China's financial regulators have asked the world's biggest audit firms to urgently review their work on U.S.-listed Chinese companies and give details on information they may have provided to overseas regulators, two sources told Reuters.
No need to repeat all of the bad news about the U.S. economy. Further, as the stock market's bulls point out, that's history. Looking forward, the picture brightens, and accordingly here's why the bulls think the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is headed higher in the next six months.
Intel Corp shares rose nearly 4 percent on Wednesday, the day after the chipmaker forecast an upbeat fourth quarter that underscored its strength in emerging markets, and prompted at least seven brokerages to raise their price target on the stock.
Apple Inc
shares fell more than 5 percent on Wednesday, the first trading session after a rare quarterly earnings miss, but analysts said the drop presented a buying opportunity for investors.
China will establish new rules to govern the country's booming e-commerce sector after online protests against a fee hike caught officials off-guard, the official Xinhua news agency reported on Wednesday, quoting a Ministry of Commerce spokesman.
Apple Inc
shares were down about 5 percent in premarket trading on Wednesday, the first day after a rare quarterly earnings miss, but analysts called the results a blip and said it presented a buying opportunity.
Yue Yue, a two-year-old toddler, was run over twice by a van, once more by a truck, and ignored by 18 passersby as she lay bleeding in the middle of a market street in China.
Apple shares opened down about 4.3 percent after the world’s most valuable company reported fourth-quarter results that narrowly missed analyst estimates.
Some of Apple Inc's suppliers in China have once again come under scrutiny, with state broadcaster China Central Television accusing them of causing pollution.
It was the day for the Androids on Tuesday, with the release of not one but two smartphones - Motorola Droid RAZR, claimed to be the world's thinnest smartphone and Samsung Galaxy Nexus, powered by the brand new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Here is a spec sheet comparison between the two smartphones.
Apple Inc stunned Wall Street with quarterly results that missed expectations for the first time in years as customers held off buying iPhones until the October launch of the latest version.
Ice Cream Sandwich powered Samsung Galaxy Nexus with facial recognition and zero shutter lag has been revealed by Samsung and Google.
Stock index futures pointed to a weaker open for equities on Wall Street on Wednesday after strong gains in the previous session, with futures for the S&P 500, the Dow Jones and the Nasdaq 100 down 0.3 to 0.9 percent.
If there's nothing to fear but fear itself, as President Franklin Roosevelt contended during the Great Depression, then the world economy in 2011 has reached an interesting juncture between sentiment and reality.
Rovio Entertainment GM Andrew Stalbow says 30 million people play 'Angry Birds' every day, and users play the game for 300 million minutes daily. He also announced a new bird will be introduced in a Halloween update.
Intel Corp forecast quarterly revenue above Wall Street's expectations, defying concerns that the growing popularity of tablets and a shaky economy are eating into demand for personal computers.
Apple Inc stunned Wall Street by reporting results that missed expectations for the first time in years, blaming rumors of the new iPhone for hurting demand in the September quarter.
The United States is still crafting a legal framework to guide any offensive moves in cyberspace, months after the Pentagon unveiled a broad cyber strategy, the head of the military command responsible for such operations said on Tuesday.
Apple reported full-year revenue of $108 billion, firmly establishing it as one of the world’s top technology companies. Fourth-quarter earnings of $6.2 billion exceeded analyst estimates, but revenue of $28.3 billion fell slightly shy of them.
Yahoo, as expected, announced earnings and revenue declines but said for the first time a technology tie to Microsoft had been extended to 2013.
Goldman Sachs commodities business generated more revenue in the third quarter but treacherous markets forced it to slash risks, leading to overall losses at Wall Street's top bank.
China-born researcher Kexue Huang pleads guilty to economic espionage, stealing trade secrets during employment at Dow AgroSciences, Cargill