strong demand for corporate technology in the company's inaugural earnings report. It also provided justification for her move that lead to spinning off Hewlett-Packard into two companies.

On Wednesday, Morgan Stanley promoted Colm Kelleher, its investment banking chief to the post of president. Now, Kelleher is the heir apparent to the present CEO James Gorman. The company also said that Greg Fleming, the current head of wealth management will leave the company.

On Monday, Smith & Wesson Holding Corp., the Firearm manufacturer raised its projections for revenue and adjusted profit in the current quarter and also the fiscal year. The gun show season had a strong start and also promises strong sales.

NetApp, the data storage company wants have the best of both the hot trends in the fast changing storage industry as it makes a US$870 million acquisition of startup SolidFire.

The publicly traded company NetApp announced that it has acquired SolidFire, which counts among those startups which made a place in the market for itself selling fast all-flash storage hardware. It's a cash deal.

The stock market was all geared up to go higher on Tuesday, with better-than-expected earnings report from Wal-Mart and Home Depot The retailers drifted away some of the concerns that hit the stock market with retail stocks dropping over concerns of weak sales.