& çâÌæÚUæð´ ·¤è ¥ôÚU Îð¹Ùæ ÁæÚUè ÚU¹ð´ ¥ÍæüÌ ¥ÂÙð ÜÿØ ÂÚU ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´Ð ãæÚU Ù ×æÙð´, €UØô´ç·¤ ·¤æ× ·¤ÚUÙð âð ¥æÂ·¤ô ©gðàØ ·¤è Âýæç# ãôÌè ãñ ¥õÚU ÁèßÙ ·¤æ ¹æÜèÂÙ ÎêÚU ãôÌæ ãñÐ ÖÜð ãè ÁèßÙ ×ð´ ç·¤ÌÙè Öè ·¤çÆÙæ§ü €UØô´ Ù ¥æ°, çÁ™ææâæ ¥õÚU ©ˆâæã ÕÙæ° ÚU¹ð´Ð ŠØæÙ ÚU¹ð´, ÜÿØ ã×ðàææ ¥æÂ·Ô¤ Âæâ ãôÌð ãñ´ çÁ‹ãð´ ÂæÙð ·Ô¤ çÜ° ÂýØæâ ¥æÂ ·¤Öè Öè àæéM¤ ·¤ÚU â·¤Ìð ãñ´Ð

Wall St shares surge as Visa unveils IPO bid
Wal! Street shares surged Monday as Visa Inc., the world's largest electronic payment processor, said it was planning an initial public offering (IPO) aimed at raising a hefty 18.8 billion dollars.
Visa's share offering could be the largest in Wall Street history if it succeeds, and would more titan overshadow’ the 10-billion-dollar IPO of AT TWireless in 2000.
The leading blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average finished up a strong 189.20 points (1.53 percent) at 12,570.22 after the close of trade.
The tech-rich Nasdaq ended up 24.13 points (1.05 percent) at 2,327.48 while the broadmarket Standard Poor's 500 index advanced 18.69 points (1.38 percent) to 1,371.80.
Traders said Visa's announcement helped boost market sentiment, but said investors remain wary of fears that the economy could slide
into a recession.
Visa, which processes payments for credit and debit cards, said it plans to sell at least 406 million shares to public investors as soon as possible. It expects its shares to be priced at between 37 and 42 dollars per share.
The San Francisco-based company has hired a group of major investment banks to oversee its IPO, including Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan and HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.
In other news, Getty Images, a global distributor of digital media, said it had agreed to be acquired by affiliates of the Hellman Friedman LLC private equity firm for 2.4 billion dollars.
Getty shareholders stand to receive 34 doll ars in cash for each share they own in the digitalcontent provider if the buyout deal is approved by Getty shareholders and regulators.
Getty's shares rocketed 30 percent to close at 31.67 dollars.
Investors also continued to
keep an eye on the bond insur-ance industry after the Standard and Poor's rating agency said it was maintaining its top "AAA" financial strength rating on Ambac.
Bond insurers have faced financial pressure from the US housing slump which has triggered losses on mortgage investments and securities underwritten by the insurers.
Ambac could have faced financing pressure if SP had downgraded its rating. Its shares closed up 16 percent at 12.41 dollars.
On the economic front, an industry survey showed that US home sales continued to decline in January, although not as sharply as most economists had feared.
The National Association of Realtors said January US exist-ing-home sales dropped 0.4 percent from December to an annualized sales pace of 4.89 million units, against market forecasts that sales would drop to 4.80 million.