California teenager welcomed home
LAKESIDE, Calif. – A 16-year-old girl got a warm welcome home reception five days after FBI agents killed a longtime family friend suspected of torturing and killing her mother and brother and escaping with her to the Idaho wilderness.
Hannah Anderson was mobbed by reporters as she entered and left a restaurant that hosted an all-day fundraiser. News crews were told to wait outside while Hannah and her father stayed for hours. She did not make a statement.
“I don’t know what I want to say. I just want to give her a hug,” said Alyssa Haugum, a classmate of Hannah’s in Lakeside, an east San Diego suburb of 54,000 people.
Brett Anderson said his daughter was taking things one day at a time.
“Right now, she’s with her family and, of course, with some friends, and she’s just happy to be here,” he told reporters outside the restaurant Thursday.
$8 billion sale of NYSE gets OK from regulators
WASHINGTON – Regulators have approved the proposed $8 billion sale of the venerable New York Stock Exchange to a much younger futures exchange. The deal is a symbol of how financial markets are being increasingly reshaped by high technology.
The Securities and Exchange Commission disclosed Friday that it’s authorized the takeover of the two-centuries-old NYSE’s parent by Atlanta-based IntercontinentalExchange, or ICE. The rival acquiring company, founded in 2000, has expanded rapidly through acquisitions over the past decade.
The SEC said in a filing that it’s determined that the merger of the exchanges would comply with securities laws and regulations.
The merger also must be approved by regulators in Europe. The NYSE’s parent is NYSE Euronext, which includes stock exchanges in Europe. The European Commission, the executive body of the 28-nation European Union, gave its approval in June.
The deal is expected to close in the fall.
For each share of NYSE Euronext stock they own, shareholders would be able to choose either $33.12 in cash, about a quarter-share of ICE, or a combination of $11.27 in cash and around one-sixth of a share of ICE.
ICE’s offer was valued at $8 billion when it was announced in December.
ICE shares were up $1.12 at $181.47 in trading Friday. NYSE Euronext shares rose 22 cents to $42.07.
Obama says he’s having ‘great time’ on vacation
WEST TISBURY, Mass. President Barack Obama says he’s having a “great time as always” on vacation on Martha’s Vineyard.
Obama took his wife, Michelle, and daughters Malia and Sasha on a late morning bike ride Friday through the Manuel F. Correllus State Forest in West Tisbury.
The president made the comment during a brief portion of the ride that the White House allowed the news media to see.
In the evening, the family went to Oak Bluffs for dinner at senior adviser Valerie Jarrett’s rental home overlooking Nantucket Sound. Oak Bluffs has fireworks Friday night.
Oak Bluffs has fireworks Friday night.
The White House says Obama was briefed earlier in the day on the violence in Egypt by national security adviser Susan Rice,
Obama is scheduled to return to Washington on Sunday.
Associated Press
