Tag Archives: real-estate

Traders Profit With Computers Set at High Speed – DealBook Blog …

It is the hot new thing on Wall Street, a way for traders to master the stock market, peek at investors’ orders and, critics say, subtly manipulate share prices. It is called high-frequency trading — and it is one of the most …

Travel site makes e-mail alerts worth reading

Starting today, the travel Web site that sells last-minute deals is offering what it says is a unique service in the online travel industry: Travelers can set up what it calls “Deal Alerts,” in which they can set where and when they …

St. Louis-area home sales down 8.2%; best month since last summer …

Sales of existing homes fell 8.2 percent, compared to the same month last year, according to data compiled by the Post-Dispatch. That’s still in negative territory but the strongest year-over-year performance since September and a …