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The key focus for investors will came later in the global day, when U.S. data is expected to show that 223,000 jobs were created in July.

Wall Street is looking ahead to Friday's jobs report, which could provide more clues as to the timing of the Federal Reserve's interest rate hikes.

Nine of the 10 S&P 500 sectors traded lower, led by a more than 1 percent decline in consumer discretionary due to a drop in media stocks.

The Silicon Valley electric car manufacturer says Model X production challenges could influence 2015 car deliveries.

The activist investor reportedly believes that the company has to grow revenues faster and cut costs significantly, or sell itself to a rival.

With China's economy cooling down, and market competition heating up, investors have hammered Apple's stock.

Irwin Lipkin, 77, was the Madoff firm's controller from 1964 to 1998.

Shares of the media and entertainment giant tumbled following a rare revenue miss.

Stock prices of UnitedHealth, Anthem and Aetna have more than doubled since the Affordable Care Act became law, and shareholders have seen dividends spike.

On Wednesday the Securities and Exchange Commission voted for a new rule requiring companies to disclose pay ratios between CEOs and workers.

Investors weighed a mixed report Wednesday that showed private sector job growth slowed in July.

The events millennials most often put off were buying a house and buying a car.

The suit alleges she was told if she wanted to keep her job, she would either have to proclaim the pregnancy a mistake and break up with the father, or marry immediately.

The first U.S. rate hike in almost a decade is predicted to come next month, based on comments from one Fed policymaker.

The company also warned a strong U.S. dollar could negatively affect sales growth in the current quarter.

The IMF should put off any move to add the yuan to its Special Drawing Rights currency basket until September 2016, an IMF staff report said, a move that would effectively end the Chinese currency's chances of an early inclusion.

Shares of the world’s most valuable company sank to a six-month low Tuesday, losing $100 billion in market value since February.

The country's stock markets have lost almost 30 percent of their value after peaking in June, which officials blame on malicious short-selling.

European stocks reversed some of the previous day's gains but there was some respite for commodities and their related currency and share markets.

U.S. markets were following oil prices down on Monday.

Trading was halted in Greek stocks for five weeks as part of capital controls implemented by Athens to prevent the flight of capital from the ailing country.

Banco Bradesco is expected to announce its acquisition of HSBC's Brazil unit on Monday.

Stock markets across the region declined thanks to a deepening selloff in commodities and concerns over slowing growth in China.

Stock markets in Greece are expected to reopen for business Monday after a month, while Greece seeks more bailout funds.

The boutique fitness company attracting a celebrity clientele has filed for a $100 million initial public offering.

The former CEO of the now-defunct MtGox, once the world’s largest hub for trading the virtual currency, was arrested over the disappearance of bitcoins worth almost $500 million.

Dodd-Frank reporting rules may be too lax to fully appreciate hedge funds' systemic dangers, a new report from a Treasury Department unit argues.

Both companies saw profits decline sharply last quarter on falling oil prices as crude has lost nearly half of its value over the last year. 

An expected double-digit profit growth report Tuesday, even after a major misfire at the box office, indicates the Mouse House may never run out of its trademark magic.