U.S. stock index futures fell on Tuesday, extending a drop in global equities, as doubts about the ability of Europe to tackle its debt crisis sent Italy's bond yields back into a perceived danger zone.
Shortly after 1 a.m., police moved in and cleared OWS protesters from Zuccoti Park, making approximately 70 arrests.
Hundreds of New York police officers swarmed Zuccotti Park at Broadway and Pine in the early hours of Tuesday morning, evicting Occupy Wall Street protesters and razing the encampment they had built there over two months.
Occupy Wall Street (OWS) protestors are being ousted from their Zuccotti Park encampment in New York City by hundreds of New York City police officers, who say that the camps will be returned cleaned and restored before the morning.
The top after market NYSE gainers on Monday were: Chimera Investment Corp, MagnaChip Semiconductor Corp, Beazer Homes USA, Assisted Living Concepts and Digital Realty Trust. The top after market NYSE Losers were: BPZ Resources, LDK Solar Co, InterOil Corp, Air Lease Corp and Penn Virginia Resource Partners.
Crude oil prices declined to below $98 a barrel in Asian trade on Tuesday as renewed concerns over the euro zone debt crisis weighed on the markets sentiment.
Police wearing helmets and carrying shields began early Tuesday morning to clear Zuccotti Park in New York City, where protesters from the Occupy Wall Street movement have been camped since September.
Ilya Zhitomirskiy, 22, the co-founder of open source social networking site Diaspora, was found dead at his home in San Francisco this weekend. An officer from the San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) confirmed on Monday that the initial police report described the incident as a suicide.
Jerry Sandusky, the former Penn State University assistant football coach charged with child sex abuse, said on Monday he is not a pedophile, but admitted he showered with young boys.
Alex Denner, the top healthcare deputy for Carl Icahn, confirmed on Monday that he had resigned from the billionaire investor's firm.
At the Latin American two-day art sale on Nov.15-16, 2011, creations by renowned Mexican painter Rufino Tamayo and Fernando Botero are said to be the highlights of the event.
A top adviser to Oakland Mayor Jean Quan resigned on Monday over the city's handling of anti-Wall Street demonstrations, describing a morning raid to clear a downtown protest camp as a mistake that could trigger more volatility.
Many will remember Frazier as one of the greatest heavyweights in history.
A petition against a Thanksgiving night opening for Target stores nationwide Friday has amassed more than 70,000 signatures since it began two weeks ago, but will it be enough for the retail giant to alter its plans?
Chelsea Handler, the Chelsea Lately host and her hotelier boyfriend, Andre Balazs, have broken up after about seven months of dating.
Tiki Barber and Traci Lynn Johnson reportedly had to delay their wedding as Barber's pending divorce from estranged wife Ginny Cha seems to have no end in the future.
Occupy Wall Street protesters meet at Zuccotti Park and get married one month later.
The International Quidditch Association hosted the fifth annual Quidditch World Cup at Randall's Island in NYC from Nov. 11-13, 2011. Middlebury College won the Harry Potter-inspired tournament Cup after 22 hours of play, featuring almost 100 teams, over 2,000 players, and five different countries. Watch highlights from the finals, learn about the tournament and hear from players.
AT&T is the leading Internet Service Provider among businesses in the United States, handily beating out rival Verizon.
Diaspora, the open-source alternative to Facebook, has lost one of its co-founders, Ilya Zhitomirskiy. He died Saturday at the age of 22, and police now say the cause of death was suicide.
If you thought Marty McFly rocked the 1950's Hill Valley High School dance in Back to the Future, then you should see the actual Michael J. Fox wail for real.
There are about 900,000 buildings in the five boroughs of New York City, the city Department of Buildings predicts, and a lone Brooklyn artist is attempting to draw them all.