The F.C.C. has voted to stop Verizon from trying to talk its customers out of switching to another telephone provider while they wait for their phone numbers to be transferred.
American financial markets have shown a “pronounced turnaround” since March, said Alan Greenspan, the former chairman of the Federal Reserve.
European shares ended with gains, with merger speculation and new rules designed to limit short selling lifting banks, offsetting weakness from the food and beverage sector after a warning from a leading soft drink bottler.